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Divorce and illegitimate births have reached epidemic proportions. A society whose grown men seem to be more interested in the latest video game, rather than the survival of their nation or even of their own family--is doomed to failure.
Three years ago, as the latest Star Wars movie opened, local television stations sent out camera crews to film the throngs camped-out all night for tickets. What struck me was the age of the average fanatic. In every city (including my own), all I saw were grown men ranging in age from their late 20's well into their 40's. The comments from these overgrown 12 year olds were as absurd as their very presence at the mega-plexes. How can a grown man be so consumed (or even content) with the 21st century equivalent of comic books?
What do you think the ratio of grown men watching football on Sunday is to grown men spending time with their children on that same day?...Sorry, staring at the idiot box together doesn't count!
When I was a child, I remember that all grown men worked and financially supported their family, as there was a terrible stigma attached to loafers. I don't believe I ever saw a grown man during the day, unless he was working. That work ethic not only built this country, but allowed women to raise the children and provide the much needed nurturing with which she was naturally equipped.
Considering the high rate of divoce, out-of-wedlock births, and absentee fathers--adult American men are shirking their responsibilities and seem to be somehow regressing.
In 2005, there were a staggering 1.5 million illegitimate births within the United States. In fact, 40 percent of all births were to single women. In the black community, the rate of illegitimacy is an incredible 70 percent. If we want to see the havoc that can be wrought by useless fathers--we need look no further than poverty stricken black neighborhoods.
Some sobering statistics are provided by the National Center for Health Statistics. According to their latest study on the subject, fatherless homes account for:
63% of childhood suicides
90% of runaway children
71% of high school dropouts
85% of incarcerated minors
50 % of teen mothers
Once upon a time in America divorce was very rare. It was a drastic step only taken when abuse was occurring inside the marriage. That is exactly as it should be. However, by 1997 an incredible 80 percent of divorces were attributed to so-called "irreconcilable differences" (i.e. we're bored!).
Today, half of all new marriages will end in divorce. According to U.S. Census Bureau figures: The average age of Americans at their first divorce is 30 for men, and 29 for women. We have all heard of the "quickie divorce", once only obtained in the state of Nevada...It has apparently given way to the "quickie marriage." Of course, it is always the children who suffer as a result of such irresponsible behavior.
We have known for sometime that children raised in single-parent homes are much more susceptible to poverty, a life of crime, and of course to repeat the irresponsible behavior of their parents. It is time for the American man to put down the remote, stop allowing other men to raise his children, and devote himself to his family.
The lazy and disconnected American man is much more of a threat to the survival of this nation, than are the Muslim terrorists seeking their 72 virgins in heaven.
Divorce and illegitimate births have reached epidemic proportions. A society whose grown men seem to be more interested in the latest video game, rather than the survival of their nation or even of their own family--is doomed to failure.
Three years ago, as the latest Star Wars movie opened, local television stations sent out camera crews to film the throngs camped-out all night for tickets. What struck me was the age of the average fanatic. In every city (including my own), all I saw were grown men ranging in age from their late 20's well into their 40's. The comments from these overgrown 12 year olds were as absurd as their very presence at the mega-plexes. How can a grown man be so consumed (or even content) with the 21st century equivalent of comic books?
What do you think the ratio of grown men watching football on Sunday is to grown men spending time with their children on that same day?...Sorry, staring at the idiot box together doesn't count!
When I was a child, I remember that all grown men worked and financially supported their family, as there was a terrible stigma attached to loafers. I don't believe I ever saw a grown man during the day, unless he was working. That work ethic not only built this country, but allowed women to raise the children and provide the much needed nurturing with which she was naturally equipped.
Considering the high rate of divoce, out-of-wedlock births, and absentee fathers--adult American men are shirking their responsibilities and seem to be somehow regressing.
In 2005, there were a staggering 1.5 million illegitimate births within the United States. In fact, 40 percent of all births were to single women. In the black community, the rate of illegitimacy is an incredible 70 percent. If we want to see the havoc that can be wrought by useless fathers--we need look no further than poverty stricken black neighborhoods.
Some sobering statistics are provided by the National Center for Health Statistics. According to their latest study on the subject, fatherless homes account for:
63% of childhood suicides
90% of runaway children
71% of high school dropouts
85% of incarcerated minors
50 % of teen mothers
Once upon a time in America divorce was very rare. It was a drastic step only taken when abuse was occurring inside the marriage. That is exactly as it should be. However, by 1997 an incredible 80 percent of divorces were attributed to so-called "irreconcilable differences" (i.e. we're bored!).
Today, half of all new marriages will end in divorce. According to U.S. Census Bureau figures: The average age of Americans at their first divorce is 30 for men, and 29 for women. We have all heard of the "quickie divorce", once only obtained in the state of Nevada...It has apparently given way to the "quickie marriage." Of course, it is always the children who suffer as a result of such irresponsible behavior.
We have known for sometime that children raised in single-parent homes are much more susceptible to poverty, a life of crime, and of course to repeat the irresponsible behavior of their parents. It is time for the American man to put down the remote, stop allowing other men to raise his children, and devote himself to his family.
The lazy and disconnected American man is much more of a threat to the survival of this nation, than are the Muslim terrorists seeking their 72 virgins in heaven.
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), but in what I said, there's no wishing, just a suggestion of a "cure".