Coto de Caza’s High-Impact Fathering – Happy Father’s Day!

Coto de Caza’s High-Impact Fathering – Happy Father’s Day!

June 14, 2007

Rosie O’Donell’s views notwithstanding, fathers’ value add in developing character in children is invaluable. As Wall Street Journal columnist’s Sue Shellenbarger writes “A growing body of research offers new insight. Fathers can have a distinct impact on children beyond that of mothers, and in many cases, without regard to the fact that they often spend less time with their kids, researchers say”. USC’s Dr. James Dobson and Founder and Chairman of the Board of Focus on the Family may disagree with Shellenbarger that the insight is new – he has been on a crusade to educate parents for at least three decades.



Schellenbarger quotes National Fatherhood Initiative President Roland Warren as saying that “As children grow older, focusing playful activities your child loves and needs is a path to high-impact fathering” – there are many examples of such activities around Coto – just wit the hockey games being played by a number of tweens. A good argument for Coto parents to identify the right playful activities. Schellenbarge describes an executive who calls his son during the day to play math games, asking questions such as “If LeBron James plays two games, and scores 20 points in each game, how many total points did he score”?



The community factoids below, extracted from CNN/Money developed by OnBoard supports the idea behind directing playful activities geared to high-impact fathering:



The 2004 figures are the last ones showing Coto de Caza by itself, with a much higher crime rate. The 2006 fold in other communities in the 92679 zip code.




2004





Crime
Coto
National
Rank from




Lo to Hi




(out of 1260)


Personal crime risk
59
100
777


(index based on 100 average;


lower is better)


Property crime risk
41
100
282


(index based on 100 average;


lower is better)














2006





Personal Crime Index


Coto
California
National


92679


Personal Crime Risk

41
124
100


Murder Risk

31
126
100


Rape Risk

34
90
100


Robbery Risk

6
127
100


Assault Risk

82
124
100


Property Crime Index
Coto
California
National


92679


Property Crime Risk

24
95
100


Burglary Risk

16
92
100


Larceny Risk

19
84
100


Motor Vehicle Theft Risk

53
155









Demographics

Coto
California
National

92679

Average Household Size


3.25
2.95
2.

Median Age


34.15
33.64
35.46

Ethnicity
Details
Coto
California
National

92679







White

80%

49%

Hispanic

10%

27%

Asia

7%

10%







Education
Details
Coto
California
National

Bachelors Degree

38%

20%

Graduate Degree

16%

11%













Residential
Details
Coto
California
National

92679

Average Home Sale Price

$855,000
N/A
N/

Median Dwelling Age (Years)


7
30
29



Median Years in Residence


3.21
3.33
3.32



Annual Residential Turnover




15.80%
18.73%
17.65%












































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