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Lebanon County Fatherhood Initiative
Statistics
Children from disrupted families are at a
much higher risk for physical or sexual abuse.
An analysis of child abuse cases in a nationally representative sample of 42 counties found that children from single-parent families are more likely to be victims of physical and sexual abuse than children who live with both biological parents. Compared to their peers living with both parents, children in single parent homes had:
- a 77% greater risk of being physically abused
- an 87% greater risk of being harmed by physical neglect
- a 165% greater risk of experiencing notable physical neglect
- a 74% greater risk of suffering from emotional neglect
- an 80% greater risk of suffering serious injury as a result of abuse
- overall, a 120% greater risk of being endangered by some type of child abuse.
Source: Sedlak, Andrea J. and Diane D. Broadhurst.
The Third National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect: Pinal Report. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect. Washington, D.C., September 1996.
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“Raising a boy without an involved father in the home raises the statistical
probability of his becoming violent. Boys in school who are violent are
eleven times more likely to be living without a father.”
Pruett, Kyle D.
(2000). Fatherneed: Why Father Care is as Essential as Mother Care for
Your Child. Broadway Books. New York: 159.
Of the 19.2 million children living with a single parent in 2000, 84%
(16.2 million) were living with their mother; 16% (3.1 million) were
living with their father.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Current Population Reports,
P20- 537. Table CH-1. Living Arrangements of Children Under 18 Years Old:
1960 to Present, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Census Bureau, 2001.
“Indeed father absence remains exquisitely painful for the nineteen million
children who are currently growing up without their father. Earlier sexual
and drug activity, higher rates of school failure, school dropout, teen
suicide and juvenile delinquency stalk these children’s histories.”
Pruett,
Kyle D. (2000). Fatherneed: Why Father Care is as Essential as Mother Care
for Your Child. Broadway Books. New York:6.
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The Impact of Child Support Dollars and Father-Child Contact
Source: Argys,Laura M. el at."Contributions of Absent Fathers to Child Well Being
; The Impact of Child Support Dollars and Father-Child Contact" Mothering, (Fall 1997);32.
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Board Members
President:
Teresa Stump-Klinger
Vice President:
Linda Arguedas
Treasure:
Tony Arguedas
Secretary:
Marlin Klinger
Communications Dir.:
James Stump
Volunteer:
Gail Stump
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