What fathers in the home prevent.

More services needed to support fathers, Oklahoma legislative panel told

Leon Skillens III, a fatherhood program coordinator with the Tulsa Health Department, said one out of three children in the U.S., or 24 million children, live in a home without a father. Children growing up without a father are nearly five times more likely to commit suicide, 24 times more likely to run away from home, 6 times more likely to drop out of school and 15 times more likely to end up in jail or prison while still a teenager. Children in fatherless homes also are five times more likely to be poor, Skillens said.

It's not about preaching morality, it's about accepting reality.