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| Top 10 Reasons Why Fathers Matter |
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This list comes from FamilyFacts.org. Head over there for more helpful information and research about the importance of marriage and family. (Also -- to all you fathers out there: Happy Father's Day from the DeMint office):- Children’s well-being. Children living in intact families tend to fare better on cognitive achievement and behavioral outcomes than peers living in families with unmarried biological fathers, stepfathers, and mothers’ cohabiting partners. (Read more here.)
- Adolescents’ psychological well-being. Close relationships between adolescents and their fathers are positively associated with adolescents’ psychological well-being. (Read more here.)
- Adolescents' behavioral problems. Adolescents of more involved fathers tend to exhibit lower levels of behavioral problems than peers of less involved fathers. (Read more here.)
- Youth delinquency. Adolescents who report having more positive relationships with their fathers are less likely to engage in delinquency than peers who have less positive relationships with their fathers. (Read more here.)
- Teen substance use. Adolescents who report having more positive relationships with their fathers are less likely to abuse substance than peers who have less positive relationships with their fathers. (Read more here.)
- Young adult’s educational attainment. Individuals whose fathers showed more involvement in their lives early on tend to attain higher levels of education than peers of less involved fathers. (Read more here.)
- Young adults’ incarceration rates. Growing up without a father appears to be associated with greater likelihood of incarceration later in life. (Read more here.)
- Father-child relationships. Adolescents living in intact families report, on average, having closer relationships with their fathers than peers in non-intact families. (Read more here.)
- Fathers’ engagement with children. Among urban fathers, those who frequently attend religious services tend to be more engaged with their children than those who attend less frequently. (Read more here.)
- Fathers’ well-being. Among disadvantaged fathers, those who increase their engagement with their children report improved well-being. (Read more here.)
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