Be Involved Stay Involved

Be Involved

No longer is it enough for a dad to say he wants to be involved in his child’s life but we must want to stay involved throughout their whole life. Over twenty-five million American children (or 33.5 percent of children in the U.S.) live absent their biological father. (Krieder, 2005). No what status of life you may be in, join San Antonio Fatherhood Campaign and “I am a Be Involved-Stay Involved Dad!”.

Every Dad Should Know

• 90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes.
  (Source: US Dept of Health and Human Services, Census Bureau)
• 71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes.
  (Source: National Principles Association Report on the state of High Schools)
• 75% of all adolescent patients in chemical abuse centers come from fatherless homes.
  (Source: Rainbow for all God’s Children)
• 63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes.
  (Source: US Dept of Health and Human Services, Census Bureau)
• 80% of rapists motivated with displaced anger come from fatherless homes.
• 70% of juveniles in state-operated institutions come from fatherless homes.
  (Source: US Dept of Justice, Special Report)
• 85% of all youths sitting in prisons grew up in a fatherless home.
• 71% of teenage pregnancies are to children of single parents.
  (Source: US Dept of Health and Human Services)