On this special day, we pause to recognise the importance of father’s in our lives, and to thank these men for their love and sacrifices given for us.
But not everybody has fond memories or experiences with their father. In fact many don’t even know their father at all. In America, 33 percent of children are raised in fatherless homes. That’s over 24 million children (more than the entire population of Australia!). But the fatherless represent 85% of youth in prison, 63% of all youth suicides, 85% of children with behavioural disorders, 75% of adolescents in chemical abuse centres, and 80% of rapists.