A SOCIOLOGICAL CATASTROPHE THAT DEFIES SOLUTION

From the wild Irish slums of the 19^th century Eastern seaboard, to the riot-torn suburbs of Los Angeles, there is one unmistakable lesson in American history; a community that allows a large number of young men to grow up in broken families, dominated by women, never acquiring any stable relationship to male authority, never acquiring any set of rational expectations about the future - that community asks for and gets chaos. Crime, violence, unrest, disorder – most particularly the furious, unrestrained lashing out at the whole social structure – that is not only to be expected; it is very near inevitable.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan - Democrat Senator, Professor, United Nations Ambassador - 1965 -

In the 60 years since Moynihan’s prediction, out of wedlock births have soared.

Births to Single Mothers

1965 - Whites 3.1% Blacks - 24%

2025 - Whites 40.7 Blacks - 70%

Children raised in fatherless homes are at greater risk of parental abuse, neglect, becoming teen parents, and dropping out of school or college. They are more likely to be poor, involved in drug and alcohol abuse, and suffer from health and emotional problems. Sixty three percent of youth suicides and eighty-five percent of children with behavior disorders come from fatherless homes.

WHY DID THIS HAPPEN? SEE MOYNIHAN ABOVE.