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Study: Joint custody best for kids after divorce
By Karen S. Peterson, USA TODAY
Sunday 03/24/2002 -
On-Line Article
Submitted by Roger F. Gay (lawguru.com) - March 26, 2002
Children in divorced families tend to do better in joint custody -- either physical or legal -- than those who live and interact with just one parent, says a major new study.
Children in joint-custody settings have fewer behavioral and emotional problems, have higher self-esteem, better family relations and better school performance than children in sole custody, usually with the mother, says the report in the March issue of the Journal of Family Psychology, published by the American Psychological Association.
Read more of the story at the Address Linked above.
The Pain of Post-Divorce Parenting
By Michele Bloomquist WebMD Medical News
Submitted by Susan Wolpin - March 4, 2001
Doomed or Not?
Recent research has directed much attention to the effects of divorce on children. Some researchers, like California psychologist and author Judith S. Wallerstein, PhD, say children of divorce will be negatively affected for life, more likely to get in trouble, use alcohol or drugs, and to have troubled relationships as adults. Others, like divorce researcher and psychologist Judith Primavera, PhD, of Fairfield University in Connecticut, say divorce isn't a life sentence for kids.
"I personally remember going through a Parenting Class in Allegheny County, called the Generations Program. Unfortunately the methods used in this class are for more Ideallistic Divorces. Highly conflicted cases, such as my own, do not benefit from education, because there is no enforcement of Visitation Orders for Fathers.
In these cases, Both the children of the divorce and the children of the second families suffer. Please help us get SB175 (Presumed Joint Custody Legislation) back up for a vote, so that all of our children are entitled to have TWO Parents. Not just a Custodial mother and a Father Beaten back by the system he is trying to support." - Albert E. Whale
Effect of Divorce on Kids Can Last 25 Years - Study
Submitted by Susan Wolpin - September 6, 2000
The Present Divorce and Custody Situation is NOT in the Best Interests of the
Childen.
"Our findings challenge the myth that divorce is a transient crisis," Judith Wallerstein, a senior lecturer emerita at the University of California-Berkeley and author of the study, said.
"We now see that the major hurt is in adulthood, when internalized images of the mother, father and their relationship come to center stage and shape the choices their grown children make," she said.
20/20 Reports Bad Dads -
Local Copy
John Stossel Reports - January 7, 2000
FINALLY! Some Positive Reporting about the Myth of
The DeadBeat Dad
I'm still wondering why we persecute fathers in divorce, while mothers are still not sought out for visitation interference. I agree that there may be a few deadbeat fathers, but no where near the numbers we are being told.
Rather, I think that we have to focus on the Millions of Children who are not permitted to have regular relationships with their Fathers. It is truly sad when Custody and Visitation Orders given to Fathers are not enforced, and sadly not worth the paper they are printed on.
Whose job is it to determine when one person's right to free speech must give way to another's sense of outrage at language they find hurtful, hateful or dangerous? ....
"If we silence others from expressing themselves because we are afraid of what they might say, how will we ever learn about other people?" - zbassman04
"Where does it end? Do we truly want to create a society where at work we can only talk about things that directly relate to work? Do we want to create a society where we can never discuss anything that is even remotely controversial, for fear of being fired or sued?" -zbassman04
Here's some links to various parts of my Homepages:
US
Commission on Child & Family Welfare MAJORITY
REPORT - Parenting Our Children
MINORITY REPORT by Commissioner
Guidibaldi
MINORITY REPORT by Commissioner
Harrington
Purple
Hearts for Fatherhood Week Nov
16 - 23, 1996
"A Father's Love"
- My Tribute To Craig Deanto
One of the many songs he has written from this pain is on the main website
link at the bottom of that page.
Another, entitled "Custody Blues" can be found here:
Who Hears The Cries Of The Little Children?
Fathers Need Somewhere to Turn Too
Posted with Permission from
Pam Carneal
The original founder of
the Allegheny County Chapter of ACES.
Pam is now the
Editor of Making a Difference
Thanks for helping us to make a Difference Pam!
Editorial to The Pittsburgh Post Gazette
By Kevin Sheahen
Unfortunately, I too have had to live with the fact that Fathers are not granted access to their own children. I have been trying to get to see my children for almost two years, only to be refused acces by my children's mother.
Unfortunately there is no visitation enforcement for Fathers in PA, at least not yet.
Author seeking stories from fathers (non-custodial) parents who
pay their child support, and are denied visitation, particularly their court
battles/problems.
Confidentiality will be maintained unless prior permission is granted.
Stories can be emailed to wewinluv@jax-inter.net;
or snail mail to:
Pearle Harbour
9838 Old Baymeadows Rd.
Suite 243
Jacksonville, FL 32256
Pearle Harbour is the author of Guerilla "Divorce" Warfare.
BTW -I will be a guest speaker at P.A.C.E.'s "Fighting For Our Children Rally" on October 4th, and will be able to talk about saving our children from divorce court hell.
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1. DIVORCE IN AMERICA TODAY IS ON THE RISE
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2. THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN NEGATIVELY IMPACTED AND AFFECTED BY DIVORCE IS ALSO ON THE RISE
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3. RESPECT FOR AUTHORITY AND THE LEGAL AND JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS ALSO ON THE DECLINE
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4. FAMILY COURTS TODAY ARE WOEFULLY OVERCROWDED, UNDER FUNDED AND UNDERSTAFFED
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5. JUSTICE IN THE FAMILY COURT IS NOT FOR THE POOR OR THE MIDDLE CLASS. IT IS ONLY FOR THE RICH, AND EVEN THEN IT CAN BE VERY ELUSIVE
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6. THE FAMILY COURT TODAY DOES NOT PROVIDE A JUST, FAIR OR EFFECTIVE FORUM FOR RESOLVING FAMILY LAW DISPUTES
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7. CHILD SUPPORT AND VISITATION ARE TWO OF THE WAYS THE FAMILY COURT'S ADVERSARY SYSTEM IS KILLING OUR CHILDREN AND DESTROYING OUR FAMILIES
Please visit the site above for the Complete picture!
Read this and know in your heart that what you are doing is in God's spirit.
Keep the faith my friend.
This is dedicated to Christopher Robin, Jr. and Caroline Adelle Semerad (Ruston, LA).
Caroline and Christopher are kidnapped children and not allowed to have Fathers.
James Semerad
Lake Orion, MI
The mission of the National Center on Fathers and Families (NCOFF) is to
improve the life chances of children and the efficacy of families and to support
the conduct and dissemination of research that advances the understanding of
father involvement. Developed in the spirit of the Philadelphia Children's
Network's (PCN) motto,
Help the children. Fix the system.
The funding for NCOFF has been provided by:
Annie E. Casey Foundation
and
The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
and
The Ford Foundation
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A Family Divided : A Divorced Father's Struggle With
the Child Custody Industry by Robert Mendelson A View of the Corruption inside the Allegheny County Family Division Court System Hardcover, 535 pages |
The author, Robert Mendelson bobm66@aol.com, 08/15/97:
Family courts destroy father-children bonds after divorce
A FAMILY DIVIDED is the true story of a Harvard educated physician
who in the first lines of the Foreword is quoted as saying: "I went
to court to divorce my wife -- not my children. My wife seemed to have
other ideas." That statement by Michael L. Nieland, M.D. provides
the impetus for my book.
However, A FAMILY DIVIDED is not merely one divorced father's recollection of his bid to share equally the custody of his children. It is much more:
I have attempted to shed entirely new light on perhaps the greatest social ill facing our society today: the proliferation of one-parent families headed by mothers only. Study after study has demonstrated that children raised without fathers are much more likely to become disturbed, dysfunctional, even violent adults.
However, neither the media nor any book has identified the primary cause of this national problem. Until now. A FAMILY DIVIDED reveals the unlikeliest of villains: the judicial system. By focusing on one divorced father's
© 1997-2001 by Andy Duncan, Brian O'Higgins, John Taylor & Albert Whale - Your FRN Team!
This Link is to C.R.'s Purple Heart's Home
This is the Pittsburgh, PA's NCFC Involvement
in the Purple Hearts for Fatherhood Event, November 23, 1996.
Fatherhood, what a unique concept, huh?
Guess the American Bar Association is taking the hint.
Read the article - Make Room for Daddy,
it's worth the trip!
AE Whale 2/5/97
What Does it Take? The authors of following article are my ex-wife's attorneys.
Beyond
GOOD & Evil, Do you Prefer Lemon Meringue or Blueberry
By Gary G. Gentile
Edited by the grammatically correct Harry J. Gruener (my Ex's Lead Counselor!)
Published by the Pittsburgh Legal Journal
In an effort to Promote Fatherhood, I have removed
my personal information from my Custody Page.
It takes People who have the courage to think differently to actually Make a difference in our world. - Apple Computer
It takes TWO people to have Children,
If you want to help Change your Situation,
I encourage you to do something positive.
Time will tell whether or not Being Positive has any effect in my personal
situation.
I invite you to come back so that you can see the effects of positive thinking.
the Children need BOTH Parents. - AE Whale
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24 / RAND: THE SPECTRUM OF PARENTAL ALIENATION SYNDROME
Gardner's focus on PAS as a disturbance of children in divorce is unique ,
Also, in the Ask the Dr. section, many partners write in about their borderline mates and are extremely frustrated and feel abused. I think perhaps the people that visit your website can relate.
Patty MSW
by Richard Lessner, editor of the Manchester, New Hampshire Union Leader, printed August 12, 1998.