America's Youth
America's Youth | Society Must Help Fathers Stay Involved in Youths’ Lives
The decline of fatherhood is one of the most basic, unexpected, and extraordinary social trends of our time. Its dimensions can be captured in a single statistic: in just three decades, between 1960 and 1990, the percentage of children living apart from their biological fathers more than doubled, from 17 percent to 36 percent. By the turn of the century, nearly 50 percent of American children may be going to sleep each evening without being able to say good night to their dads.
No one predicted this trend, few researchers or government agencies have monitored it, and it is not...
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1
- Chapter 1 Preface
- Popular Culture Negatively Influences America’s Youth
- Popular Culture Does Not Negatively Influence America’s Youth
- Peer Pressure Is an Important Influence on America’s Youth
- Peer Pressure Is Not an Important Influence on America’s Youth
- Parental Influence Is Important to America’s Youth
- Parental Influence on America’s Youth Has Eroded
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Chapter 2
- Chapter 2 Preface
- Youth Substance Abuse Is a Serious Problem
- The Problem of Youth Substance Abuse Is Exaggerated
- Teenage Pregnancy Is a Serious Problem
- Unwed Motherhood Is a More Serious Problem than Teenage Pregnancy
- Youth Gun Violence Is a Serious Problem
- Guns Are Not the Cause of Youth Violence
- Bullying Among Youths Is a Serious Problem
- The Extent of Bullying Is Exaggerated
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 4
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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