Parental Alienation Awareness Day - April 25th
Just wanted to remind everyone that April 25th is Parental Alienation Awareness Day. Parental Alienation is alive and well, destroying relationships and harming children. Please take the time on April 15th to do something to help. At the Parental Alienation Awareness Organization’s web site you can write a letter recounting an experience. Or you can simply pass the word along to those you know and help educate others about PAS. Do your part. Help stop Parental Alienation.
Equal Parenting Bike Trek Set for 2008
Last year Robb MacKenzie and Robert Pedersen biked from Lansig, MI to Washington D.C. in order to raise awareness for Equal Parenting. This year they are doing it again. Check out the Cycling4Children web site to learn more about last year’s en devour and show your support for this year.
This is truly an amazing cause and bring much needed attention to the issue of equal parenting. All to often, divorcing and divorced dads are viewed as an option - like leather interior in a new car. It’s nice to have, but not necessary. It’s time this misandric attitude was put to rest. Do what you can to support this great cause.
I left and now I want our kids back. Oops. My bad.
I had to blog about this. No question.
This is taken verbatim from TheLaw.com forum. There are a lot of things I could say about this, but the one line that struck me that hardest was “there is no custody order so i know that i can go get them.” Why? Why should you be able to just go get them? Are you somehow more entitled because you are a mother and not a father? Does that provide you special rights? Do you REALLY believe that you are “more” a parent because of your gender?
In all fairness, perhaps she is a wonderful mother, who just needed to get her footing on life back. Divorce is extremely tumultuous. However, that doesn’t exclude the father from the picture by default.
I encourage all to leave their advice for this person.
I’m Speechless
Wow. I just don’t know what to say 
Don’t rain on my parade. Let me believe this is correct just for Friday.
You like Me. You really like me. Or hate me. One of the two.
Matt O’Connor - Founder of Fathers4Justice to Run for Mayor
That’s right. I’m not making this up. The always controversial, and ever cool founder of the progressive father’s rights group, Fathers4Justice, is running for Mayor of London on the English Democrat’s ticket. Apparently, the odds are not favored for Matt O’Connor winning, but imagine how much attention the campaign itself could bring to father’s rights in London and across the world. I’m moving to London.
Secret Formula for Success with Children from Divorced Parents
I have discovered it. I considered writing a tell all, best-seller. Perhaps touring the world with a carnival side show - a red velvet curtain that people pay to enter and learn this profound secret. Then I thought about putting the secret inside a soap wrapper and getting into the soap business. Imagine the millions I would make as scores of divorced parents scrambled to learn the secret of a well adjusted child.
Instead, I have decided to just post my formula online. Open Source parenting, if you will. Feel free to adjust to your needs and improve. Just, please, make sure that you credit the owner and provide the improved version as well.
Well adjusted Child from Divorced Parents = Shared Parenting (as near equal as possible) + Interest in Child + Quality Time + (Common Sense x 1,000) - (Bitchiness and Vindictiveness) + Love and Support
Please keep in mind that this formula can still work very well with the Bitchiness and Vindictiveness as long as the child does not see or sense it. However, the formula actually creates bitterness, depression, and insecurity if the Shared Parenting element is missing.
Why the long ramble? Here’s why. I was “congratulated” by my Son’s 2nd Grade teacher recently on how well behaved, mannered, and adjusted my son is. According to his teacher, she has never met a child from divorce that is so confident and well-adjusted. I don’t know what you’re doing, she said, but kudos to you. It’s called luck - I’m lucky that my ex-wife set a precedent during our separation that equated to me receiving custody of my son 45% of the week. Thank goodness for small miracles.
Preach on, man. I hear ya. Shared parenting works. It’s crucial to the formula.