You maybe old enough to remember buying milk in a cardboard container. Often those containers would have a picture of a missing child. Today we see posters of missing children on telephone poles or see an Amber alert on the Interstate. You may see on the news that an Alzheimer senior is missing.
But the largest group of missing people is hardly mentioned: Our Dads! Our culture is feeling the tremendous weight of dad's presence. Today 24 million kids will grow up without the influence of their biological father. The result?
Kids are five times more likely to live in poverty
They represent 85% of children with behavioral problems
They have a much higher chance of drug use, repeating grades, suicide and imprisonment
They have a much higher chance of an addiction to pornography
God hard-wired us in our DNA with a craving for a dad. Solomon wrote, “the glory of children is their fathers.” Proverbs 17:6 The word 'glory' means weight or heaviness. Dads carry weight – influence. They shoulder influence of good or ill.
One day someone will ask your adult kids, “In a few words, describe your dad?” What words do you want them to say? Remember YOUR influence will carry on to your grandchildren!
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