Fathers Autonomous

Fathers rights support group located in Roanoke, Virginia

If you want fathers to support their children GIVE THEM THEIR CHILDREN

Fatherhood and Family Health
A 1995 report of father involvement in families, sponsored by the Virginia Department of Health Policy Group and the Division of Child and Adolescent Health revealed that there are many negative health and developmental outcomes of father absence in the family. These include greater risks of teen pregnancy, higher rates of childhood diseases, greater risk of substance abuse and school dropout. These findings underscore the fact that fathers are important in the lives and health of their children. (Source:Virginia Fatherhood Campaign)

Father Absence Facts

Teen Pregnancy - 164% increase in babies out-of-wedlock, 111% increase in having children as teenagers, and 92% increase in daughters being divorced or separated. (Source:Garfinkel and McClanahan)

Youth Vulnerability to Disease - 20%-35% increase in child health vulnerability. (Source:Dawson, an analysis of data from the National Health Interview Survey-Child Health)

Institutionalized Juveniles - 70% of juveniles in state-operated institutions are from fatherless homes. (Source:U.S. Dept. of Justice, Special Report)

Violent Crime - 72% of adolescent murderers, 60% of rapists, and 70% of long-term prisoners in America are from fatherless homes. ( Source:U.S. Dept. of Justice, Special Report)

Youth Tobacco, Alcohol, and Drug Use - 4.3 times increase in adolescent smoking (Source:Stanton, Oci, and Silva), which in turn often precedes increased use of alcohol and drugs (Source:Denton and Kampfe).

Youth Educational Problems - 40% increase in repeating a grade and 70% increase in being expelled (Source:Blankenhorn). Lower performance on intelligence tests (Source:Robin), and lower scores on standardized tests (Source:Stedman, Salganik, and Celebuski). Almost twice as likely to drop out of high school (Source:Stedman, Salganik, and Celebuski).

Study finds teen pregnancy and crime levels are higher among children from fatherless homes.
-Their findings suggest that current proposals to provide tax credits and exemptions for single mothers and to collect more child support from absent fathers will have little effect on the problem of delinquency among teenage boys.
"Both measures tacitly accept the father's absence from the home and seek to ameliorate its consequences by increasing the income available to mother and child. However, it requires an increase in family income of approximately $50,000 to counter the father's absence,"-

87 % of the juvenile offenders in the Virginia juvenile justice system do not live with both natural parents and 73 % are rearrested within three years of their release. (Source:Virginia Joint Legislative and Audit Review Commission)

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