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With the increasing change of family structure in our society today, the traditional family (two biological parents) is becoming the minority. More children than ever are growing up without their fathers. In three decades between 1960 and 1990, the percentage of children living apart from their fathers has more than doubled; from 17% to 36%. More than half of the children born in 1994 will spend some or all of their childhood apart from their biological fathers (Daniels, 1998). This leads us to question the welfare and fate of our children. Do children need two parents to psychologically develop well? Is their a relationship between fatherlessness and the rising rates of crime and deviance among children, or are other factors the main contributor? These are questions we need to ask in a society where more and more children are being raised by single mothers. In recent decades, there has been a sharp increase in the rate at which juveniles commit serous crimes. The FBI statistics show that the incidence of violent crime by juveniles over the past thirty years has tripled (Young 1999). The Office of Juvenile Justice reports that the proportion of births to unmarried women rose from 5% to 25% from 1960 to 1990, and the divorce rat