The National Fatherhood Initiative has a listing of the top fatherhood facts. As I looked over the list I was immediately struck by how negative the list is. It focuses primarily on the side effects of bad fathers and broken homes rather than the positive influence of involved and caring dads. I’m just rather surprised that a group which is essentially a father’s advocacy group would put out a list that reads as though it was written by a jilted single mother.
That said, the last of the top ten was informative and worth mentioning:
Children with involved, loving fathers …read more