As Director of a Fatherhood Program, I often have the time and requirement to sift through a lot of data on fatherhood. I recently acquired a copy of National Fatherhood Initiative's "Father Facts 6th edition". I have a previous edition and it is a wealth of knowledge for anyone in the social assitance resource arena. As I read through some of the most current data, I noticed that there was a slight decrease in the percentage of children living in "father absent homes". In 2010, 20,324 children were absent a father figure. This was down from 20,516 in 2005. Although a .5 percent decrease in 5 years is a very small amount, it must be a very relative amount in the eyes of the 292 children affected! It shows a positive move toward father involvement. The true test will be having another drop in 2015. History demonstrates that there is a rise and fall every five years on this area. We'll have to see what happens!
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