Father's Day Comes Early

STATISTICS ABOUND showing that children with absent fathers suffer a much worse fate than those whose dads stuck around. They’re more likely to have low birth weight before they’re more likely become obese, go to jail long-term, contract diseases, be treated for emotional problems, live in poverty, take drugs, and do badly in school. Saddest of all, they are also more likely create the next generation of fatherless children.

The numbers are also disheartening. Only one in thee American children grow up with their fathers around. The problem is most prevalent in the low-income black community, where two out of three children are–although a mother’s boyfriend may cohabitate–for all intents and purposes, fatherless.