Family Research Council (FRC) reported Friday, however, that "79% of single-parent homes are headed by the mother, while only 10% are headed by the father."

If 73% of Americans believe "that being a father is the most important role a man can fill in today's world," something is wildly out of balance in America!  We are not practicing what we preach. And there's the rub!  Our walk doesn't match our talk! To make this even more telling, the FRC article went on to say, "Both sons and daughters suffer without a father. For example, research has shown that fatherlessness increases the risk of "youth incarceration" in males and "early sexual activity and adolescent pregnancy" in females." 

According to FRC, a recent study found such children are "more likely ... to struggle with serious, negative outcomes such as delinquency, substance abuse, and depression." The FRC article goes on to point out that, "Dr. Kyle Pruett of Yale Medical School demonstrated in his book Fatherneed that fathers contribute to parenting in ways that mothers do not. Pruett declares, "From deep within their biological and psychological being, children need to connect to fathers ... to live life whole."

Dad, there's no greater sense of fulfillment than putting your family first and raising your children in the nurture and admonition of the LORD. If you are like millions of us who could do better, start now. It is later than you think, more costly than you know, and deeply satisfying to turn it around.