by lifethatcounts | Jul 31, 2025 | Fatherhood
🧠 Why Father Presence Is Critical: National Data •According to 2022 U.S. Census data, about 18.3 million children—nearly 1 in 4—live in homes without a biological, step, or adoptive father . •Children in father-absent homes fare worse across multiple dimensions....
by lifethatcounts | Jul 30, 2025 | Fatherhood
Why North Alabama, and Especially Cullman County, Has a Deficit of Men Showing Up for Their Families In North Alabama—particularly in Cullman County—a quiet crisis is unfolding. It’s not always visible in the headlines, but it’s present in courtrooms, school systems,...
by lifethatcounts | Jul 30, 2025 | Peer Mentoring, Schools, Solutions, Student, Testimonials
Why Alabama Needs the Success Sequence — And How Life That Counts is Leading the Charge ⸻ Across the country, youth are navigating a cultural moment marked by overwhelming complexity. From mental health challenges to fractured family systems, young people are...
by lifethatcounts | Jul 30, 2025 | Education, Peer Mentoring, Peer Mentoring Coach, Schools
The Hidden Key to Ending School Shootings Might Not Be Security… It’s Connection Walk into any school in America today, and you’ll likely hear the same uneasy undertones. Conversations about safety protocols, mental health supports, and hardened perimeters have become...
by lifethatcounts | Mar 3, 2024 | Administrator, Community Partners, Education, Leading Leader, Parenthood, Schools, Solutions, Student, Talks
“The definition of insanity is repeating the same thing over and over again, but expecting different.” ~ famously attributed to Albert Einstein From the archives: Nov 19, 2018 From infancy, we trivialize and quantify every aspect of our children’s lives from how much...
