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SPEAKER 1: This is part two in basically talking about some
of the problems, or some of the issues, related to the
family today.
And one of the other issues that we haven't mentioned
before is absentee fathers--
fathers who simply are not there.
And research recently indicated that 46% percent of
fathers between the ages of 15 and 44 had
children outside of marriage.
So either they were not married at all, or they were
married to one person and had children by someone else.
So there's a difference in terms of race and ethnicity in
that regard too, in that study.
Black fathers, 72%; Hispanics, 59; whites 37.
But that's an issue.
And they've also found that the education of the father
makes a difference.
The higher the education the more involved that the
father's going to be.
A bachelor's degree, only 13% had kids outside of marriage.
Whereas with a high school diploma, 51%.
And those without a high school diploma, 65%.
So we talk about the importance of the father, and
being around the children and so forth.
But in a lot of homes that's just not the case.
So much so that a person I respect a lot, former
Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy--
Tony Dungy actually started up a program a few years ago
called All Pro Dad.
Trying to specifically get more fathers involved with
their children.
And what they found over the years is 27% of dads actually
live away from their kids.
And the same percentage have not even seen a
child in over a year.
So obviously, we need programs like All Pro Dad, and others,
to try and get fathers actively
involved with their children.
Now, on the good side of things, in terms of the role
of fatherhood, dads today--
American dads today--
spend more time at home with their children, per week, then
they really ever have since back in the agricultural days.
Back when the family was on the farm and so on.
But at least in the 1900s, from 1900 on, dads are home
more often, more hours a week with their kids than they have
been for many, many years.
Now are they equal to mom, in terms of hours?
No, not even close.
But at least it's a huge upgrade compared to what it
used to be.
One other issue that we'll talk about in terms of the
family, and that is domestic violence.
And it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out kids
and women are most at risk on this.
And the thing I want you to definitely understand is this
goes all across all socioeconomic groups.
It doesn't matter rich, poor, middle class, working class.
It does not matter.
Domestic violence covers them all.
And the thing to remember, and please make sure people you
talk to, if you know anybody in this kind of a situation,
let them know this as well-- that domestic violence tends
to escalate over time.
It might start as something relatively minor.
But obviously you can't say it always does, but
it typically escalates.
Kind of interesting study from the mid '70s up through 2004,
11% of all murders were actually
intimate partner violence.
And 75% of *** victims, of domestic violence, are women.
OK, so the huge majority, in terms of domestic violence,
the huge majority of the victims are women.
And I believe it's somewhere around 30%--
well, here it is.
Yeah, a third of all female *** victims
were intimate contacts.
So domestic violence is obviously another major issue
in the family today.