It is clear that our country's most precious endowment is our children yet our very own government insidiously suppresses the proper emotional nurturing of our children, and ironically enough, the financial support of our children on a daily basis. While this is predominantly taking place in our family court systems, the actions of these courts are far reaching, they impact the children directly related to these actions, the well-being of the parents responsible for those children, children in intact families as well as potential parents and parents in intact families. One of the key problems with our current system is its insidious nature. It hides behind the 'best interest' of our children when all those who have been through this machine know full well that the 'best interests' of the children are almost always ignored.

Further complicating the insidious nature of our current system is its Kafkaesque ability to persuade the people, via politicians with ill conceived or outright corrupt motivations that the system is working as it should. Politicians use buzz words and sensationalism while consistently pontificating action based on unproven statistics which are outright lies. No one, not even the media seems to have the time or interest to really investigate what is happening, yet, according to Mortimer Zuckerman (chief editor of US News and World Report - Following bullets are quotes from October 5, 2007 "Family Unfriendly Policies"): 

• In the 1950s, 80 percent of adults were married; today, roughly 50 percent are. Why?
• Divorce rates have more than doubled since the 1960s
• Births to unmarried mothers, white and black, have risen from 5 percent in 1960 to about 35 percent today
• Research indicates that a 10 percent growth in welfare benefits increases by 12 percent the chances that a poor young woman will have a baby out of wedlock before the age of 22. This has been true for both whites and blacks.

These facts are just the tip of the iceberg. The answer to some of Mortimer's questions, and the disturbing trends he notes, is simple: we do not recognize parents equally in our society and, in fact, treat them so far from equally in our family courts as to make great incentives for the manifestation of the facts Mortimer points out, or great incentives for the trends to continue like unstoppable monoliths.

Some States Are Becoming Aware

In the Video clips below (click on Parts) witness Ohio State Supreme Court argue specifics regarding shared parenting. The state is clearly starting to debate the technicalities of shared parenting rather than whether it is an option and seemingly accepts the premise that it is clearly in the child's best interest when two fit and loving parents are involved. Several parts - all totaled approximately 45 minutes.

Fisher Case - Part 1
Fisher Case - Part 2
Fisher Case - Part 3
Fisher Case - Part 4
Fisher Case - Part 5

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