Mother-only Households

	The risk of suicide is more than twice as high among children in one parent households compared with those living with both parents. Children in single parent homes are also twice as likely to have a psychiatric disease, alcohol-related problems, and are up to four times more likely to abuse drugs. (1) The results indicate that, in general, adolescents from one parent and stepparent families reported lower self esteem, more symptoms of anxiety and loneliness, more depressed mood, more suicidal thoughts, and more suicide attempts than children from intact families. (2) Fatherless children are at dramatically greater risk of suicide. (1993 study) Three out of four teenage suicides occur in households where a parent has been absent. (1993) A family structure index–a composite index based on the annual rate of children involved in divorce and the percentage of families with children present that are female-headed–is a strong predictor of suicide among young adult and adolescent white males. (1994) Death of a parent does not correlate with teen suicide, but family instability or disruption is one of the leading causes of suicide. (1993) (3) 63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes (US Dept. Of Health/Census)–5 times the average. 90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes–32 times the average. 71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes–9 times the average. (National Principals Association Report) Compared to living with both parents, living in a single-parent home doubles the risk that a child will suffer physical, emotional, or educational neglect. (4) The absence of a parent through death, divorce, or a time-demanding job contributes to the many forms of emotional disorder, especially the anger, rebelliousness, low self-esteem, depression, and antisocial that characterizes those adolescents who take drugs, become pregnant out of wedlock, or commit suicide. A 1987 study by Wodarski and Harris linked the increase in suicides in America to the proliferation of single-parent households. (5) It’s now seen as optional to have two parents of different sexes. Just IMAGINE the suicide rates in 20 years!

STATISTICS

	Allegations of family violence are the weapon of choice in divorce strategies. Lawyers and paralegals in women’s shelters call them the “silver bullet.” False abuse allegations work effectively in removing men from their families. The impact our children of the removal of fathers is horrific. The following lists some of the consequences of the removal of fathers from the lives of their children. Inter-spousal violence perpetrated by men is only a small aspect of family violence. False abuse allegations are only a small tile in the mosaic of vilifying the men in our society. They serve well in successful attempts to remove fathers from the lives of our children. Here are some statistics resulting from that which show more of the whole picture.

	•	79.6% of custodial mothers receive a support award
	•	29.9% of custodial fathers receive a support award.
	•	46.9% of non-custodial mothers totally default on support.
	•	26.9% of non-custodial fathers totally default on support.
	•	20.0% of non-custodial mothers pay support at some level.
	•	61.0% of non-custodial fathers pay support at some level.
	•	66.2% of single custodial mothers work less than full time.
	•	10.2% of single custodial fathers work less than full time.
	•	7.0% of single custodial mothers work more than 44 hours weekly.
	•	24.5% of single custodial fathers work more that 44 hours weekly.
	•	46.2% of single custodial mothers receive public assistance.
	•	20.8% of single custodial fathers receive public assistance. (1)
	•	40% of mothers reported they interfered with the father’s visitation to punish their ex-spouse. (2)
	•	50% of mothers see no value in the fathers continued contact with his children. (3)
	•	90.2% of fathers with joint custody pay the support due.
	•	79.1% of fathers with visitation privileges pay the support due.
	•	44.5% of fathers with no visitation pay the support due.
	•	37.9% of fathers are denied any visitation.
	•	66% of all support not paid by non-custodial fathers is due to the inability to pay. (4)
	•	63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes. (5)
	•	90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes.
	•	85% of all children that exhibit behavioral disorders come from fatherless homes. (6)
	•	80% of rapists motivated with displaced anger come from fatherless homes. (7)
	•	71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes. (8)
	•	70% of juveniles in state operated institutions come from fatherless homes (9)
	•	85% of all youths sitting in prisons grew up in a fatherless home. (10)
	•	Nearly 2 of every 5 children in America do not live with their fathers. (11)

	There are:
	11,268,000 total custodial mothers
	2,907,000 total custodial fathers (12)

	What does this mean? Children from fatherless homes are:

	•	4.6 times more likely to commit suicide
	•	6.6 times to become teenaged mothers
	•	24.3 times more likely to run away
	•	15.3 times more likely to have behavioral disorders
	•	6.3 times more likely to be in a state-operated institutions
	•	10.8 times more likely to commit rape
	•	6.6 times more likely to drop out of school
	•	15.3 times more likely to end up in prison while a teenager.

	The calculation of the relative risks shown in the preceding list is based on 27% of children being in the care of single mothers. Compared to children who are in the care of two biological, married parents, children who are in the care of single mothers are: 33 times more likely to be seriously abused (so that they will require medical attention) 73 times more likely to be killed (13)

Children and Single Moms

	Whether caused by violence or not, children living with single moms don’t do well in our society. It used to be the exception. Now it is becoming the rule and progressively worse. Is that not child abuse, too?

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1: Children from single-mother families are 2.21 times (221%) as likely to have one or more total problems than those from two-parent families, twice as likely to have an emotional disorder, etc. (The probability of this being due to chance is smaller than 1 in 1,000)
2: Weighted projections to reflect national population of children.
3: Data for items so annotated apply for 6- to 11-year-olds only. All other data in the table apply to 4 to11-year-olds. (14)

Women prefer men who are already in relationships
	Noting that single women often complain “all the good men are taken,” the psychologists wondered if “this perception is really based on the fact that taken men are perceived as good.” To the men in the experiment, and to the women who were already in relationships, it didn’t make a significant difference whether their match was single or attached. But single women showed a distinct preference for mate poaching. When the man was described as unattached, 59 percent of the single women were interested in pursuing him. When that same man was described as being in a committed relationship, 90 percent were interested. The researchers write: http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/do-single-women-seek-attached-men/
	Women often cite a man’s incapability to commit. Yet 75% percent of Divorces are initiated by women. http://parentalalienationcanada.blogspot.com/2009/10/dr-anthony-synnott-concordia-university.html

Divorce and Fatherhood Statistics

61% of all child abuse is committed by biological mothers
25% of all child abuse is committed by natural fathers (15)
50% of mothers see no value in the father’s continued contact with his children. (16)

References

1. http://www.webmd.com/baby/news/20030123/absent-parent-doubles-child-suicide-risk
2. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9104655
3. http://www.dadi.org/suicide.htm
4. http://www.endparentalalienation.com/End_Parental_Alienation/Statistics_on_Fatherless_Homes_files/Statistics%20On%20Fatherless%20Homes.pdf
5. http://www.life.org.nz/suicide/suicideabout/suicideabout13/

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1. Technical Analysis Paper No. 42 - U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services - Office of Income Security Policy
2. “Frequency of Visitation” by Sanford Braver, American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
3. “Surviving the Breakup” by Joan Berlin Kelly
4. 1988 Census “Child Support and Alimony. 1989 Series” P-60, No. 173 p.6-7, and “US General Accounting Office Report” GAO/HRD-92-39FS January 1992
5. U. S. D.H.H.S. Bureau of the Census
6. Center for Disease Control
7. Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol. 14 p. 403-26
8. National Principals Association Report on the State of High Schools
9. U.S. Dept. of Justice, Special Report, Sept., 1988
10. Fulton County Georgia Jail Populations and Texas Dept. of Corrections, 1992
11. US News and World Report, February 27, 1995, p.39
12. Current Population Reports, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Series P-20, No. 458, 1991
13. “Marriage. The Safest Place for Women and Children”, by Patrick F. Fagan and Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D. Backgrounder .+.1535.
14. GROWING UP IN CANADA, National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (Human Resources Development Canada, Statistics Canada, Catalogue no. 89-550-MPE, no.1, November 1996, p. 91) Available from StatCan. It is only available in hard copy. $25 +GS7)
15. Current DHHS report on nationwide Child Abuse
16. “Surviving the Breakup” by Joan Berlin Kelly