Mentor a Child

Statistics show that a fatherless home impairs the next generation. Fatherhood is a social role that obligates men to their biological children. In virtually all human societies, the well being of the children depends decisively upon a relatively high level of father investment. With over 50% of children in the USA experiencing the pain of father abandonment before they reach eighteen, what happens when a father voluntarily leaves or abandons his role as a child’s protector and provider?

• 82% of pregnant teenagers come from fatherless homes
• 63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes
• 78% of high school dropouts come from fatherless home
• 80% of rapists motivated with displaced anger come from fatherless homes
• Over 80 % of young men in prison come from fatherless
  homes
• 75% of all adolescent patients in chemical abuse centers
  come from fatherless homes
• 72% of adolescent murderers and 60% of America’s rapists grew up without fathers
  

Father absence is the primary cause of both economic and social poverty and cuts across all racial and social/economic boundaries.

You can help by becoming a mentor to a child. A Child's Hope International is proud to recommend One2One Mentors as a resource for the foster care community

For more information about One-2-One and to learn how you can mentor a boy or a girl contact them at:

One-2-One Mentors Ohio
Tim Spoleti, Executive Director
726 East Main Street, Ste. F#134
Lebanon, Ohio 45036-1900
513-532-1357 one2one@go-concepts.com