Evidence Shows that Fathers Are not Useless. So What?

Some parental rights activists are rejoicing. Psychology professor Gordon Finley, from Florida international University,
has investigated the State of Fatherhood across a sample of some 2,000 young adults and found that yes, fathers are useful. They do more than bringing the bacon at the table. Children with fathers have less risky sexual behavior and, guess what, girls [...]

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What about a Serious Public Option in Family Courts?

Two weeks ago, there were tea party protesters in Washington. To me these folks are zombies. Public health services in the US are not at par with those of any developed country, there are monstrous gaps in health insurance coverage because the industry is dominated by a few fat private corporations, and these folks were [...]

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September 10, Parental Alienation Day

For me, September 10 is a dark day. This year, it was the fourth anniversary of my last “therapeutic, supervised visit” with my girls.
The visit was supposed to finally take place at my home and mark the onset of the resumption of unsupervised visits, that my girls and I had been deprived of since May [...]

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Non-Custodial Fathers, Wipe Your Tears: Rich Dad Education Is Here!

I will never get it.  This must be my French blood.  The thought of becoming rich has never seriously occupied my mind. Also, after the Lehman’s Brothers’ bankruptcy, the near one of AIG, Madoff’’s Ponzi scheme, the meltdown of the real estate market and the collapse of the credit market, I would have thought that [...]

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