Ruth Meyer’s Reviews > The Boy Crisis: Why Our Boys Are Struggling and What We Can Do About It > Status Update

“Living in homes without dads is more correlated with suicide among teenagers than any other factor” (p 106).

“Telomeres in our cells are what keep our genes from being deleted as our cells divide... ‘Telemere length in early life predicts lifespan.’

“How much damage to life expectancy is created by dad-deprivation? Children with father loss already have by age nine telomeres that are 14 percent shorter. However, when compared to girls, the telomere damage from father loss is ‘40% greater for boys’” (p 105).

“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that exercise helps build the muscle of a child’s brain even more effectively than studying” (p 94).