Every group has at least one thing in common with every other group. Whatever its organizing principle, every group has as its first and foremost goal its own self-perpetuation. So the ACLU organizes around the principle of constitutional rights … Read the rest
Archive for the ‘Fatherhood’ Category
Salon.com Imagines Collective Child Care; Doesn’t Mention Who That Might Be
Sunday, April 14th, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.Does Harsh Child Support Enforcement Work?
Thursday, April 4th, 2013 by Ned Holstein, MD, MS, Founder and Chairman of the Board
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(Third in a Series on Child Support)
The United States has spent large amounts of money and employed draconian tactics to collect child support for almost 25 years. Have … Read the rest
Shocking Data on Incarceration of Fathers
Saturday, March 16th, 2013 by Ned Holstein, MD, MS, Founder and Chairman of the Board|
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A new report concludes that between 95% and 98.5% of all incarcerations in Massachusetts sentenced from the Massachusetts Probate and Family Courts from 2001 through 2011 have been men. … Read the rest
Dad 2.0 Summit Brings Bloggers, Marketers Together
Monday, February 25th, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.The image of fathers in television commercials was on everyone’s mind at the Dad 2.0 Summit in Houston this past January 31 – February 2. According to this article, the Dad 2.0 Summit was a meeting of bloggers … Read the rest
Fathers Going Their Own Way in Child Care
Monday, January 28th, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.During much of my 15 years advocating for fathers and their rights in family courts, I’ve been vaguely troubled by something. I’ve always known that men generally make excellent, caring parents and, through educating myself about the masculine art … Read the rest
Alternet, Salon.com Promote Divorce, Forget Dads and Kids
Thursday, January 10th, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.It tells you a lot about an article on divorce in the U.S. that it starts with a study about marriage and divorce in the United Arab Emirates. That was in the first sentence, but you didn’t need to … Read the rest
Kansas Seeks Cash from Sperm Donor Dad
Thursday, January 3rd, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.The State of Kansas has sued Topeka resident William Marotta for about $6,000 it says he owes for his three-year-old daughter. The case has drawn nationwide attention largely because Marotta is a sperm donor for a lesbian couple, Angela … Read the rest
Report Shows Mothers Control Fathers’ Access to Children
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013 by Robert Franklin, Esq.One last piece on the report “Are We Nearly There Yet, Dad?”
As I’ve said before, the report is about teenage fathers in the United Kingdom and includes the stories of several of those young men. Unsurprisingly, they have … Read the rest
How the Government Marginalizes Young Fathers – One Man’s Story
Monday, December 31st, 2012 by Robert Franklin, Esq.In my last post, I discussed the report by the British children’s charity, Barnardo’s, that came out recently. It’s about teen fathers and the treatment they receive at the hands of various governmental and charitable agencies. Unsurprisingly, young fathers … Read the rest
Divorced Mom: My Ex Still ‘Part of My Family’
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012 by Robert Franklin, Esq.Here at Fathers and Families, we’e dedicated to shared parenting. We’re trying to make the world a better place by eliminating the need for children to lose one parent when they divorce or separate. Against the teachings of virtually … Read the rest
