It is important to remember some shocking statistics while working with woman with unplanned pregnancies.

Share this information when they are considering parenting vs. choosing a family to parent their child.

• A child with a biological mother who lives alone is 14 times more likely to suffer abuse.
• A child with a biological father who lives alone is 20 times more likely to suffer abuse.
• A child with biological parents who are co-habitating but not married is 20 times more likely to suffer abuse.

And, most shocking of all

• A child with a biological mother who is living with a man who is not the child’s father is 33 times more likely to suffer abuse. (Source: Dreamcatchers for Abused Children)
• Children of single parents had 77 percent greater risk of being harmed by physical abuse than children living with both parents. (Source: National Incidence Study)

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