TIL: Kids with no father have shorter telomeres
It's pretty much established by now that kids raised with no father figure generally do worse as adults then those raised in a typically structured family.
I guess that makes sense from a societal, behavioral pov. Less resources etc etc.
But here's a really interesting paper I stumbled upon today revealing that those kids are in a disadvantage from a biological stand point as well!
You may have heard about telomeres, an indicator of aging in our cells. The older we get the shorter they become, a biological clock of shorts:
Telomeres are the protective end caps of chromosomes. They shorten with age and are like a biological clock. Chronic stress is associated with accelerated telomere shortening, adverse health outcomes, and possibly more rapid biological aging
The study in question examined just that. The telomeres of kids raised by their mom only vs kids from regular families:
Our goal was to examine how father loss (because of separation and/or divorce, death, or incarceration) is associated with cellular function as estimated by telomere length.
The result? Kids that experienced father loss had significantly shorter telomeres, especially when the loss was due to death, suggesting that those kids will live shorter and unhealthier lived. I guess even an occasional contact with the father is better than no father at all
9 years of age, children with father loss have significantly shorter telomeres (14% reduction). Paternal death has the largest association (16%), followed by incarceration (10%), and separation and/or divorce (6%).
Interestingly the negative outcome were even worse for males
We also found that the association is more pronounced among boys than girls and
So yeah, fathers life matters 😂
Overall, however, this research provides a clear biological context for the association between all forms of father loss and previously described adult health effects later in life
Overall a pretty interesting read! The whole study is available for free with no pay wall. Just click here if you like to give a read!
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I laughed at the fathers live matters part.. 😂
But it's true. They do matter.
It's interesting to learn the negative effect of parental separation on children.
Now I'll be careful to marry someone I wouldn't separate from for the sake of our children.
Thank you for sharing.
Or just don't have kids 🤭
Freedom 🤭
Father time is pretty important though....
If you want your telomeres intact at least!
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Oh, I don't want to end up doing worse as adult.. never.
Well, gotta agree here.
Short life, less pain.. I see, father life matters and that kind of feeling a person keep inside is something no one else can see. Interesting one!
one other study found that they also were more likely to drink Bud Light
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@trumpman Very interesting research, the unfortunate thing is that there are so many children with attention deficit, for lack of their fathers or mothers.
In the name of social justice I believe that the government, not fathers, should be the source of telomeres.
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Lmao
Unfortunately I have come to the understanding that politicians in most nations (regardless left or right) these days are too small for the times we live in, running campaigns that benefit just themselves while dividing the people more and more
That’s some crazy shit. I don’t even know what would make them do a study on this, but it’s pretty interesting.
I'll have to read the study. Interesting concept, I wonder if they set out with that in mind or it was incidental.
Interesting but way too many variables weren't covered, sounds like they need to do some more studies! Great way to get more grant money! It's an interesting read but is it all stress related vs actual father loss, and most of their data came from low income big cities individuals. I think they're stretching a little with the results but maybe us father's aren't just sperm donors after all!
Yeah I think results would be similar in case of a mother loss but still shows that for a kid having both parents is important
It does say there is more research on the same subject with similar findings, honestly I didn't have the time to check 😂
Just a standard study of this type, they always say at the end that more studies are needed. Primary reason is because they are needed but also it gives them a valid reason to request more grant money. Damn, I've worked to long in the industry!
I'm doing my best to remember this is lighthearted and no serious comment is expected. However, I grew up in a home without a father, so.....😇
Well nothing is set on stone, there are people that started from zero and still faired better then 99.9 % of their peers.
Imo just an interesting find even if it's just due to the increased stress from the loss of one parent
Of course it's interesting. I'm just hoping it's wrong 😄.
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most studies are available for free on sci hub. Just so you know :)
I'm not religious, but a nuclear family is one of those things that religion promotes far above that of a secular life where anything goes.
But then when you look at it racially, where in the US, some 80% of black folk are religious, but at least 50% of parents are unmarried (way higher than any other ethnicity), seems to counter that. Perhaps 'black don't crack' has more truth to it than I thought since I don't see any decrepit African Americans walking around with walking sticks by their mid-30's
Religion also promotes drinking water, dunno.
Imo, when two people have kids during a consensual relationship, there should also be a legal pact to raise them.
How very Greek of you
Dunno. Just sounds like the responsible thing to do. 😂
Btw since you mentioned religion. I prefer mormonisms , that promotes polyamory 🤭😂
It's not the size of the telomeres that matter, it's how you use them!
... At least that's what they'd have us believe. We know the size matters. 😔