Half of all American children will witness the breakup of a parent's marriage.

Studies in the early 1980s showed that children in repeat divorces earned lower grades, and their peers rated them as less pleasant to be around.

Teenagers in single-parent families and in blended families are three times more likely to need psychological help within a given year.

Compared to children from homes disrupted by death, children from divorced homes have more psychological problems.

Following divorce, children are fifty percent more likely to develop health problems than two parent families.

Most victims of child molestation come from single-parent households or are the children of drug-ring members.

A child in a female-headed home is 10 times more likely to be beaten or murdered.

Seventy percent of long-term prison inmates grew up in broken homes.

People who come from broken homes are almost twice as likely to attempt suicide than those who do not come from broken homes.