It Costs Nothing To Speak Out But Remaining Silent Could Cost You
The mission is to promote equitable family laws and practices that will respect the rights and needs of all family members.
The Family Courts are no place for the faint of heart. The system is designed to destroy families both financially and emotionally. The adversarial process is no way to end a marriage, especially when children are involved. This is a story about those children.
Currently social security title IV D provides incentive to states to order minimal parenting time for non custodial parents in order to maximize the amount of child support noncustodial parents pay because the states get matching federal funds,
NOT for collecting child support arrears, but for every dollar of child support ORDERED.
This is destroying families in the name of money. Would you support family law and social security title IV D reform in order to protect families?
The vision is for Fathers to have Equal Rights and that society will recognize the right and need of every child to have a healthy relationship with both parents, regardless of the status of their family structure.These efforts are directed to the non-custodial parent. Child support increases are done without a hearing or notification to the non-custodial parent through administrative writs.
In most circumstances, women are named the custodial parent. The Attorney General’s office would support custody to an incarcerated woman over a man. These are the rules and anything outside the rules or norm costs the noncustodial parent and the children.
Clearly, an honest person can see that this system is set up for disaster on all levels and those most victimized, the children, remain without a lobby. Now, before you dismiss this story as a pro-dad hit piece, you should know that 40% of the people aided by Fathers for Equal Rights are women.
The benefit of encouraging parental cooperation in the raising and rearing of children is priceless. No amount of money or child support collection is going to replace a child’s relationship with their parent. The memories of your dad or mom helping with school work, reading aloud, and coaching little league are what shapes us, builds character, and molds our identities. The benefits are obvious.
A parent should have a legally protected right to see and participate in their child’s life. And, a child should have a right to know both of their parents, except in cases of proven child abuse. This right should be the priority of government, courts, family law judges, and legislators.
Now is the time for voters to ask questions about a court system that alienates children from their parents. As we have seen in Miami-Dade County, Florida.
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Every child deserves an involved dad.
Many people are surprised at the research which shows a connection between father absence and an increase in social problems in America including: poverty, teen pregnancy, juvenile delinquency, physical abuse, suicide, substance and alcohol abuse and a host of other troubling social problems. The sad fact is that not only does father absence hurt children, fathers suffer as well.
Developing positive relationships with their children encourages and motivates fathers to lead more constructive lives, even in the most difficult of circumstances. For instance, the simple act of regularly writing to their children from prison improves outcomes for incarcerated fathers, including increasing their odds of training for, finding, and keeping a job once they reenter society. Evidence shows that fathers who write to their children once a week have a lower risk of violence in prison and recidivism when released. These positive outcomes are multiplied when we study the impact on the children of inmates, and how father contact can change the trend of their children’s lives – even while the father is still incarcerated.
In addition, research and experience tell us that there is a strong correlation between lack of father involvement and many larger social challenges. Sadly, trends are against us. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes, in a study that investigated these trends, 2006 – 2010, “fewer fathers now live with their children” over the period studied. Reasons for this depressing trend include incarceration, non-marital childbearing and other factors.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 24 million children in America, one out of three children in America, now live in biological father-absent homes. Furthermore, according to the national surveys conducted by NFI, 9 in 10 parents believe there is a father absence crisis in America.
This study, an excellent resource on the impact of father-child involvement, also describes how “increased involvement of fathers in their children’s lives has been associated with a range of positive outcomes for the children.”
Fatherhood is in crisis in America, and you can help. By using our evidence-based programs your department, agency, or not-for-profit group can increase father involvement, improve the lives of children everywhere, and reverse negative trends in a wide range of social issues. Or, by becoming an individual activist, you can bring fatherhood programming to your community and help to reduce a host of social ills in your neighborhood.
NFI is a nationally respected, oft-cited, non-profit organization committed to better outcomes for children and our society as a whole. Our research and programs make a positive difference in the relationships between fathers and children – even in cases where a father is not physically present in the home. You don’t have to be a bystander to the fatherhood crisis in America; you can help to turn the tide and help us create a world in which every child has a 24/7 Dad.
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Every child deserves an involved dad.
Many people are surprised at the research which shows a connection between father absence and an increase in social problems in America including: poverty, teen pregnancy, juvenile delinquency, physical abuse, suicide, substance and alcohol abuse and a host of other troubling social problems. The sad fact is that not only does father absence hurt children, fathers suffer as well.
Developing positive relationships with their children encourages and motivates fathers to lead more constructive lives, even in the most difficult of circumstances. For instance, the simple act of regularly writing to their children from prison improves outcomes for incarcerated fathers, including increasing their odds of training for, finding, and keeping a job once they reenter society. Evidence shows that fathers who write to their children once a week have a lower risk of violence in prison and recidivism when released. These positive outcomes are multiplied when we study the impact on the children of inmates, and how father contact can change the trend of their children’s lives – even while the father is still incarcerated.
In addition, research and experience tell us that there is a strong correlation between lack of father involvement and many larger social challenges. Sadly, trends are against us. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes, in a study that investigated these trends, 2006 – 2010, “fewer fathers now live with their children” over the period studied. Reasons for this depressing trend include incarceration, non-marital childbearing and other factors.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 24 million children in America, one out of three children in America, now live in biological father-absent homes. Furthermore, according to the national surveys conducted by NFI, 9 in 10 parents believe there is a father absence crisis in America.
This study, an excellent resource on the impact of father-child involvement, also describes how “increased involvement of fathers in their children’s lives has been associated with a range of positive outcomes for the children.”
Fatherhood is in crisis in America, and you can help. By using our evidence-based programs your department, agency, or not-for-profit group can increase father involvement, improve the lives of children everywhere, and reverse negative trends in a wide range of social issues. Or, by becoming an individual activist, you can bring fatherhood programming to your community and help to reduce a host of social ills in your neighborhood.
NFI is a nationally respected, oft-cited, non-profit organization committed to better outcomes for children and our society as a whole. Our research and programs make a positive difference in the relationships between fathers and children – even in cases where a father is not physically present in the home. You don’t have to be a bystander to the fatherhood crisis in America; you can help to turn the tide and help us create a world in which every child has a 24/7 Dad.
Thank you for your interest and support,
The National Fatherhood Initiative® Team http://www.fatherhood.org/social-problems-in-america
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