Due to the prevalence of divorce and non-marital childbearing in the United States, over half of all children are likely to spend at least part of their childhood living apart from one or both of their biological parents. Of these children, 90% will live primarily with their biological mother (“Single Parents” ). Children who grow up with one parent are 1.5 times more likely to be idle (out of school and work), 3 times more likely to have children …showed first 75 words of 1327 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1327 total…the father plays a significant role in the well-being of children and that the absence of a father leads children to negative behavior. Family structure and poverty go in both directions; family disruption lowers family income, but low income may also be involved in family disruption. To focus all our attention on the father when analyzing children’s negative behavior would be to overlook the more consequential factors associated with the lack of sufficient income.