Never Knew a Father's Love

Never Knew a Father's Love Ministry exists to provide love, support, and resources to those who are growing up or grew up without a father's love.

It is the heart of this ministry to help the men, women, and children impacted in these alarming statistics -the truth in black and white. 

Known by Love. - John 13:35

Absent Father Syndrome and Parental Alienation Data

There is a warrior in the heart of a boy.  When there is no father, his aggression is either stifled or charged resulting in passive or violent behavior.- Absent Father Syndrome Psychologist

The Statistics - The truth of it all in black and white

· The #1 predictor of sexual promiscuity in girls is an absent father.

· 71% of pregnant teens are from fatherless households.

· 65% of children in African-American Community are in fatherless households.

· 65% of children in absent father homes live in poverty.

· 63% of youth suicides are in fatherless households.

· 79% of pregnant teens are unwed.

· 71% of High School dropouts are from fatherless homes.

· 60% of repeat rapists are from fatherless homes.

· 90% of repeat juvenile arsonists are from fatherless homes.

· 85% of jail and prison population are from fatherless homes.

· 77% of women in jail are single moms.

· 36.3% or an estimated 24.7 million children live absent from their biological father.

· 25% or an estimated almost 17 million children live with their single mothers.

Children without the father's love are:

· 5 times more likely to commit suicide

· 32 times more likely to run away

· 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders

· 14 times more likely to commit rape

· 9 times more likely to drop-out

· 10 times more likely to have history of chemical abuse

· 20 times more likely to end up in prison

"We need fathers to step-up to realize that their job does not end at conception; that what makes a man is not the ability to have a child, but to the courage to raise one."--President Barack Obama

Source: Absent Father documentary by psychologists studying the phenomenon

 http://www.dads-daughters.com/absentee-fathers.html

http://www.lifecoaches.org/Web/Research.asp