A Fatherless Nation Cannot Prosper
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A Fatherless Nation Cannot Prosper

In 1965, nearly 80% of Black children were raised in two-parent homes.

Kendall Qualls

This Father’s Day, we should do more than hand out neckties and grill steaks. We should confront the truth: America leads the developed world in a heartbreaking and preventable trend — the collapse of fatherhood in the home.

According to a Pew Research Center study of 130 countries, nearly one in four children in the United States grows up in homes without a father or any other adult present. That is more than three times the global average. And the cost to our society is staggering.

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