As it is in the West, so it is in India only worse. This article reports on Indian men's protests on International Men's Day (DNA India, 11/20/09). In Mumbai, men and women (often second wives) took to the streets holding signs and shouting slogans like these: "Indian male - hapless animal"; "women empowered men unpowered"; "husband not... »
There aren't many invariable rules in life, but I'm pretty sure this is one: if you hear someone say "his lack of presence" when he means "his absence," you're dealing with a bureaucratic mentality, possibly in its terminal stages. Look out for trouble. Not long ago, according to this article, in North Coventry, Pennsylvania, a... »
A while back, I posted a piece about two separate Canadian surveys that show overwhelming support for equally-shared parenting laws. Each showed support of around 78%. At the time (and maybe still), there was a bill before Parliament to establish the presumption of equally shared parenting in divorce and custody cases. The bill was... »
When parents are at loggerheads, there should be much more done to sustain the interests of the father and child. When a mother turns her child against the father, when a mother refuses to comply with a court order on contact, nothing is done because it is felt sanctions against her would not be... »
It's been many years since feminists like Katha Pollitt at The Nation waxed apoplectic about a Washington, D.C. mother who lost custody of a child to her ex-husband. The woman was a hardworking senior aide to, if memory serves me, a Congressional representative. As the job requires, she pulled long hours, leaving home early... »
In the United Kingdom, a recent poll has revealed some facts about the children of divorce and the divorce process itself that are at once disturbing and completely expected. This article reports on the the survey conducted as part of the 20th anniversary of the Children's Act of 1989 (Telegraph, 11/16/09). It polled 4,000... »
I can't agree with the headline of this piece, but then, I'm not sure the writer does either (The Guardian, 10/26/09). And beyond the headline, it's a pretty good piece. "Men Should Be Encouraged to Be Full-Time Fathers" is not an idea I can support. For decades now, feminists have rightly argued that full-time parenting... »
According to this article, Australian Attorney General Robert McClelland has been "urged" to recommend the "Canada model" of child custody to replace Australia's shared parenting statute that is barely three years old (The Australian, 10/26/09). Just who's doing the urging, the article doesn't tell us. But whoever it is, it's clear that the writer is... »
A case decided November 10, 2009 by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals could have an enormous impact on fathers' rights to their children. (Note: The case is not yet published, so I can't provide a link to it.) It holds that even a divorced father with no right of physical custody must be given the... »
In a move that will change the course of the family court reform movement, Fathers & Families has just hired two experienced, accomplished legislative representatives. Soon we will be launching campaigns in support of our family court reform legislation---to get involved, please click here. California Readers of www.GlennSacks.com are familiar with Michael Robinson's work in Sacramento... »
"I am often astounded at the parenting arrangements I see that are anything but shared." Longtime Fathers & Families supporter Lisa S. Ebert, JD, Director of Sponsored Programs and Research at the City University of New York, is a mother who shares parenting. Below, she tells her story. Shared Parenting – It Should be the Norm By... »
Patience Gbedema, an immigrant girl from Ghana, learned an important lesson from her father when students made fun of her and her accent. She recounts her story in The Courage of Boston's Children, as part of the Max Warburg Courage Curriculum's "Courage in My Life" sixth grade language arts and character development curriculum used... »
Young New York Yankees pitcher Joba Chamberlain was raised by a single father, Harlan Chamberlain, who was partially crippled with polio as a child and grew up in foster homes. Harlan also raised Joba's sister. The Yankees recently beat the Philadelphia Phillies in the World Series, and there were several special father-child moments... »
Domestic violence and the DV policies of family courts and law enforcement is a multi-faceted issue that has an enormous impact on American families. Fathers & Families is hosting a debate between two of North America's leading domestic violence authorities, feminist DV expert Professor Evan Stark, Ph.D, MSW, and dissident DV expert Dr. Donald... »
One last word on the Global Gender Gap Report. I've criticized the Report for being a transparent fraud. To the uninitiated, its title might suggest that it's some sort of dispassionate accounting of the many ways in which men have it better than women and women have it better than men in 134 different... »
Nowadays, the majority of pregnant women I know take close to a year off, during which they are entitled to statutory maternity pay for up to 39 weeks. They return with the expectation and right to have their old job back after 52 weeks.Except that, when they do return, many of them don't want... »
This looks like a pretty standard case of domestic violence (York Record, 10/27/09). Oh, don't get me wrong, the article doesn't call it domestic violence, and you can guess why that is - a woman stabbed a man and to call that domestic violence would violate a cardinal rule of DV reporting. It seems that... »
I wrote recently about the false and misleading claims of pro-choice advocates like Kate Michelman and Frances Kissling regarding the so-called Stupak Amendment to the House health care bill. The amendment, if enacted, would prohibit federal subsidies for insurance policies that cover abortion services. Michelman, Kissling and others have claimed here that the legislation would prohibit any and all insurance... »
Months ago, in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, a scandal came to light. Prosecution is still underway, so we don't know the outcomes of any criminal trials. But the allegations are that two juvenile court judges, Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan, were taking kickbacks from operators of juvenile correctional facilities. The scam has been called "cash for kids." ... »
It's good to read a story like this one that actually makes sense (Courier News, 11/10/09). It's not fraught with silly claims or absurd reasoning. No misinformation, no disinformation. Back in April of 2000, a Kane County, Illinois judge issued an order in the custody case of two children of Crystel Strelioff and her ex-husband... »
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