Possibly one of the most important questions
about our civilization is 'What are the consequences of raising our
children without the childrens' biological fathers?'
Many psychologists and other ostensible experts have written on this subject and many more have expressed their opinions. No one has contributed useful guidance in a society where 70% of black American children and a similar proportion of Swedish white children are raised without a father.
Yet we have a large universe of good examples to study. Such a study would give us very reliable and much needed information.
I
propose that we draw a sample of American children born in the U.S.
from 1940 to 1945 who's fathers died in World War II. We then follow
the lives of these children throughout, against a matched sample of
children who's father returned alive from WWII.
Our sample
would range in current age from 63 to 68 years old. Roughly 18% this
population would have died by now. The sample would be easy to draw
because the Veterans Administration has the data and the Social
Security Agency has earnings records. A double blind study would be
feasible if the group that draws the sample is unconnected to the group
that does survey interviews and is unconnected to the group that
compiles the survey results.
With an initial sample of 10,000
names we should end up with close to 1,000 respondents in the control
group and 1,000 in the subject group. I estimate the cost of such a
study at $15 million including interviews with a sub-sample of the
final groups....low by National Institute of Health standards which are
commonly five times that expensive.
Lets get to it. This is a vital civilizational issue and we need reliable answers.