Amber, I don’t have the answer to that question. You said your fatherless friends go the extra mile for their children now. I assume we are around the same age. That is why I said, the problem may have been more devastating/higher a decade or two ago; but we are still seeing the effects of it now (violence, drop-out, and incarceration rates are higher now). Some parents may have realized the negative effects of not having a father in their lives had on them and do not want to perpetuate the lifestyle (your friends who go the extra mile). My point of view about fatherless households really pertains to the black youth (males specifically) in inner cities around the United States, but I know the problem affects more areas.
