Let me start off by challenging you with my powerful 5-minute video at Jennifer Maggio on You Tube.
- 17 million single parents in the United States
- 50% of babies today born outside marriage
- 78% of current prison population were raised in single parent homes
- 27% of single parents live on government assistance
- Abuse is twice as likely in a single parent home
- Children of single parents are 5 times more likely to commit suicide
- Children of single parents are 10 times more likely to drop out of high school
That paints a pretty grim picture, doesn’t it? These aren’t debatable statistics. This is fact,verified and substantiated. Is that to say that there aren’t successful single parents all over the country? Of course not! There are many who are successful, determined, and parenting effectively, but…..the truth is that many, many are not! Continue reading »