tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994140731636634449.post4510460492271929347..comments2023-10-20T15:25:00.701+02:00Comments on Your Father's Fight: You don't NEED a dad...Chuckleheadshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00648932689784991258noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994140731636634449.post-40180762831023735382011-02-04T16:19:59.292+01:002011-02-04T16:19:59.292+01:00My favorite "Fact" from that website is ...My favorite "Fact" from that website is this one: <br /><br />Fact: Losing a mother is more detrimental to children than losing a father. "The role of a mother in African families is even more essential to the well-being of a child than the role played by the breadwinner father, according to a study published in the latest issue of the journal Demography. The Oxford University research team found that if a child loses their mother before they are 15 years old, that child is likely to be shorter in height, poorer and have less schooling as than those who live with their mothers until that age. They discovered that motherless orphans were nearly two centimetres shorter, had a year less of schooling and were likely to be 8.5 per cent poorer over the course of their lifetime. <b>Although children who lost their father were also found to have a lower final height and receive less schooling, this could not be directly linked to the death of the child's father. "</b><br /><br />So...shorter, less educated children were just as likely to have no mother as no father, but their height and education only had a correlation to the loss of a mother?!? Losing a father didn't correlate, even though the differences were the same...I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around that one!padmelupinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09481709063363052964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5994140731636634449.post-30349564333172200782011-02-04T03:19:16.008+01:002011-02-04T03:19:16.008+01:00Interestingly enough, some historians believe Mary...Interestingly enough, some historians believe Mary Ball Washington was very difficult and that George's relationship with her was "strained."Janet F.noreply@blogger.com