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The U.S. 18.3 million fatherless households, the highest rate in the world. Nearly a quarter of children under the age of 18 live in a single parent household, more than the next closest 130 other countries and territories surveyed

Fatherless households account for:

70% of youths in state institutions

85% of all youths in prison

Of the roughly 2M U.S. prisoners, 800,000 are parents and 92% of them are fathers

63 percent of teen suicides come from fatherless homes which is 5 times the national average.

Moms account for 80% of single parent households

Per week, boys spend about 30 minutes in one-on-one conversations with their father, yet accumulate 44 hours watching television, playing video games, and surfing the internet

Fatherless households has produced 71% of teenage pregnancies

1 out of 3 pregnancies in fatherless homes end in abortion

60% of rapists & 72% of teenage murderers had fatherless households

Ted Bundy who kidnapped, raped and murdered 36 young women grew up without a father.