Me and my daughter in Times Square last week. I LOVE my little girl (who is growing into a young lady rather quickly)
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Child Support Is More Like Child Extort
I’m so glad I was proactive and made sure I stopped the bleeding before it got worse. I refused to pay child support. I think the whole idea is ridiculous and it needs to be totally overhauled and updated to reflect…
Why the American Family-Court System is Broken
“To get divorced, you can’t just simply fill out a form that says ‘I’m divorced.’ You have to go to court and a judge has to approve the divorce,” says Divorce Corp’s Joe Sorge. “Breaking up is traumatic on its own, nevermind having to go to court and appear before a judge.”
Sorge argues that because the legal code to get a divorce is so complex, nearly all respective parties have to hire expensive lawyers and pay legal fees that make the average non-contested divorce cost between $10,000 and $20,000. A contested divorce can run well over $50,000.
“It’s the fourth most common cause of bankruptcy in the United States,” says Sorge.
Sorge sat down with Reason TV’s Tracy Oppenheimer to outline some of these institutional problems and possible resolutions that he addresses in his documentary and accompanying book, both titled Divorce Corp.
About 8 minutes.
Produced by Tracy Oppenheimer. Camera by Zach Weissmueller and Alexis Garcia.
Go to http://reason.com/reasontv/2014/04/23… for downloadable versions and subscribe to Reason TV’s YouTube Channel for notifications when new material goes live.
Ignoring an Inequality Culprit: Single-Parent Families
Intellectuals fretting about income disparity are oddly silent regarding the decline of the two-parent family. An excerpt from this article: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303603904579493612156024266 Suppose a scientific conference on cancer prevention never addressed smoking, on the grounds that in a free society you can’t…
Father’s suicide becomes rallying cry for fairness in court
An excerpt from a Glenn Sacks post but is no longer available. Here is more info: http://www.canadiancrc.com/Newspaper_Articles/National_Post-Darrin_White-Fathers_suicide_becomes_rallying_cry_for_fairness_in_court_01APR2000.aspx Thirty-five years ago today, Lillian White gave birth to her youngest son. Yesterday, she knelt down and kissed his coffin at his graveside.…
Barbara Kay: Yet more family law gender injustice
A year ago 19-year old Preston King was a light-hearted young Southern California man in love with his high school sweetheart. Her pregnancy changed their lives dramatically. But, even though the couple’s relationship deteriorated and they chose to live apart, King…
How apprenticeships can empower fathers and strengthen marriages
This is an excerpt from the fourth article in a four-part series, written in partnership with TheAtlantic.com, examining the role of fathers in American families. Young men are more likely to drop out of high school and are less likely to aspire to…
Why the number of single dads is on the rise
This is an excerpt from the second article in a four-part series, written in partnership with TheAtlantic.com, examining the role of fathers in American families. There are a few reasons why the state push for joint parenting is resulting in more…
LEADING WOMEN FOR SHARED PARENTING
A growing number of children are being raised without the benefit of meaningful engagement with both parents. As contemporary research conclusively demonstrates, a child who effectively loses one of his or her parents through a custody decision, usually the father,…
Rape Culture Myth
Barbara Kay knocks it out the park in this piece ‘Rape culture’ fanatics don’t know what a culture is’. Here is an excerpt: Indeed, the more closely one follows the increasingly hysterical volleys of rhetorical fire back and forth on this issue,…
There Are No Good Men
Is there really a lack of good men in the dating pool or do some women overlook the ones that are already in existence? From what I’ve experienced, when many women who are dating meet a GOOD man, they either…
Why the Challenge to “Violence-Against-Women” Programs is Essential
An Essay by Ron Collins For over a year now I have been researching the US federal government’s programs under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). I have made a number of significant findings, which I introduce below, but the…
Being a Kid With Your Kid | Ep. 4 | Fatherhood
Hank Azaria gets to the bottom of the age-old question: Can you be a friend AND a parent?
About ‘Fatherhood’: Hank Azaria’s touching, humorous, and often enlightening journey from a man who is not even sure he wants to have kids, to a father going through the joys, trials and tribulations of being a dad.
Generations | Ep. 5 | Fatherhood
Are modern parents more authoritative than older generations of parents?
About ‘Fatherhood’: Hank Azaria’s touching, humorous, and often enlightening journey from a man who is not even sure he wants to have kids, to a father going through the joys, trials and tribulations of being a dad.
The Good Enough Parent | Ep. 3 | Fatherhood
Learning that it’s OK to make mistakes isn’t easy. Watch as Hank Azaria talks to friends and experts about getting through it all.
About ‘Fatherhood’: Hank Azaria’s touching, humorous, and often enlightening journey from a man who is not even sure he wants to have kids, to a father going through the joys, trials and tribulations of being a dad.
Let me just add this. The story about the subway at around 2:40 is one of my WORST nightmares. Fortunately it has never happened to me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW48eS36MLc#aid=P-1gTTVfpus
Standoffs and Tantrums | Ep. 2 | Fatherhood
Hank Azaria discovers parenting is not for the faint-hearted as he navigates the terrible three’s.
About ‘Fatherhood’: Hank Azaria’s touching, humorous, and often enlightening journey from a man who is not even sure he wants to have kids, to a father going through the joys, trials and tribulations of being a dad.
Why Engagement Rings Are a Scam
Feminism 2.0
She needs to remove the label “feminism” and just call it something else. The word feminism has been too tainted and still is associated with people who only care about women. It has very little if anything to do with equality. If it did, feminism would do their best with updating domestic relations law and reforming family courts all across America.
And what is the deal with men needing to be civilized? That needs further explanation:
We hear it all the time: “America is patriarchal!”, “American women are oppressed!”. Well, a lifelong feminist and former National Organization for Women member, Tammy Bruce, is tired of hearing it–and she has a solution laid out in our newest video: Feminism 2.0. One that tells women that they should be proud to act feminine. One that tells them that simply copying men and masculine traits is actually demeaning to women. One that honors all responsible choices, including becoming a wife and mother.
Disposable Father
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCNZByBU2-0 This girl and mother don’t need this man do they? Who CARES about this bum. He’s just another father who was probably a batterer right? He was probably threatening his wife and she was bound to be a victim…
The Campus Rape Myth
by Heather Mac Donald, City Journal Winter 2008 – an excerpt: It’s a lonely job, working the phones at a college rape crisis center. Day after day, you wait for the casualties to show up from the alleged campus rape…
