The Tragedy of America's Disappearing Fathers!

[Dan]

WSJ article,
 The extent of the problem is clear. The nation's out-of-wedlock birth rate is 38%. Among white children, 28% are now born to a single mother; among Hispanic children it is 50% and reaches a chilling, disorienting peak of 71% for black children. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, nearly a quarter of America's white children (22%) do not have any male in their homes; nearly a third (31%) of Hispanic children and over half of black children (56%) are fatherless.
This represents a dramatic shift in American life. In the early 1960s, only 2.3% of white children and 24% of black children were born to a single mom. Having a dad, in short, is now a privilege, a ticket to middle-class status on par with getting into a good college.
The odds increase for a child's success with the psychological and financial stability rooted in having two parents. Having two parents means there is a greater likelihood that someone will read to a child as a preschooler, support him through school, and prevent him from dropping out, as well as teaching him how to compete, win and lose and get up to try again, in academics, athletics and the arts. Maybe most important of all is that having a dad at home is almost a certain ticket out of poverty; because about 40% of single-mother families are in poverty.
The odds are higher that a child without a dad will have more contact with the drug culture, the police and jail. Even in kindergarten, children living with single parents are more likely to trail children with two parents when it comes to health, cognitive skills and their emotional maturity. They are in the back of the bus before the bus – their life – even gets going.
A study of black families 10 years ago, when the out-of-wedlock birthrate was not as high as today, found that single moms reported only 20% of the "baby's daddy" spent time with the child or took a "lot" of interest in the baby. That is quite a contrast to the married black mothers who told researchers that 88% of married black men, or men living with the mother, regularly spent time with the child and took responsibility for the child's well-being.
In conclusion... are we making excuses for an Evil culture time and again?!


                 Happy Father's Day to All !

[ItalianZionist]

The constant emphasis on SEX SEX SEX in society makes ignorant people have illegitimate children. Ignorant affirmative action types have nothing to do but screw all day and this is the result. At this rate we're doomed.

[Dan]

That pretty much sums it up... IZ!

[SavetheWest]

America is becoming evil.  There are millions of people living well and doing the right thing but tose statistics are scary.  Every few years, what was obscene just a few years ago, is now the standard. 

[SavetheWest]

I remember just a couple months ago, that article about the military making exceptions for recruits' criminal records.  Once you got to the middle of the article they mentioned a staggering statistic.  That 3 out of 10 military aged Americans were actually eligible to get into the military.  That means out of all 18-42 year olds, that 70% are too fat, have criminal records, are on drugs, not smart enough are disabled or gay. 

[Kananga]

 I wouldn't blame it all people just wanting to have wreckless sex.  It's become so acceptable that people of our generation that having children becomes more of a priority than having a real marriage.   I don't mean to completely blame women when I suggest the idea of a real, healthy, and fuctional marriage seems to be contradictory to those who place high importance in career independence, gender roles, and stuff like that. 

[MasterWolf1]

Father's day in Harlem is a very confussing day.