Tag Archives: Parenting

The Pain of Divorce

I just finished writing Chapter 7, “The Pain of Divorce” and I came across some interesting statistics on the divorce rate in America.

It is difficult to say which statistics are fully accurate, but my research indicates that greater than 40% of marriages end in divorce.

According to enrichment journal on the divorce rate in America: Continue reading The Pain of Divorce

The Pain of the Father Void

I’m writing Chapter 5 called “The Pain of Fatherlessness” and I wanted to share some data that I found at fathers.com.

A study in 2010 by the U.S. Census Bureau indicates that 33% of the children in America live absent their fathers.  In 2012 a study by the U.S. Census Bureau indicated that 57.6% of black children, 31.2% of Hispanic children, and 20.7% of white children are living absent their biological fathers.  If it were classified as a disease, fatherlessness would be an epidemic worthy of attention as a national emergency. Continue reading The Pain of the Father Void