Fatherless Kids More Likely to endure Mental Health Problems There have been several studies finding that children from single parent residences (mostly single mother homes) are more at risk.


Fatherless Kids More Likely to endure Mental Health Problems

There have been several studies finding that children from single parent residences (mostly single mother homes) are more at risk. still this is the first research that covers almost an entire national population and takes into account social factors that could distort the outcome

steady after adjusting the data to statistically eliminate economic differences, children with single parents were still twice as likely to have psychiatric disorders, attempt suicide, and abuse alcohol, and three to four times more likely to use narcotic drugs

(--The Lancet, 25 January 2003)

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