How to Pick the Right Crib

From Work to Home

Families and Business Trips

Proper Sleeping Positions for Babies

That Most Blessed Countdown…

10 Ways To Be A Better Dad

Creating A Father-Friendly Neighborhood

Creating A Father-Friendly Workplace

The Most Important Role

Crime

Violent criminals are overwhelmingly males who grew up without fathers. Various studies have found that up to 60 percent of rapists, 75 percent of adolescents charged with murder, and 70 percent of long-term prison inmates grew up in fatherless homes. In fact, the chief predictor of crime in a community is the percentage of father absent households.

“Football was my gift from God. The talent he gave me to push to the limit. But my essence revolves around being the kind of husband and father I want to be.”

Mike Singletary
Father of Six
NFL Hall of Fame Football Player
NFI Advisory Board Member

Sex

Girls who live in single parent families are more likely to begin sexual activity at a younger age and are more likely to have a child out-of-wedlock as a teenager, compared to girls living with their two married parents.

“I know heroes when I see them. Everywhere I go I see men – young and old – on city stoops and suburban backyards. They are playing basketball with their kids, coaching or cheering from the sidelines, or just “hanging out” with their teenagers. These men are American heroes. They are good fathers.”

Colin Powell
Father of Two
Retired U.S. Army General, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
NFI Summit Speaker

Fathers Change The World One Child At A Time!

The National Fatherhood Initiative is a non-profit, non-partisan, non-sectarian national civic organization founded in 1994 to stimulate a society-wide movement to confront the growing problem of father absence, and is dedicated to improving the well-being of children by increasing the number of children growing up with involved, committed, and responsible fathers.