[namtir]

71% of high school dropouts come from fatherless homes. 90% of runaway and homeless children come form fatherless homes. 85% of children with behavioral problems come from fatherless homes. 63% of youth suicide is fatherless homes. Of the 27 shooters, only 1 was raised by his biological father since birth

Does this go well with:

> Maybe we should consider just how much positive influence these wonderful ladies have on the penal system, every day of the year.

and

> A momma’s boy, which almost all convicts are.

[DoreenMichele]

Basically, you are vilifying the parent who bothers to stick around because it is usually a woman.

Sadly, as I write this, it's the top comment because this is an overwhelmingly male forum, so an awful lot of members are all too happy to upvote anything that spin doctors problems to make men look good and women look bad without thinking any deeper about the problem than that.

For the record, it's actually a problem that so many men in the US don't give a damn about their own children, can't be bothered to show up and also don't give a damn about how that negatively impacts the woman who had children by them.

We need more family friendly policies that help parents do right by their kids. Most developed countries do not take the attitude that "You fools who had kids are on your own and we aren't going to lift a finger to help you raise your kids. No, we don't care that this actually comes back to bite us once they are grown and the problem is being handled by the police and the penal system. We just aren't that bright and can't see the cause-and-effect obvious connection there, never mind the existence of studies that show it."

[paulryanrogers]

Single parenthood is a thankless task. Is there evidence that single fathers fare any better?

[dleslie]

I was curious so I dug; I am not an expert at all and make no claim to that.

AFAICT, in the USA, single Fathers occur at a much lower rate than single mothers, are more likely to be cohabitating with a partner, and tend to have a higher level of education and a larger income[0].

I don't think you could fairly compare the efficacy of single mothers and fathers against each other. There's not enough single fathers, and their socio-economic positioning tends to be more advantageous.

It would be curious to see if elevating the socio-economic opportunities of single mothers would reduce the likelihood of criminal behaviour in their children.

0: https://ifstudies.org/blog/five-facts-about-todays-single-fa...

[watwut]

On top of head, I know about three shooters who lived with biological father and multiple who were adopted (e.g. no biological parent).

I also noted that you do not mention divorce rates and how many children without problems are fatherless.

Finally, yes, in unstable or violent or otherwise troubled families it is usually mother that stays with kid and father who leaves. Either because he is uninterested or in prison or have restraining order against him.

Sounds like you have an agenda here.