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Courageous Dads ARE Needed! Including link to Eric Metaxas BreakPoint piece-Be a Heroic Dad

May 15, 2013 By Jeff Abramovitz Leave a Comment

DadPad | Jeff Abramovitz | LifeWay June 14 Courageous Dads simulcast event

Sunday, June 14 could be an historic day in fatherhood.  Seldom have we seen fathers in a TV or movie role that don’t include their being depicted as a fool, oaf, unneeded or extraneous.  Events focus on activities but not always on what makes a father really COURAGEOUS.  A few years ago, the move COURAGEOUS came out and brought the need for Godly men and fathers in our homes across the nation.  We have a culture that is continually wanting to bury the whole idea of fatherhood (here is a link to an article in The Atlantic a couple of years ago espousing this idea: Are Fathers Necessary) .  Some say it’s passe, unnecessary and even harmful.  But, statistics (and our souls/gut) tell us something completely different.  Check out these statistics

• 63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes (Source: U.S. D.H.H.S., Bureau of the Census)
• 90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes
• 85% of all children that exhibit behavioral disorders come from fatherless homes (Source: Center for Disease Control)
• 80% of rapists come from fatherless homes (Source: Criminal Justice & Behavior, Vol 14, p. 403-26, 1978.)
• 71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes (Source: National Principals Report on the State of High Schools .)
• 75% of all adolescent patients in chemical abuse centers come from fatherless homes (Source: Rainbows for all God`s Children.)
• 85% of all youths sitting in prisons grew up in a fatherless home (Source: Fulton Co. Georgia jail populations, Texas Dept. of Corrections 1992)
• These statistics translate to mean that children from a fatherless home are:

5 times more likely to commit suicide
32 times more likely to run away
20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders
Boys are 14 times more likely to commit rape
9 times more likely to drop out of high school
10 times more likely to abuse chemical substances
9 times more likely to end up in a state-operated institution
20 times more likely to end up in prison

Convincing enough for you?  

Eric Metaxas of BreakPoint has recorded a great BreakPoint piece (and transcribed it on their blog) to cite the need for fathers to become heroic, courageous fathers in their home.  Nothing can replace the impact a loving, intentional, caring father has on his home daily and for generations to come.  I strongly encourage you to listen and share his piece and then, register for the upcoming Father’s Day event, Courageous Dads that will be simulcast on June 14.  You can order it and watch it alone but wouldn’t it be better to get a bunch of guys together to have some food, fellowship and then watch this together at your church, a friends house or where ever you can gather!  Find out more at Courageousdads.com.  Let’s build a nation of heroic dads!

REGISTER HERE FOR THE JUNE 14th FATHERS DAY SIMULCAST – COURGEOUS DADS