A crisis of fatherlessness. The result? Less resilient families and less resilient children. At the end of 2022, nearly 250,000 Oklahoma children were living without a father in the home. Nationally, 71% of those who grew up, who dropped out of school, out of high school, they grew up without a present father in the home. 66% of juveniles in state custody experienced fatherlessness. But here's the secret. We have the power to change this. The numbers don't lie. (28:41–28:50)
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Asserts that 71% of high school dropouts nationally grew up without a father present in the home.
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