Social media. So many are afraid of it. So many find it negative, harmful, a waste of time, a drain…and yes, sometimes that is true. I find it powerful. It’s how I met Brandi. I had a blog many years ago about fatherhood/family/divorce/social issues that I used as a way to vent and express my…
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The National Parents Organization just released its 2019 Shared Parenting Report Card which is done every 5 years. The report raises a clear issue. Why must kids miss out on certain family relationships when parents divorce or separate? It’s cruel to have children who love both parents suddenly lose access to everything they knew. It’s cruel…
Read moreNew York Fails Report On Parenting After Divorce
This is from a press conference I was a part of yesterday: National Parents Organization (NPO) works to ensure that fit and willing parents receive equal time with their children during and after separation and divorce. The nonprofit works to help children enjoy the benefits of having both parents in their lives. Research shows children…
Read moreWhy Moms Should Support Shared Parenting
Alexandra Beckman, a Kentucky mother of seven children explains how the new parenting law will reduce stress on children of divorced parents. She has a story that needs to be shared. She lives in Kentucky, the ONLY state where shared parenting(50/50) is the default when parents separate. Alexandra is an advocate for shared parenting in…
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Why I REFUSE To Pay Child Support
When people ask me how can I be divorced with two children and pay no child support, I tell them I took a cue from Nancy Reagan; I “just said no.” I took the road less traveled. For the past twenty years, I’ve been fortunate to be a full-time musician. Since our daughter’s birth in…
Read moreEntitled Kids
An excerpt from this article: http://addins.kwwl.com/blogs/anchormom/2015/04/the-entitlement-generation At my last job, there was a young woman who was interning with our station. She showed up to work one day wearing extremely short shorts and a halter top. To work. Our news director at the time said, “You have two options…you can run home and get…
Read moreWhen letting your kids out of your sight becomes a crime – The Washington Post
I used to be a bleeding heart liberal like most of my musician friends and other creative colleagues. I USED TO…until I was dragged through the hell of “family court.” It was my experience there and my never ending battles with my ex-wife that I began to see the cruel realities of human nature. It…
Read moreThe craving for a baby that drives women to the ultimate deception
Liz Jones makes her most shocking confession yet By Liz Jones for The Mail – Originally posted HERE: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2056875/Liz-Jones-baby-craving-drove-steal-husbands-sperm-ultimate-deception.html Anyone who meets me, or reads what I write, would think I don’t like children and never wanted to be a mother. Indeed, for most of my adult life, having a child was the furthest thing from…
Read moreI Love Men, But I’m Thinking of Having a Baby Without One
Another selfish woman…another fatherless child. Sad. From Yahoo.com… On the best days of my life, and the cruelest hours of the night, I have always had an inner-meditation: I am excited about the future. However, this summer, when I turned 37, while licking the wounds of yet another rough breakup, my mantra didn’t seem to…
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