[Vida Nueva/ New Life] HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

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Rev. Jorge Valdes

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Jun 17, 2010, 10:24:05 PM6/17/10
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FACTS:

42% of single fathers are divorced, 38% never married, 16% are separated, and 4% are widowed.

8% of single fathers are raising three or more children under the age of 18.

34% of children in the U.S. live without their father.

40% of children living in father-absent homes haven’t seen their father at all during the past year. 50% have never set foot in their father’s home.

90% of homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes.

71% of pregnant teens come from fatherless homes, as do 63% of youth suicides and 83% of children exhibiting behavioral disorders.

70% of juveniles in state-operated insitutions are fatherless. 85% of youths in prisons grew up in fatherless homes.

U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. Dept. of Justice, Nat’l Fatherhood Initiative, Urban Inst."

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Publicado por Rev. Jorge Valdes para Vida Nueva/ New Life el 6/17/2010 10:24:00 PM
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