[Image] [Image] Father Facts Wade F. Horn, Ph.D. National Fatherhood Initiative ------------------------------------------------------------ Attitudes About Positive Father Involvement A survey of over 500 Baby Boomer men found that 84% said that being a good father was a very important factor in their definition of success. Source: Dr. Ross Goldstein, "The New American Adulthood," National Survey conducted by Consumer Survey Center, Half Moon Bay, California, 1996. According to a 1996 Gallup Poll, 90.3 percent of Americans agree that "fathers make a unique contribution to their childrenŐs lives." Source: Gallup Poll, 1996, National Center for Fathering, as printed in "Father Figures," TodayŐs Father 4, no. 1 (1996): 8. When asked whether they felt their parents "really care" about them, 97% of children ages 10 to 17 living with both biological parents said "yes" for their fathers. Of children living in a stepfamily, only 71% said "yes" for their fathers. And of children living with only one parent, only 55% said "yes" for their fathers. Source: The National Commission on Children, Speaking of Kids: A National Survey of Children and Parents, Washington, DC 1991. [Previous | Table of Contents | Next ] (c) 1998, National Fatherhood Initiative. All rights reserved. Father Facts 3 is available in softcover from the National Fatherhood Initiative. NFI Resource Catalog Price: US $8.00. National Fatherhood Initiative 101 Lake Forest Boulevard, Suite 360 Gaithersburg, MD 20877 phone: (301) 948-0599 fax: (301) 948-4325 email: info@fatherhood.org web: www.fatherhood.org [-] Printer-Friendly Version [-] See Related Resources ------------------------------------------------------------ copyright (c) 1995-2002 Leadership U. All rights reserved. This site is part of the Telling the Truth Project. Updated: 4 May 2002