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Fatherless kids have a higher probability of becoming criminals when they grow up. So why not give custody to fathers instead? Is there data that motherless kids have a higher chance of being criminals?

cerealbox760 posted...

Fatherless kids have a higher probability of becoming criminals when they grow up

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Bloodychess posted...

cerealbox760 posted...

Fatherless kids have a higher probability of becoming criminals when they grow up

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https://thefatherlessgeneration.wordpress.com/statistics/

stfu
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Not sure if serious or not, but the issue is more about a structured household. If said single father also doesn't have his shit together, then the kid may still end up a criminal.
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I know its not exact science hence the emphasis on probabilities. And I understand outliers exist. Maybe it's not so much that motherless or a fatherless household breeds troubled children. I don't know because the lack of positive role models might just do it. So perhaps defaulting custody to mothers is not the best thing to do?

Marriage is on a decline. I can't imagine this being good for kids and society at large.

cerealbox760 posted...

Fatherless kids have a higher probability of becoming criminals when they grow up. So why not give custody to fathers instead? Is there data that motherless kids have a higher chance of being criminals?

Often times the father is nowhere to be found.

I wonder if kids would be better off with single fathers rather than mothers just because young kids have so many more positive female role models with their teachers growing up.

Probably a small difference if there is any at all.
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Forgettable posted...

>.wordpress

https://www.fatherhood.org/father-absence-statistic?hsCtaTracking=6013fa0e-dcde-4ce0-92da-afabf6c53493%7C7168b8ab-aeba-4e14-bb34-c9fc0740b46e

Wordpress or not, there's plenty of data on the interwebs. I thought this was common knowledge. Sorry.

What about kids whose fathers died?
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For boys, they're more likely to turn to crime in a single parent household regardless of gender.

For girls, it matters which parent is missing. Teen pregnancies are far, far more common for girls raised by single mothers than girls raised by single fathers.
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RiderofHogs posted...

What about kids whose fathers died?

That kid will have a higher chance of living a troubled life when he grows up.

DarkChozoGhost posted...

For boys, they're more likely to turn to crime in a single parent household regardless of gender.

For girls, it matters which parent is missing. Teen pregnancies are far, far more common for girls raised by single mothers than girls raised by single fathers.

I'm not disagreeing with you, but do you have a source?

I'm an Athiest but the negative attitude of marriage is troubling. 50% divorce rate is nothing to be celebrating about especially when kids are involved.

cerealbox760 posted...

I'm an Athiest but the negative attitude of marriage is troubling. 50% divorce rate is nothing to be celebrating about especially when kids are involved.

obviously divorces can really hurt the kids

but it's more than possible to have a healthy, functional family relationship without marriage
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cerealbox760 posted...

I'm an Athiest but the negative attitude of marriage is troubling. 50% divorce rate is nothing to be celebrating about especially when kids are involved.

Divorce rate has basically been falling since 1980 though.
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The more I think about single parent households, the more I think the father has greater role than the mother once the hit school age, and especially on puberty hits.

However, all statistics seem to show that a child raised in a house with both parents succeeds farther than any other scenario. I think I even remember seeing one that said a child with both parents in a low income house had a higher chance of having a high income job than a single parent house that's rich.
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cerealbox760 posted...

I'm not disagreeing with you, but do you have a source?

Not handy. I read an actual study on it in psych class back in high school, but I don't still have that material. A quick google search will bring up a few second and third hand sources though.

cerealbox760 posted...

I'm an Athiest but the negative attitude of marriage is troubling. 50% divorce rate is nothing to be celebrating about especially when kids are involved.

Fortunately, divorce rates have actually been falling for over a decade. Divorce rates, not just total number of divorces.
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sometimes the father is better suited. but judges almost always give custody to the mothers 99.99% of the time without even thinking it through. doesn't help that most family court judges are women so they are biased to the mom. but also society just thinks that moms are better

I think in many of those cases it's that the father doesnt want the kid so they leave and dont come back
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