[Vicky.]

- Women sleeping around and not knowing who the father is
- Men sleeping around and disappearing off the face of the earth, leaving the mother with a baby
- Women finding a new partner and cutting the father out of her kids' life
- Men finding a new partner and not caring about their responsibilities
- Women being petty and refusing to let father see their kids because he has a new partner or refuses to jump through hoops for her
- Fathers refusing to contribute to their children financially/emotionally, so mothers chosing to cut him out
- A lot of women seem to like older men..so fathers dying..
- Its easier for women to leave abusive relationships now..so that probably contributes. Before they would stay with the father as there was no other option, or it was frowned upon to be a single parent
- Courts deciding in the overwhelming majority of cases to award custody to the mother..no matter the circumstances

^Main reasons I think

Whatever the reasons for this rise though, its sad. IMO a child should have both parents in their life whenever possible.