" I am one of those kids who grew up without a father. "
Which are you?
Studies on resilient youth have demonstrated that a boy who grows up without a father may succeed in having strong normal relationships, a stable career, and healthy community involvement if there were some entity that substituted the need to bond with significant positive male role models in the child's upbringing (Grandfather, uncle, etc)
However, when no such influence was present we could end up with a really disfunctional adult; like a self loathing white boy who advocates for the diminishment of his own race. This would be especially true with regards to men (like him), often referring to them as racists with no justification at all. This person would express hatred for the country and culture of his upbringing, especially toward persons most like himself. This person would hold exaggerated and romanticized ideas about 'other' sub-cultures.
Not surprising since we now know that matriarchies are marked by fear, tribalism, and violence.
Facts and Figures In the United States alone, 21.2 million children (26% of all children) are growing up in a household with only one custodial parent.1
Among Black children, 48.5% are growing up with a single custodial parent.2
5 out of every 6 custodial parents are mothers (84%), 1 in 6 are fathers (16%).3
Poverty
Children in father-absent homes are five times more likely to be poor. In 2002, 7.8% of children in married-couple families were living in poverty, compared to 38.4% of children in female-householder families.4
Drug and Alcohol Abuse
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services states, "Fatherless children are at a dramatically greater risk of drug and alcohol abuse."5
Sexual Activity and Teen Pregnancy
Adolescent females between the ages of 15 and 19 years reared in homes without fathers are significantly more likely to engage in premarital sex than adolescent females reared in homes with both a mother and a father.6
Children in single parent families are more likely to get pregnant as teenagers than their peers who grow up with two parents.7
Educational Achievement
In studies involving over 25,000 children using nationally representative data sets, children who lived with only one parent had lower grade point averages, lower college aspirations, poor attendance records, and higher drop out rates than students who lived with both parents.8
Fatherless children are twice as likely to drop out of school.9
Crime
Children in single parent families are more likely to be in trouble with the law than their peers who grow up with two parents
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