“All observers of poverty and hunger, however, need to ask a number of important questions about the needy themselves, old and politically incorrect questions about personal morality and decision-making. How much of the hunger that plagues America stems from the unwillingness of adults to delay child bearing beyond the teens, get married, finish high school, and have and hold a job? Child bearing? In 2004, a record 1.5 million babies were born to unmarried women in this country. Get married? A recent article by Mark M. Alexander reveals that “the 30 percent of children who live apart from their fathers will account for 63 percent of teen suicides, 70 percent of juveniles in state-operated institutions, 71 percent of high school dropouts, 75 percent of children in chemical-abuse centers, 80 percent of rapists, 85 percent of youths in prison, and 85 percent of children who exhibit behavioral disorders….In fact, children born to unwed mothers are 10 times more likely to live in poverty as children with fathers in the home.” The Census Bureau reports that in 2002 21.5 million children under age 21 were living with only one of their parents. The vast majority of those millions are living without their fathers”.–Thomas C. Reeves, historian writing in the History News Network