In science, there are structures in the human body called telomeres. Their function is too complicated to completely describe, but a majority of what they do is control how long your life span is.

Longer telomeres generally signify a longer age/lifespan for the individual. If the telomeres are too long, they can signify some forms of cancer, but this is rare.

It turns out that when you look at the telomeres of 9-year-old sons and daughters, you can infer a lot about their future life span. Telomere length, even at such a young age, has a huge impact on what their overall lifespan will be.


This one study studied the differences in the telomeres of average children with that of children raised in fatherless homes.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5527665/pdf/PEDS_20163245.pdf


Young children from fatherless homes have on average 14% shorter telomeres by the age of 9. And young men suffered 40% more loss than women by age 9.

Death of the father was the worst case considered, had the most profound impact. Divorce and separation had a similar effect, though.

The study also compared any correlation with income changes due to the absence of a father's income, but income had a much less significant and reliable effect on the final variable.

Shorter telomeres are directly correlated with shorter lifespans, increased incidence of diseases, and poor survival.


Fatherless homes literally suck the life out of children. A bad thing that I think we should worry about and do more to prevent.

So just fyi, mice are born with telomeres 3x as long as humans. Do they live 3x as long as humans too?

Also just post your dumb jordan peterson video next time instead

This post was edited by Sioux on Jul 6 2022 08:16pm

Telomeres are structures on cells. They determine how long cells survive

So your advocating for better health care?

Mice have different genomes and cellular enzymes from humans. Just in case you didn't know.

Edit: apparently the long telomeres in mice aren't natural. it was a trait bred into the mice in labs over time. this could actually help explain why mice get cancer so often!



Incorrect. They determine how many times a cell can divide.



That wouldn't make a difference imo.

A majority of these cases are "separation" which means either the father left or the mother divorced him.

This post was edited by EndlessSky on Jul 7 2022 05:15am

well yeah, but it would still be more precise to say that their main purpose is to make the cell division work properly

We could start by ending the drug war.

Do mice with longer telomeres live longer than other mice with shorter ones?

Not particularly. My point is there's a lot that contributes to aging beyond telomeres. They play a role but its not as important as endless is making it after watching a jordan peterson video on the topic.

So are you saying that children with 2 gay dads are the healthiest? I'd rather die early than be raised by sin.