The most well-off males are fathers of grown children who are still married to their wives. As men have more difficulty forming social relationships than women, a man without a wife and children is often a man without any close relationships at all. There is a civilizing effect for men in merely being in the company of women and children - an environment which typically promotes life-enhancing values. If we continue down the path of fatherlessness, we are headed for social disaster. In the final analysis, every father counts.