Irreplaceable: How One Church Responded to the Crisis of Youth Suicide

A church, a school system, a community, and a production company joined forces to expose the lies that lead to teen suicide.

June 19, 2011

Christian Standard

Family & Relationships Parenting

The Dad Who”s Not There

By Mark A. Taylor Life without Dad can be lethal. That”s the conclusion of Anthony Bradley, posting at WORLDmag.com last year*. According to his research, “¢ 60 percent of rapists . . . “¢ 63 percent of youth suicides . . . “¢ 70 percent of long-term prison inmates . . . “¢ 71 percent of high school dropouts . . . “¢ 72 percent of adolescent murderers . . . “¢ 85 percent of youths in prison, and . . . “¢ 90 percent of homeless and runaway children come from homes without dads. He”s talking about the