Father in Texas

Interesting documentary:

Child custody and support laws have become more onerous over the last 50 years due to fewer parents staying together and women becoming equally as capable as men at earning a living outside the home. Instead of reflecting these changes, the laws have lagged behind, continuing to favor mothers over fathers. The laws generally award primary custody to the parent who spent more time at home with the children and less time working, even if the difference was miniscule. The other parent is then ordered to pay a crushing amount of child support, sometimes on top of alimony. In a small percentage of situations, usually where the father was the primary caregiver, this situation is reversed and the laws punish the mother…

Although a few small changes have been made to the laws within the last few years, due to exposure and the efforts of advocacy organizations, there has not been significant progress. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 84 percent of custodial parents are mothers, a figure that has not changed since 1983. This is unfortunate, because Canadian economist Paul Miller analyzed data on families and found that “parental gender is not a…predictor at all of any of the child outcomes examined, that is behavioral, educational or health outcomes.” The children often end up with “Parental Alienation Syndrome,” developing a dislike for the noncustodial parent bought on by the custodial parent.
Rachel Alexander – Townhall.com

I wrote a question about Fathers’ custody rights on a political forum. Basically wanting to see what people feel about equal parental (children’s)rights. Here’s a response:

no. children need affection. If god had ment for men to take care of children he would have men have children as well. women are more tender and pay attention to their needs more so. men don’t seem to worry as much and it could be fatal. Yes they could have visiting rights and even vacation time with them but not long periods.

[EDIT] I made a change to the original content.  I think I was being a bit too one-sided and need to keep an open mind, just like I wish the person above would.  Needless to say, I’m greatly offended at that thought process.  And more responses to my question have come in and sound the same.  It makes me sad.

This blog will be used to help educate and communicate about Fathers’ rights in Texas.  There are Fathers’ rights organizations available, but they tend to be a little too extreme and focus on one parent against the other, rather than making things fair for the child.  At the same time, they are a great resource and worth the donations cost for the knowledge that can be gained.