It's Not Your Mother's Fathers Movement Anymore

Fathers Movement or Family Rights Movement, You Decide

By teri stoddard, published Jul 20, 2006
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I'm a 40-something, independent, liberal, California single mother of four and grandmother to one, and I'm working within the Fathers Movement. This surprises some people. They must wonder why I'm championing these men if it's true that, "fathers who seek custody, they're not all great fathers." That was the truth according to Mira Fox, who runs Child Abuse Solutions, Inc. when she testified in May against AB 1307, California's shared parenting bill. Shared parenting, (joint physical custody), and this bill are supported by professionals in the legal, medical, and mental health fields and by family rights organizations, veterans groups and individuals all over California. People across the nation, and around the globe applauded our efforts on behalf of children, and I was proud to be in Sacramento that day. I watched Fox testifying and the picture she painted disturbed me.

Fox said, "Children are often given into the custody of abusive fathers." According to my research, in approximately 70 percent of all California child custody cases mothers receive sole physical custody. Fathers receive it approximately 10 percent of the time. (Nationwide mothers receive sole physical custody 84 percent of the time.) If children are given into the custody of abusive fathers, they're given into the custody of abusive mothers as well. Mothers it turns out are most likely to harm a child. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration on Children, Youth and Families, approximately two-fifths (40.8 percent) of child victims were neglected or abused by "their mothers acting alone." Just 18.8 percent were maltreated by their fathers acting alone, (and 17 percent of children were abused or neglected by both their mothers and fathers).

 
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  • Nationwide mothers receive sole physical custody 84 percent of the time.
  • Two-fifths of child victims were neglected or abused by "their mothers acting alone."
  • Eighty-six percent of the population supports equal and shared custody.
Did You Know?
Approximately one-third of the participants in the Fathers' Movement, or Family Rights Movement as some call it, are women.
Resources
  • Teri Stoddard's blogShared Parenting Works
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If anyone wants some valid insight into the child protection industry read: This is Child Protection? By Gregory A. Hession, J.D. This article is probably the most accurate article I have read exposing the secretive world of CPS. Ever wonder why the juvenile/family courts are not open to the public, know you will know! State CPS regulations are just for show.

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