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This Father’s Day, More Than a Quarter of Kids Have Absentee Fathers

By Filings on Mon, 06/18/18
Christian Living
Fatherhood
American Culture

“[I]n the early 1900s, it was very unusual for children to live without their dads: According to our analysis of census data, fewer than 8 percent of kids under ten lived in a household not including their biological or adoptive father (a category that excludes stepdads and foster parents). Today, that number is one in four.” NReview

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