Absence of Father Causes Early Puberty and Risky Sexual Behavior

[severus68]

No, I was suggesting that there are many reasons girls are developing sexually at earlier ages. And the less developed the brain is when the sexual awakening happens the more likely the youngster will take risks because they literally don’t understand that their behavior can have drastic consequences.

I agree that there could be many reasons.

 

[severus68]

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63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes (US Dept. Of Health/Census) – 5 times the average.
90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes – 32 times the average.
85% of all children who show behavior disorders come from fatherless homes – 20 times the average. (Center for Disease Control)
80% of rapists with anger problems come from fatherless homes –14 times the average. (Justice & Behavior, Vol 14, p. 403-26)
71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes – 9 times the average. (National Principals Association Report)
Father Factor in Education - Fatherless children are twice as likely to drop out of school.

Children with Fathers who are involved are 40% less likely to repeat a grade in school.
Children with Fathers who are involved are 70% less likely to drop out of school.
Children with Fathers who are involved are more likely to get A’s in school.
Children with Fathers who are involved are more likely to enjoy school and engage in extracurricular activities.
75% of all adolescent patients in chemical abuse centers come from fatherless homes – 10 times the average.
Father Factor in Drug and Alcohol Abuse - Researchers at Columbia University found that children living in two-parent household with a poor relationship with their father are 68% more likely to smoke, drink, or use drugs compared to all teens in two-parent households. Teens in single mother households are at a 30% higher risk than those in two-parent households.

70% of youths in state-operated institutions come from fatherless homes – 9 times the average. (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Sept. 1988)
85% of all youths in prison come from fatherless homes – 20 times the average. (Fulton Co. Georgia, Texas Dept. of Correction)
Father Factor in Incarceration – Even after controlling for income, youths in father-absent households still had significantly higher odds of incarceration than those in mother-father families. Youths who never had a father in the household experienced the highest odds. A 2002 Department of Justice survey of 7,000 inmates revealed that 39% of jail inmates lived in mother-only households. Approximately forty-six percent of jail inmates in 2002 had a previously incarcerated family member. One-fifth experienced a father in prison or jail.

Father Factor in Crime - A study of 109 juvenile offenders indicated that family structure significantly predicts delinquency. Adolescents, particularly boys, in single-parent families were at higher risk of status, property and person delinquencies. Moreover, students attending schools with a high proportion of children of single parents are also at risk. A study of 13,986 women in prison showed that more than half grew up without their father. Forty-two percent grew up in a single-mother household and sixteen percent lived with neither parent

Father Factor in Child Abuse – Compared to living with both parents, living in a single-parent home doubles the risk that a child will suffer physical, emotional, or educational neglect. The overall rate of child abuse and neglect in single-parent households is 27.3 children per 1,000, whereas the rate of overall maltreatment in two-parent households is 15.5 per 1,000.

Daughters of single parents without a Father involved are 53% more likely to marry as teenagers, 711% more likely to have children as teenagers, 164% more likely to have a pre-marital birth and 92% more likely to get divorced themselves.

Adolescent girls raised in a 2 parent home with involved Fathers are significantly less likely to be sexually active than girls raised without involved Fathers.

43% of US children live without their father [US Department of Census]
90% of homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes. [US D.H.H.S., Bureau of the Census]
80% of rapists motivated with displaced anger come from fatherless homes. [Criminal Justice & Behaviour, Vol 14, pp. 403-26, 1978]
71% of pregnant teenagers lack a father.
63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes. [US D.H.H.S., Bureau of the Census]
85% of children who exhibit behavioral disorders come from fatherless homes.
90% of adolescent repeat arsonists live with only their mother. [Wray Herbert, “Dousing the Kindlers,” Psychology Today, January, 1985, p. 28]
71% of high school dropouts come from fatherless homes. [National Principals Association Report on the State of High Schools]
75% of adolescent patients in chemical abuse centers come from fatherless homes. [Rainbows f for all God’s Children]
70% of juveniles in state operated institutions have no father. [US Department of Justice, Special Report, Sept. 1988]
85% of youths in prisons grew up in a fatherless home. [Fulton County Georgia jail populations, Texas Department of Corrections, 1992]

164%? How does that work?

All I can say is that if these are authoritative, properly obtained stats , the US would not be a place to raise a child.

 

[Kamaduck]

164%? How does that work?

You can have percent increase over 100%. It means that the rate is more than double what it is for those with fathers.

All I can say is that if these are authoritative, properly obtained stats , the US would not be a place to raise a child.

I wouldn’t say we’re a particularly great place to raise a child. But really, how bad it is mostly depends on what the rates are for children who do have fathers. A 711% increase strongly points to a correlation between fatherlessness and teen pregnancy, but what that number means in terms of the total number of teenage moms depends on how many teen moms there are who have both parents. If it’s a relatively small number, then the situation as a whole isn’t too impossibly terrible.

But again, I’m not going to hold the US up as a wonderful nation full of happy, healthy young people. The general consensus is that mine is a generation with a lot of problems, and personal experience confirms this.

 

[otjm]

You can have percent increase over 100%. It means that the rate is more than double what it is for those with fathers.

I wouldn’t say we’re a particularly great place to raise a child. But really, how bad it is mostly depends on what the rates are for children who do have fathers. A 711% increase strongly points to a correlation between fatherlessness and teen pregnancy, but what that number means in terms of the total number of teenage moms depends on how many teen moms there are who have both parents. If it’s a relatively small number, then the situation as a whole isn’t too impossibly terrible.

But again, I’m not going to hold the US up as a wonderful nation full of happy, healthy young people. The general consensus is that mine is a generation with a lot of problems, and personal experience confirms this.

Pregnant teenagers do not equate equally with teenage moms; some have the child and put it up for adoption; many, many more simply abort.

 

[Kamaduck]

Pregnant teenagers do not equate equally with teenage moms; some have the child and put it up for adoption; many, many more simply abort.

You’re right, I should be specific. According to Cackles, the figure is specifically for “having children”, which sounds like carrying the child to term, without respect for whether the mother chooses to put the child up for adoption. Even if we accept Cackles’s statistics, we still don’t know what the breakdown is for teen pregnancy in general.

It’s impossible for me to check Cackles’s sources, given that half of them are books and the post includes exactly zero links. In any case, I don’t find it at all unbelievable that being raised in a home without a father has a noticeable negative effect on many children. I’d be surprised if someone wanted to argue that point, since it seems obvious to me that children benefit from the care their parents give them. If that point is in question, we’ll have to find some sources that can be checked.

 

[severus68]

You’re right, I should be specific. According to Cackles, the figure is specifically for “having children”, which sounds like carrying the child to term, without respect for whether the mother chooses to put the child up for adoption. Even if we accept Cackles’s statistics, we still don’t know what the breakdown is for teen pregnancy in general.

It’s impossible for me to check Cackles’s sources, given that half of them are books and the post includes exactly zero links. In any case, I don’t find it at all unbelievable that being raised in a home without a father has a noticeable negative effect on many children. I’d be surprised if someone wanted to argue that point, since it seems obvious to me that children benefit from the care their parents give them. If that point is in question, we’ll have to find some sources that can be checked.

Of course it is ideal that children have two parents but it is much more than that:

1. Are both parents there for their children. I know that in the past, many fathers never had that bond with their children, some not even showing affection as it was not what a man did;
2. The article does not talk of the effects on sons;
3. What about fathers who die young, spend long periobring up their children. ds in the military especially when their children are young?

What about all those single mothers who work so hard to care for and bring up their children well.

Where is the scientific proof that girls without a father’s presence reach puberty early? What is medical science is that if a mother reached puberty early, her daughters are likely to reach puberty early too.

His second assertion is that such daughters indulge in early sexual activity is such a terrible thing to say without sound evidence. Such an assertion should not be made lightly. The world is full of single mums who would be more than insulted by this.

I am really disgusted with this article which basically says children without the presence of a father turn out to be sluts.

I will leave this thread before I am further sickened. Thank you.

 

[Kamaduck]

Of course it is ideal that children have two parents but it is much more than that:

1. Are both parents there for their children. I know that in the past, many fathers never had that bond with their children, some not even showing affection as it was not what a man did;

That would also be an issue, one that the study doesn’t account for. However, you could argue that even an emotionally distant father is better than no father, in that he will still provide stability and economic security for his children.

1. The article does not talk of the effects on sons;

The studies didn’t cover sons. We don’t know what the effect is, but I expect it’s negative.

1. What about fathers who die young, spend long periobring up their children. ds in the military especially when their children are young?

That’s kind of what I was wondering about earlier. My father died when I was eight, but the results here apply specifically to daughters of divorced parents, or in some cases daughters whose fathers were never involved at all. Those are different situations, and we can’t be sure how much is because of the father’s absence, and how much is due to the how the father left. I suspect that very little of this actually applies to me.

The article does mention a possible thought process for girls who take sexual risks- that they feel the need to secure a male early and procreate immediately, because on some level they know that he will leave them, and want to have children before that happens. But that’s really just speculation, and it’s also weird, because that’s exactly the opposite of my thought process due to my father’s death. I’m hesitant to get married at all in the future, because I know that the risk of depending on any single person is that when you need them most, that person might not be there.

Of course, I’m not sure how much of that is just an attempted justification for my lack of interest in romantic relationships. Human beings are complex, and their beliefs and actions are the results of many factors. It would be an oversimplification to attribute any of my beliefs 100% to the death of my father.

What about all those single mothers who work so hard to care for and bring up their children well.

They are doing a magnificent job, and I still think that their situation would be objectively better if there were a loving male parent helping them raise those children.

Where is the scientific proof that girls without a father’s presence reach puberty early? What is medical science is that if a mother reached puberty early, her daughters are likely to reach puberty early too.

The experiment seemed solid in that regard. They found that younger daughters who spent 5 years fewer with their fathers reached puberty almost a year earlier than their older sisters. If they had a control group and found no similar jump between older and younger daughters in two-parent families, then that is a very clear sign of a correlation.

His second assertion is that such daughters indulge in early sexual activity is such a terrible thing to say without sound evidence. Such an assertion should not be made lightly. The world is full of single mums who would be more than insulted by this.

I suppose the findings were based on essays that the daughters wrote about their attitudes towards sex, not just on sexual history. That isn’t really hard evidence. More investigation is required, but I maintain that I wouldn’t be surprised if there is a link.

I am really disgusted with this article which basically says children without the presence of a father turn out to be sluts.

It doesn’t say that. If it did, I would have dismissed it outright. It says that the absence of a father (specifically, the experience of reduced contact with a father due to abandonment or divorce) may be a contributing factor to taking sexual risks. As I said before, humans are complex, and we have a choice whether or not to remain chaste. That doesn’t mean that life experiences can’t make us more or less inclined towards certain actions.

I will leave this thread before I am further sickened. Thank you.

OK. I’m sorry the subject upset you. Blessings.