[quote=Lynnmn]Involved dad can make all the difference for a child

By Tom McMahon / Kid Tips

Children who live with their biological fathers are,
on average, two or three times more likely not to be poor;
less likely to use drugs; less likely to expirence education ,
health emotional and behavioral problems ; less likely to be victims of child abuse ;
and less likely to commit crimes then their peers who live without both of their married biological ( or adoptive ) parents.

Jeanie: The quote thing didn't work.... (or I didn't do it right?) Anyway, I've been thinking a lot about this issue with what I see at school. Last week I was subbing for a special ed collab teacher. In this one class with repeat kids in a math class (they had flunked it last year), the first day I was there with a female regular teacher, half of the 8 or 9 kids in this class would not even work. I got to know them a little and the next day, had them alone, and they DID do their work. Right or not, they tried! Then the next day, the teacher was still sick and another sub was in there with me. He was a male who was moonlighting. His regular job was a Federal police for Homeland Security. He came off loving but stern, nice but firm and I could not believe the way these young men reacted to him! It appeared he was giving them something they absolutely craved and I have a feeling it was the loving guidance and discipline that these kids were not getting at home from their fathers. I see it all the time, actually.