ArticlesCategory :: FatherhoodBy Moonee Leader News 8/31/2010 "...Moonee Valley Council’s fatherhood forum Discovering ‘Dadhood’ aims to allow fathers to discuss their children and experiences of fatherhood, and talk about the challenges of the role and any positive changes in their lives. ..." Read the entire article: http://moonee-valley-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/moonee-valley-dads-speak-out-about-fatherhood/ By USA Today 8/27/2010 "A jury on Thursday rejected a claim by billionaire Donald Bren's two grown children for $134 million in retroactive child support." Read the entire article: http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2010-08-26-bren-child-support_N.htm?csp=34money By Western Leader 8/31/2010 "Mark Leggett says fatherhood in the 21st century isn't an easy task." Read the entire article: http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/western-leader/4075847/Dads-role-challenging By US Politics Today 24/7/ Press Release 9/3/2010 "A recent decision by the German Constitutional Court provides that men who father children out of wedlock need not obtain the mother's consent to seek legal custody." Read the entire article: http://uspolitics.einnews.com/pr-news/156565-european-court-decision-advances-fathers-rights By Associated Press 8/27/2010 "The U.S. birth rate has dropped for the second year in a row, and experts think the wrenching recession led many people to put off having children. The 2009 birth rate also set a record: lowest in a century." Read the entire article: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gmy8vp2IF0hXIS66YjPRglOJg52QD9HRVQF80 By Miami Herald 8/31/2010 "A man who claims to be Miami Heat star Lebron James' father has filed a $4 million paternity lawsuit, and James has asked the court to dismiss it, TMZ reported Tuesday." By PennLive.com 9/2/2010 "Now 39 and the father of two sons ages 21 and 17, Moffitt is still learning about fatherhood." Read the entire article: http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2010/09/fatherhood_academy_helps_men_l.html By app.com 8/29/2010 "...Early on the morning of Aug. 16, Moore — driving his mother's car — dropped his 20-month-old daughter off at his ex-wife's home on Lockwood Place in Ocean Township. He was never seen alive again, authorities said. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.app.com/article/20100829/NEWS05/8290370/Manchester-man-who-was-murdered-ex-wife-at-odds-over-child-rearing
By Voxy – New Zealand 9/2/2010 "..."The care of children and their best interests when their parents separate is not just a financial issue," says Bob McCoskrie, National Director of Family First NZ. "Children are being hard done by because the Family Court system is not starting with a presumption of shared parenting. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.voxy.co.nz/politics/family-first-review-child-support-and-child-contact/5/61290 By ABC Online – New Zealand 9/3/2010 "...Beyond the children's books there's a plethora of titles telling me how to be a better parent, and with luck a better man too - or, if not, then a better gardener and handyman, which feels more practical as well as more honest somehow. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s3001801.htm By Jornal.us "...The court said that Willie’s ex, in perfect physical and mental health and capable of full time employment had refused to contribute to her own upkeep. She held a college degree but testified that she had no intention of getting a job. ..." Read the entire article: http://news.jornal.us/article-5175.Child-Support-the-war-against-fathers-Part-2.html By Wayne Parker, About.com Guide "... More and more adults are connecting with one another through what has been called Web 2.0. While women are still more likely than men to connect via social networking, men are increasingly using social networking online. ..." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/od/technology/a/social_net_sites.htm?nl=1 By Wayne Parker, About.com Guide "...Find the best application for your iPhone, why you should have them, and how they can make your job as a father easier. ..." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/od/technology/a/iPhone_apps.htm?nl=1 By Neighborhood Star.com 8/26/2010 "A Frankfort man, being forced to pay child support for a son who was kidnapped by his mother and taken to Poland 10 years ago, has won a key legal ruling in his case." Read the entire article: http://www.southtownstar.com/neighborhoodstar/frankfort/2638818,082610gerardo.article By The Daily Times 8/26/2010 "...Watch D.O.G.S. is a National Center for Fathering initiative that organizes fathers and father figures in order to provide positive male role models for the students and enhance school security. Foothills Elementary School’s program is open to dads, stepdads, grandfathers and other father figures. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.thedailytimes.com/article/20100826/NEWS/308269988 By 24/7 Press Release 8/26/2010 "...Miriam Lee took the singer to court, alleging that he was the father of her 14-year-old son. When McKnight failed to respond to her claims, the judge ordered McKnight to pay more than $340,000 in past due child support payments. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/establishing-legal-paternity-in-florida-167189.php By Idependent.ie -- Ireland 8/26/2010 "'IT'S a hamster wheel of misery -- a game of control over me. Why is she allowed to sabotage my attempts to be a loving dad? Why is she able to use my children as a weapon to beat me with?"" Read the entire article: http://www.independent.ie/opinion/columnists/martina-devlin/martina-devlin-law-not-only-failing-fathers-its-failing-their-children-too-2311897.html By CNN.com 8/23/2010 "...Alesaundra then escorted rescuers back to her house, where her father was 'sitting in the living room, needing medical care,' Villalovoz said. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/22/california.toddler.heroine/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn By The Washington Times 8/23/2010 "...At some point, we will have to come to grips with the fact that a very large percentage of our students fail because they lack a father and mother who value, encourage, support and reinforce their efforts to learn. Common sense tells us there is no surer recipe for the child to lag behind in learning than having to contend with the strain and disruption of a broken, dysfunctional family..." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/23/why-young-black-men-dont-graduate/?page=2 The Washington Times 8/24/2010 "...Times may have changed for some, who more readily accept the family variations that increasingly are called "normal" in American culture, but times have not changed for children. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/24/hicks-and-the-winner-is-sperm-donor/ By Sydney Morning Herald 8/26/2010 "...In a report that might not be well received by some single mothers, the acting Ombudsman, Ron Brent, found that the Child Support Agency had at times been unduly influenced by stereotypes about fathers not meeting their obligations. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.smh.com.au/national/fathers-stereotyped-by-child-support-agency-20100825-13s89.html By CNN Health 8/26/2010 "...Children across the country are heading back to school, and new research from the Partnership for a Drug-Free America shows that a third of parents are concerned computers and texting make it harder to communicate with media-engrossed teens about sex, drugs, alcohol and other risky behaviors. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/08/26/kids.drugs.text/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn By Hattiesburg American 8/21/2010 "...All wanted to be better fathers and do what they could to keep their children from following in their footsteps. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20100821/NEWS01/8200357 By Toronto Sun -- Canada 8/12/2010 "Burt Reynolds has been given a reprieve from his ex-wife Loni Anderson as he continues to recover from heart surgery - she's waived the $400,000 he owes her in back child support, according to a U.S. tabloid report." Read the entire article: http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/celebrities/2010/08/11/14993041-wenn-story.html By Slam "...The joint statement said "the (divorce) judgment provides for shared parenting of their two children."..." Read the entire article: http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Golf/News/2010/08/23/15114241.html By Wayne Parker, Fatherhood Guide "...I love books for teens and youth that help them learn values and principles like those espoused and taught here by Peter Buffett. I wrote a brief review of the book, and really feel like it is an important addition to any family library where teens are growing up. An even better use of the book would be for fathers and teens to read it together. ..." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/b/2010/08/03/life-is-what-you-make-it.htm?nl=1 By Gordon E Finley -- Letters to the Editor/Washington Times "Although it is widely purported that women are paid less than men for equal work, the reality is otherwise ("Poll shows mixed feelings about feminism," Nation, Tuesday)." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/19/gender-pay-gap-reflects-choices-not-bias/ By Medline Plus 8/19/2010 "Men who have a brother with prostate cancer are more likely than other men to be diagnosed with the disease, but the reason may have more to do with greater surveillance than genetics, a new study suggests." Read the entire article: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_102386.html By Washington Times 8/19/2010 "They were unlikely dance partners in an unlikely dance hall: a 29-year-old murderer and a 10-year-old boy doing an impromptu tango as Luther Vandross' "Dance With My Father" sounded from a boom box in a prison gym." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/19/kids-head-to-prison-camp-to-visit-dads/ By New York Times 8/20/2010 "Paul Hillier, the conductor who was arrested en route to his appearance at the Mostly Mozart Festival for nonpayment of child support, said he was withholding the money from his ex-wife because she did not allow his daughters to visit him, The Daily Mail of London reported on Wednesday." Read the entire article: http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/19/after-arrest-over-child-support-payments-conductor-speaks-out/?src=mv By Laurel Leader Call - Missouri 8/19/2010 "All wanted to be better fathers and do what they could to keep their children from following in their footsteps. “I have a 12-year-old son,” said John P. McCullum, 31, of Laurel. “When I see him, I see a carbon copy of myself." Read the entire article: http://leadercall.com/local/x107497509/Inmates-learn-to-become-better-fathers By Catholic.net 8/19/2010 "Christians are uniting to affirm the importance of fatherhood and the truths of John Paul II's teaching in the theology of the body, says Glenn Stanton." Read the entire article: http://www.catholic.net/index.php?option=zenit&id=30102 By Los Angeles Times (blog) - California 8/11/2010 "...In a years-long legal feud set to start trial next week, Bren's now-adult children are seeking retroactive child support in the amount of $400,000 a month each for the years between 1988 and 2002. According to their attorney, Bren was giving children Christie and David Bren a fraction of that sum -- about $10,000 a month -- for several years. ..." Read the entire article: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/08/billionaire-kids-donald-bren-child-support.html By Black Star News 8/12/2010 "A City agency has failed to disburse millions of dollars in child support payments that have already been collected and should have been either disbursed to parents who have won custody of children in family court proceedings or returned as refunds to non-custody parents for overpayments, The Black Star News has learned." Read the entire article: http://blackstarnews.com/news/135/ARTICLE/6747/2010-08-12.html By Wayne Parker, About.com Guide "With the first day of school drawing near, parents and children across the country are getting set for the annual back to school campaign. There is so much to do to be ready, from shopping for clothing and supplies to getting the family organized. This list is designed to make the process easier for dads to manage." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/od/backtoschool/a/bts_checklist.htm?nl=1 By Wayne Parker, About.com Guide "The first week that our oldest son was in first grade, he experienced an extreme case of back to school stress." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/od/backtoschool/a/btsstress.htm?nl=1 By Medline Plus 8/12/2010 "..."The message is that father-son relationships are incredibly powerful. When they're healthy, it's hugely protective for boys," said study lead author Melanie Mallers, an assistant professor at California State University at Fullerton. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_102130.html By TMZ.com 8/11/2010 "NBA veteran Earl Watson filed for divorce from his wife Jennifer Freeman -- claiming the "My Wife and Kids" actress attacked him in a late night rage ... and savagely bit him on the chest until he bled." Read the entire article: http://www.tmz.com/2010/08/11/nba-player-earl-watson-jennifer-freeman-my-wife-and-kids-indiana-pacers-bite-attack-ucla/ By Medline Plus 8/11/2010 "Young men who are obese may have a lower sperm count than their normal-weight counterparts, a new study suggests." Read the entire article: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_102099.html By Sydney Morning Herald - Australia 8/15/2010 "FINDING out if your partner has cheated has never been easier or cheaper. DNA testing, once confined to science fiction then to forensic and research laboratories, can now cost as little as $295 and is so common it's even featured in an episode of an Australian TV soapie." Read the entire article: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/wellbeing/the-genes-are-out-of-the-bottle-and-on-the-web-20100814-1248i.html By Christian Science Monitor "'Good fatherhood' initiatives are at the center of President Obama's family and welfare policies. It is a different approach than the one taken by the Bush administration, which focused more on promoting marriage." Read the entire article: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2010/0810/Fatherhood-not-marriage-is-focus-of-Obama-family-policies By E Online 8/12/2010 "...So the actress obviously had no problem dishing it back to him after the Fox News fixture lambasted her on his show for having the audacity to say in public that women are, more and more these days, taking the matter of family into their own hands and choosing to have children without being in a relationship. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b195093_jennifer_aniston_sticks_it_back_bill.html?cmpid=rss-000000- By World Magazine 8/11/2010 "Fatherlessness affects all of us and is the root of all kinds of evil and brokenness. It is been well documented that 60 percent of rapists, 72 percent of adolescent murderers, and 70 percent of long-term prison inmates are men who grew up in homes without dads. " Read the entire article: http://online.worldmag.com/2010/08/11/the-priority-of-fatherlessness/ By The Vancouver Sun "He may leave his socks lying around and avoid emptying the dishwasher, but a new study shows husbands do as much work as their wives." Read the entire article: http://www.vancouversun.com/Life/women+same+amount+work/3367254/story.html#ixzz0wDQye12O By The Hindu – New Delhi "The Supreme Court has asked courts to be extremely careful in ordering a DNA examination to determine paternity, as sometimes such scientific tests may bastardise an innocent child even though its mother and her spouse were living together at the time of conception." Read the entire article: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article558197.ece By PR Newswire 8/9/2010 "The Fatherhood Educational Institute (FEI) President Emeritus and leading family law attorney Jeffery M. Leving supports the recent ruling by the German Constitutional Court that has promised to strengthen the custody rights of unmarried fathers." Read the entire article: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/german-court-victory-sets-precedent-for-international-fathers-rights-100254174.html By Columbus Dispatch - Ohio 8/8/2010 "...If the man didn't meet the 30-day deadline for signing the state's putative-father registry, offer support during the pregnancy or establish paternity before the adoption was filed, he might have little chance to halt the placement. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/08/08/adoption-rulings-may-boost-birth-fathers-rights.html?sid=101 By People.com 8/2/2010 "..."Women are realizing it more and more knowing that they don't have to settle with a man just to have that child," Aniston, 41, said. "Times have changed and that is also what is amazing is that we do have so many options these days, as opposed to our parents' days when you can't have children because you have waited too long.".. Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20408849,00.html By ChicagoNow (blog) - Illinois 8/4/2010 "...Last week in Cook County, a judge ordered a man to pay thousands of dollars in past child support for a child that isn't his. The man even took a paternity test to prove he wasn't the father, but it was too late. Back in 1998, the child's mother went to court to get child support and the man never responded to the summons. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/chicagos-real-law-blog/2010/08/crazy-illinois-law-alert.html By Science Daily 7/20/2010 "The way a family interacts can have more of an impact on a child's predicted school success than reading, writing or arithmetic, according to a University of Notre Dame study published recently in the Journal of Child Development." Read the entire article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100720162317.htm By Dads Divorce.com 7/28/2010 "For a father, the most painful aspect of the end of a marriage (if it has been initiated by his wife) is the “loss of” the daily contact with the children." Read the entire article: http://www.dadsdivorce.com/articles-archive/3204- By Omaha World-Herald - Nebraska 7/31/2010 "...The program is for boys in fourth through 12th grades, and there is a $5 annual membership fee. Any son and father or father figure (such as an uncle or grandfather) may participate. Organizers want the boys to choose who participates with them, but it can’t be a different person each time, Maxwell said. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.omaha.com/article/20100731/NEWS01/707319845 By WJZ - Virginia 7/31/2010 "A Virginia man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to fatally stabbing a D.C. man during a fight over the paternity of twins." Read the entire article: http://wjz.com/wireapnewsva/Va.man.gets.2.1835635.html By NewsNet5.com - Ohio 7/23/2010 "A new community outreach program in Summit County will give mothers and fathers the opportunity to have genetic testing done at the hospital shortly following the birth of their child." Read the entire article: http://www.newsnet5.com/dpp/news/local_news/akron_canton_news/paternity-testing-to-be-offered-at-summit-county-hospitals By WBXH - Louisiana 7/28/2010 "A Baton Rouge man is fighting to prove he is not the father of two children he believes he has wrongfully been paying child support on, possibly for years." Read the entire article: http://www.wafb.com/Global/story.asp?S=12889910 By Minnesota Public Radio - Minnesota 7/30/2010 "The recession is creating a crisis for the courts and for families dealing with child support. Parents who have faithfully kept up with their child support are falling behind and flooding the courts with requests for help, so Hennepin County officials are taking steps to keep the problem from getting worse." Read the entire article: http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/07/30/reconsider-child-support/ By WTHI 7/22/2010 "One Volunteer program, called Fatherhood, helps male offenders keep in touch with their kids at home." Read the entire article: http://www.wthitv.com/dpp/news/local/volunteers-do-time-at-prison By Radio New Zealand – New Zealand 7/30/2010 "But Fathers of New Zealand says dropping late penalties and giving parents more contact with their children, will encourage people to pay." Read the entire article: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2010/07/30/04e12a76cd84 By Wayne Parker, About.com Guide "...According to a Javelin Strategy & Research report, in 2007 an estimated 1.117 million families had their children’s personal information exposed in a data breach of one kind or another. ..." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/od/childprotection/a/childidtheft.htm?nl=1 By ABC Action News - Florida 7/30/2010 "...According to a pay check stub, Thorpe’s employer regularly garnished his check for a total of $578 to pay his child support. “My ex-wife kept on complaining 'Kevin, I am not getting the money'. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/money/consumer/taking_action_for_you/father%E2%80%99s-child-support-money-doesn%E2%80%99t-reach-his-child- By San Antonio Express - Texas 8/2/2010 "...Since Bexar County was known for incarcerating more “deadbeat dads” than any other place in Texas, Wilson's outlook could have been bleak, he acknowledged Friday. But what he didn't realize was that Bexar County also has one of the most effective job placement programs in the state for low- or no-income parents who want to work. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.mysanantonio.com/moms/program_helps_parents_pay_child_support_99735604.html By Bnd.com – Illinois 8/1/2010 "...The stimulus payment, intended for people with disabilities, was automatically applied to Williams' unpaid child support. That transaction alerted state officials, who had not been aware that Williams was getting a disability check. ..." By TheDay.com - Connecticut 7/27/2010 "...But at least now you have your first foray into the "Dr. Dad" classes that ran last month at the William W. Backus Hospital in Norwich. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.theday.com/article/20100727/NWS08/307279980/-1/NWS By Monitor - Texas 7/25/2010 "...These visits he gets with his daughter are the fruit of his determination to play an active role in her life, even though he and the girl’s mother are no longer together. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.themonitor.com/articles/parenting-41158-award-wins.html By Carolyn Hax -- Washington Post 7/29/2010 "...I'm in a terrible marriage and I don't know how to get out of it. I have two small children, which greatly complicates things. My wife has become extremely abusive, both physically and verbally. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/28/AR2010072805425.html By DadsDivorce.com "...Suddenly she is threatening to take me back to court for full custody and to have child support initiated. Can you tell me what legal grounds she may have and what I may encounter?..." Read the entire article: http://www.dadsdivorce.com/articles/what-is-the-burden-of-proof-needed-for-a-modification.html By Tucson Citizen - Arizona 7/20/2010 "Guys who wonder if they are being unwittingly sucked into marriage or child support payments when they don’t even have a child can now find out once and for all." Read the entire article: http://tucsoncitizen.com/dating/2010/07/20/who%E2%80%99s-your-daddy-dna-paternity-testing-goes-countywide-in-cochise-clinics/comment-page-1/ By Beloit Daily News - Wisconsin "...He works with a pool of about 50 employers. He said the men in his program can get wages, a job history and skills during the six months of employment. Although many of the men in the Fatherhood Program qualify, others are encouraged to apply for the program as well. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.beloitdailynews.com/articles/2010/07/17/news/top_news/news1701.txt By WHIZ - Ohio 7/18/2010 "...Saunders believes her son's death stems from a paternity test he took about a year ago, which is when Hardin found out he was the father of a two-year-old girl. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.whiznews.com/content/news/local/2010/07/18/missing-zanesville-mans-mother-speaks-out By Wayne Parker -- About.com, Fatherhood Guide "Are you struggling like many dads with what to do about social networking?" Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/b/2010/07/17/social-networking-101.htm?nl=1 By Richard Driscoll with Nancy Ann Davis -- Dr Driscoll Blog Spot "A recent 2008 Gallup poll in Great Britain finds that 33% of women "often or very often" feel resentful of men, compared to 14% of men who often feel resentful of women." Read the entire article: http://drsd2.blogspot.com/2010/07/why-so-much-harsher-toward-men.html By Gordon E. Finley Miami Herald -- Letters to the Editor 7/20/2010 "...Given that current Florida family law fails these reality tests, it should be changed to: 1. Presume equal shared parenting for both parents, which is what research shows that the children of divorce want, and it also is the case that children turn out better under equal shared parenting; ..." By The Boston Globe 7/18/2010 "... Two years ago, Niro’s youngest son graduated from college, ending child support payments and leaving his former wife with alimony of $65 a week. “The next thing I know, I get summonsed to court for alimony adjustment,’’ he says. A probate court judge increased the alimony to $700 a week even though the couple had divorced nearly a quarter of a century ago — five times longer than they were married. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/family/articles/2010/07/18/years_and_marriages_later_former_spouses_still_owe_alimony/ By Medline Plus 7/16/2010 "Men who use condoms every time they have sex are less likely to harbor the virus that causes genital warts than those who are less consistent about protection, a new study finds." Read the entire article: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_101179.html By Plain Dealer (blog) - Ohio 7/12/2010 "...Elroy Thomas knew there might be trouble when he went to pick up his 6-year-old daughter from his ex-wife's house on Father's Day. So he had a police officer accompany him. Thomas had a court-issued visitation order to spend the day reserved for dads with his first-grader. But his ex had denied his visitation rights before. ..." Read the entire article: http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/07/child_visitation_rights_go_une.html By Charleston Gazette – West Virginia 7/10/2010 "...Still, it's a demographic fact that multitudes of U.S. kids -- a relentlessly growing number -- are being raised in one-parent homes. "Millions of children have little or no contact with their fathers," Cathy Young of Reason magazine wrote. Further, it's a sad fact that such children are more at risk of flunking school, turning delinquent, using dope, being jobless, and winding up jailed or pregnant. ..." Read the entire article: http://wvgazette.com/Opinion/201007090642 By Roland C. Warren -- The Root 7/12/2010 "... Folks who support the notion of financial abortions say that we should make things equal and give a father the choice to walk away from his responsibility to a child, despite what the mother wants, just as a mother has the legal option to abort their child, despite what the father wants. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.theroot.com/views/your-take-are-all-abortions-equal By Cord Jefferson - The Root 7/6/2010 "...Professor Frances Goldscheider teaches sociology at Brown, where she came up with the idea that, she says, has made her question some of her deepest, most long-standing beliefs: "While I thought I was a feminist all my life, when I started studying the family and fatherhood in general, I realized that I was really an egalitarian. I want a level playing field in the family for men and women. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.theroot.com/views/what-if-i-dont-want-be-daddy?page=0,1 By Rentry Benefiting Families – Louisiana "Being a parent is never easy and being an incarcerated parent poses unique problems ..." Read the statistics: http://www.rbf.la/programs-fatherhoodinitiative.html By WHNT - Alabama 7/14/2010 "The Lawrence County Sheriff's Department arrested Amanda Hazen on two counts of forgery after discovering in an investigation that she allegedly forged two signatures on court documents regarding a paternity test results." Read the entire article: http://www.whnt.com/news/whnt-moulton-paternity-fraud,0,2196303.story By Helium "If you have a child or one on the way but are not married, it is important to take one thing into consideration. The fact that you should get a paternity test done is extremely important." Read the entire article: http://www.helium.com/items/1892224-importance-of-getting-a-paternity-test-for-unmarried-couples-expecting-a-baby By Orange County Register 7/14/2010 "A 2-year-old girl stuck in the middle of a custody battle between her adoptive mother and her birth father will be staying in California with her adoptive mother for the time being, the California appellate court ruled ..." Read the entire article: http://www.ocregister.com/news/mills-257705-doss-custody.html He has a DNA test to prove it's not his son, but still has to pay child supportMonday, 12 July 2010
By WXYZ - Michigan 7/8/2010 "He’s on the hook for tens of thousands of dollars in back child support. But he says the boy is not his son—and has the DNA test to prove it." Read the entire article: http://www.wxyz.com/dpp/news/region/wayne_county/he-has-a-dna-test-to-prove-it's-not-his-son,-but-still-has-to-pay-child-support By Fremont News Messenger - Ohio 7/5/2010 "Ten area men who participated in the WSOS 24/7 Dad Program were honored June 30 at a ceremony that heralded their completion of all program requirements." Read the entire article: http://www.thenews-messenger.com/article/20100705/NEWS01/7050307/Learning-to-be-better-fathers By Montgomery Advertiser - Alabama 7/3/2010 "After Andrey Scott lost his job about a week after his newborn son was born, he made his child a promise: he would never make him "want" for anything." Read the entire article: http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20100703/NEWS01/7030352/New-dad-faces-challenges-of-fatherhood-unemployment By Los Angeles Wave Newspapers - California 7/7/2010 "...Doss is embroiled in a child-custody struggle with the girl's father, Benjamin Mills Jr., who came forward with a paternity claim when his daughter was about a month old, halting the adoption. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.wavenewspapers.com/news/regional/foster-mom-Stacey-Doss-Good-Morning-America-97997814.html By Wayne Parker, About.com Guide "...So if you are pondering whether or not to become a father, or would just like some validation that you have made the right choice, this list of the top ten personal benefits of being a father is worth your consideration. ..." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/od/newdadsresources/a/dads_benefits.htm?nl=1 By New York Times 7/9/2010 "...“We found a negative effect on academic achievement,” he said. “I was surprised, but as we presented our findings at various seminars, people in the audience said they weren’t surprised, given their own experiences with their school-age children.” ..." Read the entire article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/11/business/11digi.html?th&emc=th By Yahoo News 7/8/2010 "In an exclusive interview with Yahoo! News and the Huffington Post, he credited his father with teaching him how to live, and explained that all parents can make a "better human being":..." Read the entire article/watch video: http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100708/bs_yblog_upshot/buffett-recounts-the-best-advice-hes-ever-received By Wayne Parker, About.com Guide "...I took an opportunity recently to visit with some teenagers I know and asked them what they wish their fathers knew about them: their challenges, their emotions, their lives. ..." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/od/dadsandteens/a/dadsknowteens.htm?nl=1 By Healthy Children "Not surprisingly, some single and working parents have grown to dread school vacations, legal holidays (like Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Washington's Birthday), and "teacher in-service days." These are days when the child is out of school but parents usually have to be at work." Read the entire article: http://www.healthychildren.org/English/family-life/work-play/pages/Managing-School-Holidays-and-Vacations.aspx? By The Daytona Beach News Journal 7/1/2010 "The family of the late Tom Moore will send him on a final journey Sunday in one of his favorite holiday traditions, a colorful shower of fireworks over Lake Disston." Read the entire article: http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/local/west-volusia/2010/07/01/widow-honors-spouse-with-holiday-fireworks-sendoff.html By Boston Globe 6/24/2010 "If the folks at the Boston College Center for Work & Family could pick two dads from pop culture as the models for the fatherhood study they released last week, they could easily be Ari Gold and Adam Braverman." Read the entire article: http://www.boston.com/community/moms/articles/2010/06/24/men_are_redefining_success_fatherhood/ By Mail Online - UK 7/7/2010 "...The taxi driver had gone to watch his son, a year seven pupil, compete in sprints and egg-and-spoon races. But teachers refused to let him spectate because they did not believe he had undergone checks by the Criminal Records Bureau. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1292909/School-sports-day-ban-father-criminal-records-check.html
By Worcester Telegram - Massachusetts 7/1/2010 "...A published 2004 study by Arizona State University professors Sanford Braver and David Stockburger concluded that Massachusetts’ guidelines for determining how much child support an obligor will pay were among the highest in the United States. Since then, the state’s guidelines have actually been raised — in January 2009, in the middle of the worst economy since the Great Depression. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.telegram.com/article/20100701/NEWS/7010723/1020 By Yahoo News 6/30/2010 "Elian Gonzalez says he's not angry at his Miami relatives who fought to keep him in the United States during a nasty international custody battle a decade ago, and is thankful "a large part of the American public" supported him being reunited with his father in Cuba." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100701/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/cb_cuba_elian10_years_later By Huffington Post 6/30/2010 "...He said the actor has paid Grigorieva "tens of thousands of dollars," is providing his daughter with health insurance and a nanny and has bought a lavish home and a car for his ex-girlfriend. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/30/mel-gibson-oksana-grigori_n_630428.html By Phyllis Schlafly -- Eagle Forum June 2010 "The month of June when we observe Father's Day is a good time to review some of the injustices committed against fathers by family courts. Family courts routinely deprive divorced fathers not only of their own children, but even many constitutional rights." Read the entire article: http://www.eagleforum.org/psr/2010/june10/psrjune10.html By Seymour Herald - Tennessee 6/30/2010 "...“When it comes to deciding who gets the kids, it’s natural for judges to want to place them with the parent who is nurturing and sensitive,” said Michael Taylor, motivational speaker, life coach, and author of A New Conversation With Men (www.coachmichaeltaylor.com). ..." Read the entire article: http://seymourherald.com/news/2010/jun/30/is-fatherhood-dying/ By Children & Young People Now – United Kingdom 6/29/2010 "...Field added that the role of breadwinner has been taken over by the taxpayer because unmarried fathers are often "young, unemployed, unemployable and unskilled". But Rob Williams, chief executive of think-tank Fatherhood Institute, said Field’s views dated to the 1950s and called on policy-makers to focus on schemes to support fathers’ engagement with family life. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/ByDiscipline/Social-Care/1013144/Fatherhood-Institute-chief-slams-Frank-Field-unemployed-fathers-comment/ By People.com 6/29/2010 "...On Monday night, Terri Horman was served with a restraining order and divorce papers, the Oregonian reports. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20397855,00.html By Wayne Parker, About.com Guide to Fatherhood 6/21/2010 "Tom Cruise is featured this month in Esquire Magazine and in his interview, he focuses on fatherhood." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/b/2010/06/21/tom-cruise-on-fatherhood.htm?nl=1 By Wayne Parker, About.com Guide to Fatherhood 6/23/2010 "The Boston College Center for Work and Family has released a new study looking at today's new fathers and how they differ from past generations of new dads." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/b/2010/06/23/new-study-from-boston-college-on-new-dads.htm?nl=1 By Fayeobserver.com 6/24/2010 "...This current mistreatment of fathers isn't limited to sitcoms - commercials may be even worse. Watch a few commercials, and I guarantee that you will see at least one in which Dad or Grandpa can't figure out how to operate the computer/cell phone/remote control and has to ask 5-year-old Timmy for help. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2010/06/24/1008274?sac=Opin By NYC.gov – New York/Press Release 6/17/2010 "Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced the launch of a citywide fatherhood initiative to strengthen New York City families by helping fathers be active in their children’s lives." Read the entire article: http://nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0/index.jsp?pageID=mayor_press_release&catID=1194&doc_name= By Suffolk News-Herald - Virginia 6/19/2010 "The federal government spends nearly $100 billion in public money every year to support fatherless families, according to the National Fatherhood Initiative." Read the entire article: http://www.suffolknewsherald.com/news/2010/jun/19/recognizing-great-fathers/ By KUSA9 - Colorado 6/14/2010 "Colorado's Fatherhood Initiative has a $10 million grant to provide direct services to dads and their children." Read the entire article: http://m.9news.com/news.jsp?key=268127&rc=lo By Center For American Progress 6/25/2010 "...Low-income fathers need to be brought into family policy. They are able to financially contribute to their children’s well-being, and provide care and emotional supports that can improve children’s life outcomes. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2010/06/connecting_fathers.html By People.com 6/28/2010 "...Gibson's camp says the actor's ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva is in violation of the custody arrangement the pair hammered out for baby daughter Lucia when they split-up—and therefore, she isn't getting a penny more than the sum they agreed to in mediation if she failed to live up to her end of the bargain. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b188026_mel_gibson_fewer_visits_with_daughter.html?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories#ixzz0sCEdPw2x By People.com 6/25/2010 "Really putting a stamp on their split, Mel Gibson filed for a restraining order against Oksana Grigorieva, his ex-girlfriend and mother of his 7- month-old daughter, Lucia, PEOPLE has learned." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20397104,00.html By National Post - Canada 6/21/2010 "...Instead, he’s a man hopelessly ensnared in a crushing bureaucratic machine: He’s in jail because he couldn’t pay child support, but he couldn’t pay child support because he was unemployed … and he was unemployed because the court took his driver’s license for failure to pay child support … after he went bankrupt paying his court costs. ..." Read the entire article: http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2010/06/21/matt-gurney-man-jailed-by-courts-after-courts-bankrupt-him/ By Matt C. Abbott -- RenewAmerica "...Above all, the legal system should work to preserve — not sunder — the marital bond. With the acceptance of 'no-fault' divorce, our legal system has done just the opposite. Baskerville demonstrates convincingly that our courts are biased not only against fathers and husbands, but also against intact marriages...." Read the entire article: http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/abbott/100617
By Washington Post 6/21/2010 "In what is becoming a Father's Day ritual for the Obama administration, the president on Monday will bring together children, famous dads and nonprofit groups that promote fatherhood to highlight the importance of fathers." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/21/AR2010062100006.html By Momlogic.com 6/22/2010 "...The legions of men out there who fear that they're not the babydaddy can now walk into a drugstore and pick up their very own DNA paternity test. ..." By Fox 31 KDVR.com - Colorado 6/21/2010 "...But in this case, Esquibel held fast to the child he brought into this world. "This is my responsibility, I need to do what I need to do," he says. And, it turns out, he had someone to help support him. Read the entire article: http://www.kdvr.com/news/kdvr-teen-dad-txt,0,2283145.story By Times of India - India 6/20/2010 "...Today’s generation boasts of hands-on dads, the types who are just as involved in the care and upkeep of the child as the mother. ..." Read the entire article: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life/people/Fatherhood-redefined/articleshow/6070981.cms By Yahoo News 6/21/2010 "...More than a decade after states began approving marijuana for medical use, its role in custody disputes remains a little-known side effect. ..." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100621/ap_on_re_us/us_medical_marijuana_child_custody By Glenn Sacks and Ned Holstein -- Cleveland.com 6/19/2010 "...While genuine child support evaders certainly exist, many noncustodial parents fall behind in their support because the current system is mulishly impervious to the economic realities working people face, such as layoffs, wage cuts, unemployment and work-related injuries. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/06/fathers_day_deadbeat_dad_raids.html By Huffington Post 6/21/2010 "Worst mom? Or worstest mom? Sorry that makes no sense. I'm having a hard time getting my thoughts together after watching this video of the most inappropriate mom ever. You may want to put a pillow on the floor so your jaw doesn't break when it drops to the ground. .." To Watch Video: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/18/the-most-inappropriate-mo_n_617667.html By Deseret News 6/14/2010 "...In a formal interview, journalist Martin Bashir asked Combs if he thought the gift provided a "sensible lesson." Combs' response: "It wasn't even about a lesson. It's what I wanted to do. I can do whatever I want to do with my children."..." Read the entire article: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700040362/P-Diddy-not-a-good-example-of-Daddy.html By Wayne Parker, About.com Guide "...Every man needs to remember to eat right, exercise and get enough sleep. Failure to maintain one's physical health will cause big time problems like stroke, heart attacks and disease down the road. In order to keep our physical saw sharp, here are a few guidelines. ..." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/od/education/a/takingcare.htm
By Deseret News 6/21/2010 "...The president outlined a series of plans to fund local projects that help train men for jobs, prevent domestic violence and take other steps to encourage healthy and loving families. He also announced a Justice Department program that would use the court system to help find jobs for men just leaving prison so they could meet their child support obligations and reconnect with their children as soon as possible. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700042059/Obama-Lets-help-Dads-connect-with-their-kids.html By Yahoo News 6/18/2010 "...But there is evidence that abortion often involves a third victim, one who is typically dismissed when he is acknowledged at all: the child’s father. ..." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20100618/cm_csm/309201_1 By Nicholas D. Kritof -- Op-Ed The New York Times 6/18/2010 "...Reporting on poverty and absentee fathers has taught me what a gift fatherhood is: I know I won the lottery of life by having loving, caring parents. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/opinion/20kristof.html By Charleston Post Courier – South Carolina 6/20/2010 "...The 20-year-old program, which has received acclaim from national media sources, is basically a men's-only, hands-on workshop featuring dads and dads-to-be -- as well as infants who might be giggling, crying or pooping -- and acknowledges that the trainees are fathers of all kinds: married, unmarried, biological or not. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/jun/20/musc-program-offers-advice-to-future-fathers/ By ScienceDaily.com 6/10/2010 "The differences in mothers' and fathers' interactions with their children, particularly in play situations, may influence toddlers' associations of specific behaviors with male and female genders." Read the entire article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100610112022.htm By Kathleen Parker -- Washington Post 6/20/2010 "...Granted, many children still have in-house fathers, but millions don't. Some fathers have become alienated through divorce. "Baby daddies" never were invited to the commitment party. Still others are anonymous in the truest sense -- mere DNA donors who made a deposit and picked up a check. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/18/AR2010061803763.html By Bruce Feiler -- Washington Post 6/20/2010 "...Yes, daddy-bashing is suddenly cool. The cover story of the latest Atlantic proclaims "The End of Men: How Women Are Taking Control -- of Everything," while inside the magazine Pamela Paul poses the emasculating question, "Are Fathers Necessary?"..." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/18/AR2010061802698.html By MiamiHerald.com - Florida 6/15/2010 "...Just in time for Father's Day, a new report shows dads, much like Rega, are dramatically feeling the pull between work and family. Indeed, men reported their levels of work-life conflict have risen significantly over the past three decades, while the level of conflict reported by women has not changed much. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/06/15/1682639/balancing-act-the-new-dad-is-more.html
By David M. Dinn -- Letters to the Editor - Indystar.com "... A special Father's Day greeting to all those fathers who, through no fault of their own, have yet been denied their value as fathers and the opportunity to participate in the wonderfulness of being a fully involved father. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20106170320 By 9NEWS.com - Colorado 6/16/2010 "For Keith Lewis, Father's Day has always reminded him of the dad he used to be and the one he hopes to be. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.9news.com/seenon9news/article.aspx?storyid=141157&catid=509 Read the entire article: http://www.9news.com/seenon9news/article.aspx?storyid=141157&catid=509 By Armstrong Williams - Human Events 6/16/2010 "...On the surface, there are some things that only a father can provide his children. Although a mother is vital to a child's development, there are some activities that a dad just makes perfect. Shooting baskets or going ice skating becomes more than a bonding experience between father and child, it becomes a moment when boys learn how to carry themselves as men, how to strive for a goal, work hard and strengthen their male personality. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=37522&page=1 By BBC News – United Kingdom 6/17/2010 "Every night when 98-year-old Lily Barron goes to bed, she looks at the large framed photographs that line her bedroom wall and says a prayer for her father, "the most important man in my life. I loved every inch of him." Read the entire article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8744135.stm By Huffington Post (blog) - Ohio 6/16/2010 "...But while the changing face of fatherhood has its seeds in the shifting and uncertain economic fate of men, it is equally born of a new, growing spirit of determination among young men to fully embrace their roles as fathers. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-harrington/the-changing-face-of-fath_b_614373.html By New York Daily News 6/17/2010 "...When Penn State sociologist and demographer Paul Amato researched changes in nonresident father-child contact over the past 30 years, he found substantial increases in the amount of contact. The percentage of fathers who reported no contact with their children went from 37% in 1976 to 29% in 2002. ..." By Baltimore Sun - Maryland 6/16/2010 "...I am sharing this painful, personal story so that middle-class Americans might better understand why so many poor, young, African-American men drop out of high school, father children out of wedlock and then wind up in prison. The answer: Many of them were reared, like my first son, by a single mother on public assistance and missed the essential, nurturing presence of a full-time father. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-black-fathers-20100616,0,5283163.story By 9News/KUSA - Colorado 6/15/2010 "Colorado's Fatherhood Initiative has a $10 million grant to provide direct services to dads and their children." Read the entire article: http://www.9news.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=141005 By Chicago Tribune - Illinois 6/13/2010 "...They credit Sheldon Smith, 21, the founder of The Dovetail Project, conceived to teach young men — who have no blueprint at all — how to strengthen the bond between father and child. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/happynews/ct-met-trice-father-0614-20100613,0,3303177.column By Globe and Mail – United Kingdom 6/10/2010 "...Armin Brott, one of the forefathers of fatherhood thinking, who has authored eight books on the subject, says he’s noticed a distinction between male and female fantasies about parenthood. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/family-and-relationships/daddy-dreaming-what-fatherhood-means-to-men/article1599860/ By Washington Post 6/16/2010 "Three books evoke the charms, and trials, of modern fatherhood." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/15/AR2010061504569.html By Gordon E Finley PhD -- Mens News Daily 6/16/2010 "...All of this has changed, of course, as society and the economy have changed. Today Father’s Day and fatherhood itself are under fire on multiple fronts and with multiple losses, not only for children and fathers, but also for society. Consider three: male unemployment, divorce, and non-marital childbearing. ..." Read the entire article: http://mensnewsdaily.com/2010/06/16/on-fatherhood/ By Indiana University 6/15/2010 "Just in time for Father's Day this Sunday (June 20), the Indiana Business Research Center in Indiana University's Kelley School of Business has offered some interesting statistics, based on the most current data." Read the entire article: http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/14716.html By Telegraph.co.uk – United Kingdom 6/16/2010 "...The broad thrust of the series is that fathers now and then may face different circumstances, but their primary impulse remains the same. “Over the past century there have been all sorts of struggles for dads, but essentially what dads want to do is do the best for their children,” says Nick Maddocks, the producer. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/7830633/BBC-Fatherhood-season-why-its-time-to-stop-bashing-dads.html By USA Today 6/16/2010 "..."Levi and I are turning a new page here as co-parents to this wonderful boy and putting aside the past because doing so is in Tripp's best interest."..." Read the entire article: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2010/06/bristol-palin-levi-and-i-are-turning-a-new-page-/1?loc=interstitialskip&POE=click-refer By USA Today 6/17/2010 "...In a new study, European researchers found obese women had more trouble finding a sexual partner than their normal-weight counterparts, though the same wasn't true for obese men, and were four times as likely to have an unplanned pregnancy. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/weightloss/2010-06-16-obese-sex_N.htm?POE=click-refer By dadtothedoc.org "Tell dad you want him to be there for his family now and in the future. Send an e-card to remind dad (and all the men in your life) to go to the doctor to get the preventive medical tests he needs now so he'll be there for you later." To send an e-card go to: http://www.dadtothedoc.org/
By Nikolas D. Kristof - Op Ed - New York Times 6/16/2010 "...Another group is the Black Star Project, www.blackstarproject.org, which seeks to get families in low-income communities more involved in the educational lives of kids. Or there’s World of Money, www.worldofmoney.org, which coaches kids in poor communities on financial literacy and business skills. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/17/opinion/17kristof.html By ScienceDaily.com 6/10/2010 "...A study of almost 1400 families in secondary schools, reported in the International Journal of Teaching and Case Studies suggests that family involvement should be a priority in a child's education. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100610120939.htm By USA Today 6/16/2010 "Half of all U.S. children won't live with their father for part of their childhood. But just because "non-resident" dads don't live with their kids doesn't mean they're not involved with them." Read the entire article: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-06-16-intouchdads16_CV_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip By Medline Plus 6/11/2010 "A single semen test three months after a man's vasectomy may be enough for him to get the all-clear, a new study finds." Read the entire article: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_99885.html By Medline Plus 6/9/2010 "Children born to older fathers are at increased risk for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a new study has found." Read the entire article: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_99776.html By Toronto Sun 6/14/2010 "...We know our fathers as leaders, friends, confidantes and role models who influence their children’s moral development. And researchers are now noting in what seems to be a flowering of fatherhood science, the various ways in which a father’s actions and attitudes can impact their child’s health and development. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.torontosun.com/life/healthandfitness/2010/06/11/14355161.html By Chicago Sun-Times - Illinois 6/14/2010 "Illinois is attempting to force a Frankfort man to pay child support for a son who allegedly was kidnapped by his mother 10 years ago and taken to Poland." Read the entire article: http://www.suntimes.com/news/24-7/2390340,CST-NWS-gerardo14.article By Robert Franklin, Esq. -- Glenn Sacks blog 6/13/2010 "Fathers Day is fast approaching, so it must be time for anti-dad screeds to start appearing. And sure enough, as punctually as an english rural train, here they come." Read the entire article: http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=4850 By Robert Franklin, Esq. -- Ifeminists.com 6/6/2010 "...It holds that a father with joint legal custody but with no physical custody (i.e. visitation rights) of his child has a right to be informed by state officials such as the police and child welfare workers when his child may be suffering abuse. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.ifeminists.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.745 By New York Times 6/9/2010 "...From trendy central Stockholm to this village in the rugged forest south of the Arctic Circle, 85 percent of Swedish fathers take parental leave. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/world/europe/10iht-sweden.html?partner=rss&emc=rss By Law.com 6/8/2010 "...Supreme Court Justice Robert A. Ross in Nassau County ruled that the mother, Lauren R., willfully violated a court order by deliberately alienating the elementary school-age children from her ex-husband, Ted R. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202461189158&rss=newswire By MSNBC.com 6/9/2010 "... According to a recently released Department of Agriculture report, it now costs as much as $475,680 for those in the highest income group to raise a child to age 18. The figure for middle income earners was $286,050. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37596510/ns/business-personal_finance/ By Guardian.co.uk 6/10/2010 "... But to suggest that men should remain in the dark during the pregnancy and be "encouraged to wait outside the delivery room as their child is born" would be disastrous for most mothers. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jun/10/fathers-pregnancy-childbirth-commitment By Find Law – Virginia/Massachusetts "I need to find the legal definition of "full time high school student" as it applies to child support termination under Virginia Law." Read the entire article: http://boards.answers.findlaw.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?msg=83656.1&nav=messages&webtag=fl-family_law By Huffington Post (blog) 6/9/2010 "...This redefinition of fatherhood is happening in millions of families around the country, where fathers are spending far more hours with their children every week than their dads spent with them. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/maddy-dychtwald/gender-roles-are-men-stil_b_605974.html By Star Community Newspapers - Texas 6/9/2010 "...Bennett said that Johnson is a good father and a good provider for her son and his five other children. She added that he spends a lot of time with her son. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.scntx.com/articles/2010/06/09/news_update/215a.txt By DadsDivorce.com 6/7/2010 "... One problem though: you only get your kids every other weekend and it's your ex-wife who has signed up your kids for these extracurricular activitiesw that severely limit your visitaiton time. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.dadsdivorce.com/articles/what-to-do-if-your-ex-is-scheduling-activities-during-your-parenting-time.html? By People.com 6/6/2010 "..."Elin now wants full custody of the children because she would prefer they have limited time with Tiger," a source tells PEOPLE. "Tiger will be generous about a settlement, and in the end will not balk about paying in the neighborhood of $700 million. But he wants joint custody." ..." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20391591,00.html By YLE News - Finland 6/6/2010 "Thousands of Finnish men are testing their paternity with foreign laboratories without the knowledge of their partners ..." Read the entire article: http://www.yle.fi/uutiset/news/2010/06/more_men_taking_paternity_tests_without_partners_knowledge_1739579.html By KTLA.com 6/7/2010 "Authorities have launched an investigation after the 20-year-old son of state Assembly candidate Don Wagner was found dead in a Newport Beach parking structure." Read the entire article: http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-election-son-found-dead,0,5485873.story By People.com 6/4/2010 "It's over for Dog Whisperer host Cesar Millan and his wife, Ilusion." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20391564,00.html By People.com 6/4/2010 "Kate Gosselin has survived one Jon-less year." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20391197,00.html?xid By Delaware News 6/2/2010 "...The flip side is children who live without biological fathers or father figures are at least two to three times more likely to be poor; use drugs; experience educational, health, emotional; and behavioral problems; be victims of child abuse; engage in greater and earlier sexual activity; and engage in criminal behavior. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.snponline.com/articles/2010/06/02/multiple_papers/opinion/columnists/allgravesc_20100524_0251pm_3.txt By Salt Lake City Tribune 6/3/2010 "...Today, Bedolla spends quality time with his two kids and is passionate about involving more male role models in the lives of children. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.sltrib.com/midvalley/ci_15218692 By The Sydney Morning Herald 6/4/2010 "In a case which highlights the difficulties of keeping a low profile when you have a Facebook account, a court has ordered that the social networking site be used to serve legal documents on an elusive father in a child support dispute." Read the entire article: http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/court-uses-facebook-to-serve-paternity-test-order-20100603-x7dc.html By Rutherglen Reformer 6/2/1010 "...Rather than letting everything get on top of him though, the 35-year-old is relishing the prospect as growing both as a father and as a member of Parliament at the same time. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.rutherglenreformer.co.uk/rutherglen-news/rutherglen-local-news/2010/06/02/new-mp-faces-up-to-life-as-a-politician-and-a-father-63227-26566837/ By Hollywood.com 6/1/2010 "...He tells People.com, "It follows me through juggling everything and wanting to learn. There's so much out there for women but not so much for men, and I want to be a very hands-on dad. I think having a humorous but informative way to tell that story would be great for a show."..." Read the entire article: http://www.hollywood.com/news/Lopez_planning_reality_show_about_fatherhood/6876408 By Ross Douthat -- New York Times Opinion 5/30/2010 "...Their inner lives are the subject of a fascinating study from the Institute for American Values, based on a survey of younger adults, ages 18 to 45, who were conceived through sperm donation. The authors — Elizabeth Marquardt, Norval Glenn and Karen Clark — depict a population that’s at once grateful to the fertility industry and uneasy about the way they were conceived, supportive of assisted fertility but haunted by the feeling of being a bought-and-paid-for child. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/31/opinion/31douthat.html
By DadsDivorce.com 5/28/2010 "In this week's edition of DadsDivorce Live, host Matt Allen is joined by family law judge Michele Lowrance who has written a book called “The Good Karma Divorce” to help people who are going through divorce avoid litigation, turn negative emotions into positive actions and get on with the rest of your life." To Watch the Video: http://www.dadsdivorce.com/articles/dadsdivorce-live-the-good-karma-divorce-with-judge-michele-lowrance.html By Medline Plus 6/1/2010 "For half a century, women have had access to birth control pills. Men? Still waiting." Read the entire article: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_99432.html By TriCities.com - Virginia 6/2/2010 "...The rates measure the number of unmarried fathers who voluntarily step forward and claim children born out of wedlock by signing their newborn son or daughter’s birth certificate before the child leaves the hospital. “We are very pleased about that,” said Nick Young, director of the Division of Child Support Enforcement. “Our goal is to get both parents on that birth certificate.”..." Read the entire article: http://www2.tricities.com/tri/news/local/article/hospitals_recognized_for_paternity_establishment_rates/47043/ By Tiffin Advertiser Tribune - Ohio 5/28/2010 "As J. Tracy Robinson stepped to the podium at Thursday's Fatherhood Summit, he asked all fathers in the room to raise their hands. The gesture indicated the importance he places on responsible fatherhood." Read the entire article: http://www.advertiser-tribune.com/page/content.detail/id/523543.html?nav=5005 By Los Angeles Times 5/30/2010 "Dad Camp" opens with a dash of bad faith. On the new VH1 series, six expecting couples participate in a month-long therapy program in which the men are psychologically and emotionally retrained in hopes of becoming better fathers." Read the entire article: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-ca-monitor-20100530,0,1507464.story By People.com 6/1/2010 "Ted Koppel is speaking out about his 40-year-old son, Andrew, who died early Monday morning reportedly after a daylong drinking binge." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20390381,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines By Medline Plus 5/18/2010 "Although many people know that new moms are at increased risk of depression following the birth of a child, new research suggests that about 10 percent of new dads experience the "baby blues," too." Read the entire article: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_98910.html By DadsDivorce.com 5/21/2010 "In this week's edition of DadsDivorce Live, host Matt Allen talks with Patrick Braden about internatonal child abductions. Braden’s daughter was taken three years ago by her birth mother to Japan and he has not seen her since." Watch the video: http://www.dadsdivorce.com/articles/dadsdivorce-live-international-child-abduction-advocate-patrick-braden.html? By Cheryl Wetzstein -- Washington Times 5/25/2010 "...Mr. Warren recently recounted his tale at a Capitol Hill briefing on the importance of involving men in the prenatal and postnatal care of their families. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/may/25/wetzstein-dropping-the-ball-on-fatherhood/ Study: Building Strong Families Evaluation Suggests Stronger Approach is NeededTuesday, 25 May 2010
By TMCnet 5/21/2010 "...The study measured the living arrangements, relationship status, relationship quality, extent of father involvement with his child, domestic violence and economic well-being of approximately five thousand couples who were randomly assigned to either a control group or a group that had access to a Building Strong Families program. ..." Read the entire article: http://it.tmcnet.com/news/2010/05/21/4803106.htm By Parenting Magazine "...This new species of father can be found reasserting his place in America's homes and play groups, territory that has traditionally been dominated by moms. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.parenting.com/article/Mom/Relationships/Meet-The-Modern-Dad By Medline Plus 5/19/2010 "Postpartum depression" Watch video: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/videos/news/dad_051910.html
By Wayne Parker, About.com Guide "Being involved in a family law proceeding like divorce, child custody, child support or others can be confusing and overwhelming for a father." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/od/legalhelpforfathers/a/family_law_terms.htm?nl=1 By William McCloskey -- New York Times (blog) "...But in the early days I felt like a freak — shuffling to the back of the room on parents’ night at his school, shying away from the gaggle of young mothers when I took my boy to the playground, feeling myself an object of curiosity and pity for the moms who were fully engaged and seemingly very skilled and collaborative in their role. ..." Read the entire article: http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/single-dads-are-different/ By New York Daily News 5/22/2010 "...She reportedly also wants full custody of their two kids even though it was first thought the couple were going to agree to joint custody. ..." By Yahoo Finance 5/19/2010 "...Much has been written about the challenges awaiting at-home mothers who decide to return to work. Few of them, though, have a tougher time of it than the stay-at-home dad. ..." Read the entire article: http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/109593/daunting-task-for-mr-mom-get-a-job?mod=career-worklife_balance By Metropolitan News-Enterprise - California 5/19/2010 "A man whose 18-year-old daughter was four months short of graduating from boarding school had to still pay child support to her stepfather, the Third District Court of Appeal ruled yesterday, despite a state law requiring an agreement in order to uphold “voluntary” support obligations." Read the entire article: http://www.metnews.com/articles/2010/scho051910.htm By People.com 5/19/2010 "....I knew if I continued on that track, I probably wouldn’t have gotten married,” O’Donnell reveals in Redbook‘s June issue. ..." Read the entire article: http://celebritybabies.people.com/2010/05/19/chris-odonnell-i-chose-family-over-fame/ By Appleton Post Crescent - Wisconsin 5/19/2010 "Slackers are not only the fathers in divorce cases. When the courts have awarded the father placement of the kids of a relationship, they receive little help from the local child support system." Read the entire article: http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20100519/APC0601/5190338/Letters-State-can-hold-delinquent-moms-accountable-too By Paul Elam -- Mens News Daily 5/18/2010 "...It’s time for men to be allowed to legally abort fatherhood during the same period of time a woman is allowed to do the same by visiting her local clinic. ..." Read the entire article: http://mensnewsdaily.com/2010/05/18/time-to-abort-fatherhood-at-will/ By Army Times 5/14/2010 "An Ohio congressman is hoping the fifth time is a charm in his efforts to give special child custody protection to service members." Read the entire article: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2010/05/military_childcustody_protection_051410w/ By Yahoo News 5/14/2010 "An unhappy mother hurled her toddler daughter into the chilly Hudson River and then jumped in herself in an apparent murder-suicide attempt intended to spite her husband, prosecutors said Friday." Read the entire article: http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100514/world/us_river_rescue By The Times Herald in PA -- 5/17/2010 "...Marty Eggleston, executive director of the new Fatherhood Initiative program, said he is proud of the recent success the new curriculum has yielded. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.timesherald.com/articles/2010/05/17/news/doc4bf0c0d88cdda920217277.txt By TurnTo23.com 5/6/2010 "..."I helped,” Michael Gutierrez, Nathan’s dad said. “I just helped. I think any father would do that for his son. No questions asked. You just do it.” ..." Read the entire article: http://www.turnto23.com/news/23480769/detail.html By Plain Dealer (blog) - Ohio 5/14/2010 "Will it never end? Cuyahoga County Commissioner Peter Lawson Jones wants President Barack Obama to create a federal commission on "fatherhood" ("Jones lobbies Obama for fatherhood agency," Tuesday). It would likely be modeled after the same Ohio program that he now chairs, only on a grander scale." Read the entire article: http://blog.cleveland.com/letters/2010/05/opposing_cuyahoga_county_commi.html By GoodMensProject - Massachusetts 5/13/2010 "How we can help men become better fathers? A recent event held by The Fatherhood Program at The Children’s Trust Fund in Boston brought together several groups seeking answers to that question." Read the entire article: http://www.goodmenproject.org/blog/2010/05/a-community-of-good-fathers/ By StarNewsOnline.com 5/13/2010 "David Frederiksen wanted to create a place for fathers to connect after spending almost four years as a stay-at-home dad to his daughter, Olivia, who just turned 7 years old. He and others created a website for local fathers at www.capefeardad.com." Read the entire article: By ScienceDaily.com 4/15/2010 "...Results indicated that one of the strongest protective factors for reducing the risk of experimenting with smoking in early adolescence was how often fathers talked with their children, both boys and girls, about 'things that mattered'. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100414193820.htm By Glenn Sacks, MA for Fathers and Families -- GlennSacks.com blog 4/26/2010 "...Fathers & Families' legislative representative Michael Robinson has been working with the staffers of various state senators to get the bill amended to include custodial fathers as well as custodial mothers. ..." Read the entire article: http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=4762 By PR Urgent - India 5/10/2010 "... Over the past five years easyDNA has developed into a leading DNA testing service provider on a global scale. easyDNA now operates through an international network of offices in over fourteen countries including India. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.prurgent.com/2010-05-10/pressrelease94058.htm By Allthestories.com 5/7/2010 "...To put it in a different way, the male’s role in the family is still limited by all those social beliefs and norms that characterise all modern societies. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.allthestories.com/fatherhood-still-quite-traditional/ By Sun Gazette - Florida 5/2/2010 "...The six-week course is free, open to the public and stresses the importance of fatherhood. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.sungazette.com/page/content.detail/id/542704.html?nav=5009 By Wayne Parker, About.com Guide "Being a committed dad and trying to be a great employee sometimes run in conflict in a father's life. Probably the most common issue I hear from committed dads is the difficulty in balancing the work and home components of their life." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/cs/fatherhoodstories/a/familyfriendly.htm?nl=1 By Wayne Parker, About.com Guide "My life sometimes feels a lot like a merry go round. I enjoy many aspects of my life, including family, work, hobbies and personal spirituality, but often feel like life spins by at an ever increasing speed." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/od/workingfathers/a/gtdfordads.htm?nl=1 By The News-Messenger 5/8/2010 "Fathers in northwest Ohio who are interested in connecting with their children can find assistance at WSOS." Read the entire article: http://www.thenews-messenger.com/article/20100508/NEWS01/5080315 By Page 2 Live -- The Palm Beach Post 5/10/2010 "...Siohvaughn Wade failed to materialize for Monday’s divorce hearing in the couple’s hometown of Chicago. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.page2live.com/2010/05/10/wanted-by-cops-heat-star-dwyane-wades-wife/?cxntlid=cmg_cntnt_rssed by the sheriff: Miami Heater Dwyane Wade’s wife! By PR Newswire (press release) UK – Chicago 5/10/2010 "The Fatherhood Educational Institute (FEI) President Emeritus and attorney Jeffery M. Leving supports a recent ruling by the Czech Constitutional Court promising to make it easier for fathers to gain custody of their children. The Czech court states cases should be decided according to a child's best interests. This is the law in the United States in most cases." Read the entire article: http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/cgi/news/release?id=286088 By Forestdale – New York "...The Fathering Initiative is a 12-week job training and parenting course that prepares noncustodial fathers to reclaim a role in their children’s lives. ..." Read the entire article: http://forestdaleinc.org/622/focus-on-forestdale-the-fathering-initiative/ By New Zealand Herald - New Zealand 4/29/2010 "Fatherhood can be the key to transforming anti-social young men into responsible citizens, according to new research commissioned by Victoria University's Institute of Policy Studies." Read the entire article: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=10641598 By Wayne Parker, About.com Guide "There is nothing quite like a woman who is nearing the end of her pregnancy. She is a bundle of physical, mental and emotional issues." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/od/pregnancyandfathers/a/allaboutlabor.htm?nl=1 By Genetics Home Reference "CATSPER1-related nonsyndromic male infertility is a condition that affects the function of sperm, leading to an inability to father children. ..." Read the entire article: http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=catsper1relatednonsyndromicmaleinfertility By Rome News Tribune - Georgia 5/3/2010 "Children from homes without fathers make up 63 percent of youth suicides. More than 70 percent of juveniles in state reform institutions come from fatherless homes and daughters with absentee fathers are 164 percent more like to give birth out of wedlock."
By The New York Times 5/4/2010 "...But the court limited its rulings, ultimately leaving it up to the State Legislature to decide whether to amend state law to grant nonbiological parents full custody rights. ..." Read the entire article: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/court-expands-rights-of-gay-parents/ By USA Today 5/7/2010 "...Roland Warren, president of the non-profit National Fatherhood Initiative, calls absent dads the nation's biggest social crisis. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/news/2010-05-06-wesmoore06_CV_N.htm By Hawaii 24/7 Press Release - Hawaii 5/6/2010 "Family Support Services of West Hawaii (FSSWH) has been awarded a $57,500 grant from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to support Na Makuakane Maikai O Hawaii — Great Fathers of Hawaii." Read the entire article: http://www.hawaii247.com/2010/05/06/fsswh-receives-oha-grant-for-fatherhood-initiative/ By Herald Sun - Australia 5/7/2010 "MOTHERS who do not have custody of their children and avoid paying child support to custodian fathers will be hounded and spied on at the same rate as men." Read the entire article: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/non-paying-mums-to-be-chased-for-child-support-like-deadbeat-dads/story-e6frf7l6-1225863412585 By Silver Pinyon Journal - Nevada 5/2/2010 "...Humboldt General Hospital was recently honored for establishing 100 percent of paternities for unwed mothers. ... Read the entire article: http://silverpinyon.com/features/local-profiles/466-hgh-employee-honored-for-going-the-extra-mile By Wayne Parker -- About.com: Fatherhood 4/21/2010 "According to The Guardian, the number of fathers staying at home to raise children has increased in Great Britain by ten times in the last ten years. Certainly, the growing trend of stay-at-home dads is a positive for father-child relationships." Read the entire article http://fatherhood.about.com/b/2010/04/21/lots-more-british-dads-staying-home.htm?nl=1 Fatherhood Initiative participants tackle tough issues in discussion sessionThursday, 29 April 2010
By Brewers - USA 4/26/2010 "...Men also shared difficulties they experience in trying to "be a man," usually receiving plenty of advice from others present. ... Read the entire article: http://www.marshallnews.com/story/1629613.html By KTKA/49 News - Kansas 4/24/2010 "...The team hopes to get fathers involved with their children to make a better future for the kids. Dana Book of Fatherhood Action says, "Involved dads make a difference, and if we spend time with our kids they on average, do better in school, they grow up to be better, healthier adults. That's the ultimate goal."..." Read the entire article: http://www.ktka.com/news/2010/apr/24/fatherhood-action-team-encourages-other-dads/ By The Guardian 4/7/2010 "...The main reason families gave for men looking after the children was that the woman was the higher earner. The woman is the main breadwinner in 16% of families with dependent children. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/apr/07/rise-stay-at-home-fathers-study By Washington Post 4/28/2010 "...The National Workers Memorial will be dedicated Wednesday -- days after seven workers died in a blast at the Tesoro petroleum refinery in Anacortes, Wash.; after 29 miners were killed in an explosion in Montcoal, W.Va.; and after 11 crew members disappeared with an oil rig off the Louisiana coast. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/27/AR2010042705257.html?hpid=newswell By Cincinnati.com 4/27/2010 "As high school seniors prepare for graduation each year, the Clermont County Child Support Enforcement (CSE) office receives a lot of calls asking whether child support and medical insurance orders end when a child turns 18 or graduates from high school." Read the entire article: http://rodeo.cincinnati.com/getlocal/gpstory.aspx?id=100225&sid=165295 By Contra Costa Times 4/28/2010 "...American dads have come a long way since the 1950s and '60s. In 1950, only 12 percent of U.S. mothers of children under age 6 worked outside the home. In 2005, about 63 percent of U.S. mothers of young children did (U.S. Department of Labor, 2007). ..." Read the entire article: http://www.contracostatimes.com/teens/ci_14961231 By This is Nottingham – United Kingdom "...David felt close to his only child from the moment she was born. "Emma would fall asleep on my chest. She would come into work with me on the Tube. We just bonded," he recalls, fondly. Today they share the same love of music and horses and even have similar handwriting. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/news/14-year-old-caught-courtroom-wrangle/article-2079992-detail/article.html By Scoop.co.nz (press release) – New Zealand 4/29/2010 "Fatherhood can transform anti-social young men into responsible citizens, according to new research commissioned by Victoria’s Institute of Policy Studies." Read the entire article: http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED1004/S00096.htm By Beloit Daily News - Wisconsin 4/21/2010 "Hundreds of men will be passing through Horace White Park this week in hopes of getting into the seventh class of the Fatherhood Program, sponsored by Community Action Inc."' Read the entire article: http://beloitdailynews.com/articles/2010/04/21/news/local_news/news2103.txt By KansasCity.com - Kansas 4/20/2010 "...“A lot of times, men will do for their children what they won’t do for themselves,” said George R. Williams, the marriage and family therapist who leads the program. ..." By Albert Lea Tribune - Minnesota 4/17/2010 "How many tragedies have to happen to the innocent children before we, the public, stand up and demand change in our judicial system regarding the horrific injustices that are occurring in child custody cases?" Read the entire article: http://www.albertleatribune.com/news/2010/apr/17/kids-suffer-when-parents-divorce/ By Norristown Times Herald - Pennsylvania 4/17/2010 "The family of Scott Riley, who was shot and killed last May, have launched a nonprofit to honor his memory by helping children who have lost or become estranged from their fathers." Read the entire article: http://www.timesherald.com/articles/2010/04/17/news/doc4bc9454437037301912700.txt By The News Journal - Delaware 4/21/2010 "...Hernandez is one of a small group of fathers involved in a pilot project to help bring dads and their children closer together by giving the men a hand up -- whether from homelessness, substance abuse or prison. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100421/NEWS02/4210351/Raising-families-raising-hope By CNN 4/22/2010 "...Dan Dorn maintains in his legal papers that it is not in his children's best interest to see their mother now. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/04/22/california.triplets.visitation.lawsuits/?hpt=C2 By Examiner.com - Georgia 4/17/2010 "...Congressman David Scott delivered a compelling and inspiring keynote address calling everyone in attendance to personally take up the cause of fatherhood. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.examiner.com/x-34495-Atlanta-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2010m4d17-1st-Fatherhood-Conference-successfully-launched-in-Clayton-County By Wayne Parker, About.com Guide to Fatherhood 4/7/2010 "Men's Health magazine and the National Father's Day Committee are once again sponsoring the All Star Dad Award program." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/b/2010/04/07/all-star-dad-award-program.htm?nl=1 By Wayne Parker, About.com Guide to Fatherhood 4/11/2010 "... At OurFamilyWizard.com, families can set up joint calendars to keep track of visitation, create and modify parenting plans, keep a journal of activities, maintain expense records, share photos and videos, and set up email and text notifications for various events. ..." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/b/2010/04/11/new-web-service-helps-divorced-dads-keep-track.htm?nl=1 By DadsDivorce.com 4/15/2010 "Author Doug McKee joins us in the latest edition of DadsDivorce Live to talk about his book "A Father's Journey to Custody." The book, written from a father's perspective, will guide you in the right direction during your divorce and/or custody battle while offering helpful tips and advice along the way." Watch the video: http://www.dadsdivorce.com/blog/dadsdivorce-live-a-fathers-journey-to-custody-with-doug-mckee.html? By MercatorNet - USA 4/19/2010 "It’s scientific: kids need not just two parents but a mother and father." Read the entire article: http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/the_indispensable_dad/ By The Australian - Australia 4/20/2010 "MORE fathers are taking primary care of their children after divorce and separation, with new figures revealing a steady increase in the number of mothers paying child support to fathers." Read the entire article: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/rise-in-mothers-paying-child-support/story-e6frg6nf-1225855704303 By Richmond Times Dispatch - Virginia 4/20/2010 "..."We tell the fathers, if there is any doubt in your mind that you are the father, we would rather you not acknowledge paternity," Young said. "We offer men DNA testing if there is any doubt. We will pay for it."..." Read the entire article: http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/business/health_med_fit/article/B-FATH20_20100419-214803/338519/ By KOCO Oklahoma City 4/19/2010 "The number of parents paying child support out of their unemployment compensation has increased by more than half in a year, according to figures from Oklahoma Child Support Services." Read the entire article: http://www.koco.com/mostpopular/23195891/detail.html By 2TheAdvocate - Louisiana 4/17/2010 "...A related bill, SB236, weakens equal protection and works against the best interests of the child, as the child will in most cases be summarily denied true parenting by at least one parent, usually the father. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.2theadvocate.com/opinion/91150304.html By Daily Mail – United Kingdom 4/20/2010 "One in four families believe fathers are missing out on day-to-day involvement with their children because of their work and outdated attitudes to parental leave, say researchers." By People.com 4/17/2010 "...According to a family law specialist, the wealthy actor-director-producer will likely pay a large amount of child support to ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva for their 5-month-old daughter,..." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20361836,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+people%2Fheadlines+%28PEOPLE.com%3A+Top+Headlines%29 By People.com 4/16/2010 "...But Wasser says that if they are going to counseling, it has to do with their two sons. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20361783,00.html By The Australian - Australia 4/16/2010 "MEN are using a new law to win back hundreds of thousands of dollars paid in child support for children they later discovered were not theirs."' Read the entire article: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/duped-dads-win-back-child-payments/story-e6frg6nf-1225854290980 By Nursery World (subscription) – United Kingdom 4/14/2010 "...Fathers-to-be are given opportunities to talk to other men about what it is like to be a father and see how to care for a new baby. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/news/996370/Project-hit-fathers/ By WRAL.com – North Carolina "Five men who say they're victims of paternity fraud met with some state lawmakers on Thursday." Read the entire article: http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/7427907/ By Glenn Sacks MA, Executive Director -- Fathers and Families 4/12/2010 "...Washington Post syndicated columnist Kathleen Parker, whose column is published in over 300 newspapers weekly, was recently awarded the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.fathersandfamilies.org/?p=6740 By Wayne Parker -- About.com "There is maybe no more difficult challenge to a father than finding himself a divorced dad and no longer living with the kids. It is as devastating an experience as I know of. " Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/od/divorceddads/tp/divorced_dads.htm?nl=1 By Woburn Advocate - Massachusetts 4/12/2010 "St. John’s Baptist Church Men’s Day will be held April 18, 11 a.m. The theme is “Time To Stand Up!” I Corinthians 15:57-58." Read the entire article: http://www.wickedlocal.com/woburn/newsnow/x1060311323/Church-hosts-Mens-Day-this-Sunday By The Detroit News (blog) - Michigan 4/13/2010 "...This all sounds noble enough, but what about the thousands of dads who understand this yet outside of marriage, they've been disenfranchised in their parental role to an every-other-weekend visitor or sometimes even less? With all due respect to this campaign and the organizations behind it, they are missing the proverbial elephant in the room. ..." By Frost Illustrated - Indiana "...Figures and facts have been published signifying the importance of the role a father plays. To most dedicated fathers, this might seem like a senseless waste of time and money; why would anyone take the time to research something so obvious? It is the obvious that is most often overlooked. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.frostillustrated.com/full.php?sid=7334¤t_edition=2010-04-14 By Minneapolis Star Tribune – Minneapolis 4/6/2010 "A new family court to establish paternity and help unmarried parents learn skills to cooperatively raise their children was approved Tuesday by the Hennepin County Board for a three-year test period." Read the entire article: http://www.startribune.com/local/west/90049772.html?elr=KArks:DCiUHc3E7_V_nDaycUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU By Today MSNBC 4/14/2010 "...Jon Gosselin, 33, filed for sole custody of their children last week, saying that Kate “abuses” her right to schedule visits for him with the kids and that she does not spend enough quality time with them. ..." By About.com: Fatherhood "The statistics are pretty alarming. Television has become the central focus in too many homes." Read the entire article: http://fatherhood.about.com/od/activities/a/turnofftv.htm?nl=1 By Pop Eater 4/12/2010 "...This begs the question, why is Jon the one paying Kate $20,000 a month in support payments? Dare we say it, should Kate be the one paying Jon? ..." Read the entire article: http://www.popeater.com/2010/04/12/jon-gosselin-kate-gosselin-custody/ By Newsweek 3/29/2010 "...According to a 2009 report from the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, divorce rates have been slowly dropping during this recession, from 17.3 divorces per 1,000 married women in 2005 to 16.9 in 2008. Part of the reason is the high cost of breaking up; many couples just can't afford it. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.newsweek.com/id/235619 By Houston Chronicle - Texas 4/5/2010 "...In this case, however, the mom has a head of gray hair and has been collecting Social Security for more than a decade. The father was born in the heart of the Jazz Age, when a fellow named Coolidge resided in the White House. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6944043.html By Springfield News Sun - Ohio 4/3/2010 "...Rhoads, who took the classes with his father, is dad to 6-month-old Bradin and a father figure to a 6-year-old girl. He learned a lot in the courses, including how to balance being a stern parent and a nurturing one. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/springfield-news/fatherhood-class-builds-better-dads-635155.html?showComments=true By BBC News – United Kingdom 4/6/2010 "...The results of the survey of 1,000 parents suggest around 6% of fathers, or 600,000 men, are now their child's primary carer, up from 60,000 in 2000. ..." Read the entire article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8605824.stm By The Telegraph – United Kingdom 4/7/2010 "...We lost the sex war but most of us are happy about it, and I don’t know any father who doesn’t appreciate and cherish every second he spends with his child. But the speed of social change is quite remarkable, with new reports suggesting that not only has the number of stay-at-home fathers increased by ten fold, so has the average amount of time that fathers spend with their children. ..." Read the entire article: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100033107/british-society-is-divided-between-the-super-dads-and-the-absent-ones/ By YahooNews 4/6/2010 "...The Cuban immigrant community in Florida embraced the boy as a symbol of the struggle of ordinary Cubans to flee the oppression of Fidel Castro's communist regime, and rallied behind the boy's extended family in Miami, which sought custody of young Elian. ..." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts1481 By KTLA.com 4/6/2010 "A California father didn't hesitate to dive into the frigid East River after witnessing a terrifying accident -- his 2-year-old daughter managed to slip off a pier, falling 20 feet into the water." Read the entire article: http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-dad-saves-daughter,0,433742.story By E-Online 4/7/2010 "...As his lawyer promised yesterday, the reality-TV dad has asked a Pennsylvania judge for primary custody of his eight kids with Kate Gosselin. By Press & Sun-Bulletin – New York 4/1/2010 "...The organization aims to celebrate fatherhood by having regular events that provide “Dad time” for fathers and children; provide a forum for fathers to gain wisdom, advice, confidence and strength from other men with fatherhood experience; and create a place for men to receive recognition, encouragement. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20100401/NEWS01/100401020/Superdads++Network+to+hold+meeting By Canon City Daily Record - Colorado 3/31/2010 "...“It’s a general fatherhood skill-building program,” said Fatherhood Program Coordinator Gary Watkins. “It gives these guys different options, different insights into being a dad. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/Top-Story.asp?ID=13296 By ScienceDaily.com 4/1/2010 "A new study has found that fathers give toddlers more leeway and that allows them to actively explore their environments, according to a new study on parent-child attachment published inEarly Child Development and Care." Read the entire article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100331091145.htm By Hicksville Illustrated News – New York 3/26/2010 "The State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) recently announced that it has awarded more than $2.7 million for eight organizations to run programs that will help low-income, noncustodial fathers become more involved with their children’s lives, financially and emotionally." Read the entire article: http://www.antonnews.com/hicksvilleillustratednews/news/6968-state-awards-27-million-for-responsible-fatherhood-programsstate-awards-27-million-for-responsible-fatherhood-programs.html By Bristol Press - Connecticut 3/27/2010 "The Rev. Craig Hooker of Middletown’s Open Door Missionary Baptist Church is the kind of man who sees a problem and looks for a solution. This time, he’s tackled a big one: fatherhood." Read the entire article: http://www.bristolpress.com/articles/2010/03/27/opinion/doc4baeae58dc63c799033264.txt By Our Weekly 3/18/2010 "Every Thursday night, fathers and sons take time to “let it all out” and escape from the everyday pressures of life. They talk about the job, spiritual life, love, and everything else a man deals with. Other serious issues are addressed as well, including depression, anger, and fatherhood." Read the entire article: http://ourweekly.com/antelope-valley/project-fatherhood By Fort Dodge Messenger 3/28/2010 "Self-esteem. Self-worth. Self-concept. These are the cornerstones of a father-support program in Fort Dodge called Lifetime Dads." Read the entire article: http://www.messengernews.net/page/content.detail/id/523481.html?nav=5010 By Examiner.com - California 3/26/2010 "...The Fatherhood Initiative is a relatively new (1 year old) program operating under its parent organization Great Beginnings for Black Babies, Inc. (GBBB) a 20 year old non-profit organization. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.examiner.com/x-35307-LA-Parenting--Education-Examiner~y2010m3d26-Fathers-graduate-from-program By fwdailynews.com - Indiana 3/28/2010 "...According to the National Fatherhood Initiative, one in three kids in America — or 25 million — live apart from their biological father. The NFI also found of nearly 14,000 incarcerated women in a study, more than half grew up without their father and 42 percent grew up in single-mother homes. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.fwdailynews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7220:Anna-+-Mommy-+-Dominic-=-A-perfect-family&catid=174:features&Itemid=9 By FayObserver.com – North Carolina 3/29/2010 "...Children from a fatherless home are five times more likely to commit suicide; 32 times more likely to run away; 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders; 14 times more likely to commit rape; nine times more likely to drop out of school; 10 times more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol; and 20 times more likely to end up in prison. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.fayobserver.com/Articles/2010/03/29/986549 By Times Online – United Kingdom 3/27/2010 "Modern dads are different. We read books about fatherhood, we talk to our friends about fatherhood, we seek emotional engagement and we make educational sock puppets. " Read the entire article: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/men/article7071005.ece By Dayton Daily News - Ohio 3/28/2010 "Who’s your daddy? The answer can have a major impact on a child’s life, including custody, inheritance, Social Security and veterans benefits, health insurance coverage and family medical history." Read the entire article: http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/paternity-testing-business-thrives-consumers-pay-big--625451.html By PR Web (press release) –North Carolina 3/29/2010 "Rosen Law Firm has launched a complete NC child support calculator application for the iPhone and iPod touch. This is the first and only iPhone app to offer calculations for all three North Carolina child support worksheets, covering primary, joint and split custody." Read the entire article: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/03/prweb3797464.htm By Reason.com -- April 2010 "The responsibilities of a parent have never been simple. Three recent cases highlight just how convoluted those chains of responsibility can get, and how fickle the courts have been in weighing genetic parenthood against the deals would-be parents have struck with their partners." Read the entire article: http://reason.com/archives/2010/03/24/whos-your-daddy-or-your-other By NWF Daily News 3/28/2010 "A father tried to give his 11-year-old daughter a time-out, but she ended up getting charged with a misdemeanor." Read the entire article: http://www.nwfdailynews.com/news/old-27377-arrested-throwing.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter By FoxNews.com 3/30/2010 "Community rocked by 11-year-old's death" Watch the video: http://video.foxnews.com/v/4130057/choking-game-claims-boys-life/?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a16:g2:r2:c0.018517:b32381304:z6 By The Star-Ledger - NJ.com 3/21/2010 "...More and more, online social-networking sites such as Facebook are playing a role in the breakup of marriages — whether it’s people griping about spouses or contacting old flames, or matrimonial attorneys looking for evidence to be used in divorce proceedings. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/03/facebook_plays_havoc_in_marria.html By Santa Cruz Sentinel 3/21/2010 "...PAPAS, a Watsonville program funded by the state that started in 2003 to improve father involvement with their children, is trying to help men understand that new world by creating a Saturday morning support group that brings men of all ages and background together to swap notes and experiences on parenting. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/rss/ci_14722320?source=rss By Examiner.com 3/22/2010 "...According to Judge Ruhlmann, the best interests of the child takes precedence over DNA testing. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.examiner.com/x-14537-Albany-CPS-and-Family-Court-Examiner~y2010m3d22-One-Monroe-County-Family-Court-paternity-case-ignores-GMT-or-DNA-testing-another-one-admits-it By People.com 3/21/2010 "...Tabloids also drew a connection between a 2007 paternity suit filed by a Georgia woman, Kali Bowyer, who claimed Rock was the father of her then-13-year-old son. DNA tests later proved that was not the case. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20353392,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+people%2Fheadlines+%28PEOPLE.com%3A+Top+Headlines%29 By People.com 3/25/2010 "...A paternity test has confirmed that Mathew Knowles, 58, is the father of Alexsandra Wright's new baby boy, Nixon TMZ reports. The baby's half-sisters Beyoncé and Solange are 29 and 24, respectively. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20354547,00.html By The Tennessean 3/23/2010 "The Tennessee General Assembly is considering legislation (HB2916) whereby children would have joint parenting by their divorcing parents. Believe it or not, women's groups, lawyers and "child advocates" oppose this legislation. Creating a child equally takes a man and a woman. Parenting should also equally take a man and a woman. What's wrong with that logic?" Read the entire article: http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100323/OPINION01/3230375/1008 By David M. Dinn -- Letter to the Editor -- Indianapolis Star 3/24/2010 "...Fortunately going forward, Senate Enrolled Act 178 provides a mechanism for fathers of children born out of wedlock to take a more active roll. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.indystar.com/article/20100324/OPINION01/3240321/1002/OPINION/Kids-benefit-from-bill-giving-dads-a-more-active-role Read the entire article: http://www.indystar.com/article/20100324/OPINION01/3240321/1002/OPINION/Kids-benefit-from-bill-giving-dads-a-more-active-role By IndyStar.com 3/24/2010 "Fortunately going forward, Senate Enrolled Act 178 provides a mechanism for fathers of children born out of wedlock to take a more active roll. SEA 178 does this by requiring a paternity affidavit to contain a provision that allows the mother and the man identified as the father to agree to share joint legal custody." Read the entire article: http://www.indystar.com/article/20100324/OPINION01/3240321/-1/OPINION09/Kids-benefit-from-bill-giving-dads-a-more-active-role By Springfield News-Sun 3/18/2010 "The Advance Fatherhood Ohio! summit is set for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 8 at the Courtyard by Marriott downtown." Read the entire article: http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/springfield-news/summit-to-focus-on-fatherhood-607459.html?cxtype=rss_local-news By York News-Times 3/19/2010 "Christian Heritage is now accepting nominations for the 2010 Nebraska Father of the Year Award, which will be presented at a “Celebration of Fatherhood” luncheon to be held at the Embassy Suites in Lincoln on June 17." Read the entire article: http://www.yorknewstimes.com/articles/2010/03/19/news/doc4ba2b83427c73450617687.txt By All Africa 3/19/2010 "The good models of fatherhood existing in the Angolan society should be highlighted and valued so they can be followed by all, said in Luanda, the Secretary of State for Rural Development, Filomena Delgado." Read the entire article: http://www.portalangop.co.ao/motix/en_us/noticias/sociedade/2010/2/11/Society-told-praise-good-fatherhood-models-state-secretary,768e5ca6-94f9-4a20-8208-f435bbd82043.html By FoxNews.com 3/19/2010 "The competence of diligent dads helping out at home is damaging the self-esteem of "super-moms" who feel caught between work and traditional child-rearing roles, according to a new study revealed by LiveScience." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,589645,00.html By FoxNews.com 3/18/2010 "Do soldiers need marijuana for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?" Watch the video: http://video.foxnews.com/v/4114243/pot-to-heal-the-pain By Molly Murphy -- DadsDivorce.com 3/15/2010 "Custody battles are hard on kids of all ages. It is especially hard for tweens and teenagers. They are old enough to understand what court is, and that Mom and Dad are fighting over them." Read the entire article: http://www.dadsdivorce.com/blog/the-new-teenage-struggle-should-i-choose-mom-or-dad.html?utm_source=DadsDivorce.com+Newsletter By MiamiHerald.com - Florida 3/13/2010 "...In the court documents, Moreno accused Raigoso of being aggressive toward him. ``She verbally abuses him in front of the children, calling him a decrepit old man and threatening him with violence in the event he does not vacate his own home,'' noted the document. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/13/1527330/police-dead-boys-father-killed.html By Republican Herald - Pennsylvania 3/15/2010 "Clinical Outcomes Group Inc. has been awarded a $25,000 grant to strengthen the bond between father and child." Read the entire article: http://republicanherald.com/news/county-group-gets-grant-to-promote-fatherhood-1.681349 By National Post - Canada 3/12/2010 "...When it comes to unanswered questions, Ms. Jordan said the "big two" are child support and custody or access -- issues that she said come up more often than she would like. ..." By FoxNews.com 3/14/2010 "One naval officer, lead Petty Officer Juan Ramos, 29, lives this sacrifice. A flight deck supervisor aboard the USS Eisenhower, Ramos spends up to six months at a time away from his wife and six children." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,589215,00.html By Kristi L. Nelson -- Knoxville News Sentinel 3/14/2010 "...A Fragile Families study showed a majority of unmarried fathers were very involved with their infants and planned to stay that way. About 80 percent provided financial support to their child’s mother during pregnancy and planned to support the child. ..." Read the entire article: http://m.knoxnews.com/news/2010/mar/14/study-majority-unwed-dads-involved-infants/ By Irish Independent – United Kingdom 3/15/2010 "Q I have just found out that my teenage son has gotten a girl pregnant. To say that I'm devastated doesn't even come close to describing how I feel." Read the entire article: http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/fatherhood-isnt-end-of-road-for-your-teenage-son-2099148.html By CNN.com 3/15/2010 "A 12-year-old could be tried on charges of murdering his father's pregnant fiancee." Watch the video: http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/crime/2010/03/15/carroll.juvenile.murder.charge.cnn By CNN.com 3/12/2010 "Police say a mom of four tried to arrange for the murder of her husband of 21 years." Watch the video: http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/crime/2010/03/15/carroll.juvenile.murder.charge.cnn By Cheryl Wetzstein -- Washington Times 3/12/2010 "Is the Obama administration trying to divorce the federal government from the marriage business? Yes, the White House is ditching the only real federal effort to strengthen the institution of marriage, say some marriage-movement activists, who are already lamenting the loss of the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood grant program." Read the entire article: http://washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/12/the-family-funds-breakup/ By American Prospect 3/8/2010 "Of the many biographical details that shaped Barack Obama as a political figure, perhaps none is more prominent than the absence of his father during his upbringing." Read the entire article: http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=daddy_issues By NZ City 3/10/2010 "John Travolta will grieve for his late son for the rest of his life." Read the entire article: http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/article.aspx?id=111895&cat=985&fm=newsarticle%20-%20Entertainment,nur By MetroWest Daily News – Massachusetts 3/10/2010 "A Framingham man told police Tuesday he bought cigarettes with a stolen credit card number so he could sell them and give the money to his baby's mother." Read the entire article: http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x497924584/Framingham-man-charged-with-using-stolen-credit-card-number-for-child-support By Frost Illustrated - Indiana 3/10/2010 "Attorney General Eric Holder stressed the importance of black men taking responsibility in their homes during the Alliance of Concerned Men’s recent National Roundtable and Town Hall Meeting on Fatherhood and Solutions to Youth Violence." Read the entire article: http://www.frostillustrated.com/atf.php?sid=7165¤t_edition=2010-03-10 By New Zimbabwe.com "A BULAWAYO magistrate has ordered a father to pay maintenance to his 20-year-old daughter in what is believed to be a landmark case." Read the entire article: http://www.newzimbabwe.com/news-1994-Woman,+20,+wins+child+support+claim/news.aspx By E-Online "..."We're very happy," the couple said in a statement. "Courtney and I couldn't be more excited. I've waited my whole life to be a dad, this is a true blessing. ..." By Telegraph.co.uk 2/26/2010 "Kevin Geraghty-Shewan, 48, was threatened with arrest by police officers and told the images may have to be deleted, despite protesting that he had every right to photograph his own son." Read the entire article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7326561/Father-told-to-stop-taking-pictures-of-his-own-son.html By People.com 3/8/2010 "..."I'd just like to say thank you to everybody," she said. "As you see I have amazing support from great men, my family, my brothers. God was very wise when he put me into a family with honorable men because they have served as examples for my children."..." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20349621,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+people%2Fheadlines+%28PEOPLE.com%3A+Top+Headlines%29 By Reno Gazette Journal - Nevada 3/3/2010 "Lyon County Human Services is hosting a course on 'The Importance of Fatherhood' starting on Thursday, March 4, at the Human Services office on Main Street." Read the entire article: http://www.rgj.com/article/20100303/FERNLEY03/3030310/1306/FERNLEY By Medline Plus 3/2/2010 "More hours spent in front of TV, computer linked to less bonding with peers, parents, researchers say" Read the entire article: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_95903.html By KTLA.com 3/4/2010 "A former Redondo Union High School student has been arrested on suspicion of dumping the body of a newborn girl in a trash can." Read the entire article: http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-redondo-infant-trash,0,5982544.story By Glen Sacks, Michael Robinson -- Capitol Weekly 2/25/2010 "In “Parental Alienation must be excluded” (Capitol Weekly, Feb. 8), Preston Thymes, the head of public relations for the domestic violence service provider Shelter Outreach Plus, criticizes efforts by Fathers & Families and others to promote recognition of Parental Alienation." Read the entire article: http://www.capitolweekly.net/article.php?_c=yn0preo6rdxdxf&xid=ynlb864byy5ll0&done=.ynnt8ueo2tpc0g
By E-Online 2/25/2010 "...Now that their son is gone, the actor's parents hope that others who suffer from depression will be encouraged to seek help. "I have received hundreds of emails from people who said they are depressed and considering the same course of action or showed signs of the same behavior," Walter, who played Chekov on the original Star Trek, said. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b168972_andrew_koenigs_father_my_son_took_his.html?utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories
By New York Times 2/21/2010 "...An online discussion of how economic changes may be affecting women's marriage prospects..." Read the online discussion: http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/21/for-women-redefining-marriage-material/ By Kathryn Lopez -- Towhall.com 2/12/2010 "...She adds: "Even in a football stadium of screaming fans the toddler boy didn't look anxious. He knew he was safe. He was with dad."..." Read the entire article: http://townhall.com/columnists/KathrynLopez/2010/02/12/family_takes_a_team_effort By People.com 2/27/2010 "He may seem a little young to be called "Grandpa," but 47-year-old Jim Carrey is embracing his new role now that daughter Jane Carrey has given birth to a baby boy." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20346497,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+people%2Fheadlines+%28PEOPLE.com%3A+Top+Headlines%29 By CNN 2/17/2010 "...The drunkenness brought an end to his marriage of 21 years, he said. But it was the conversation with his son, now 18, that opened his eyes, he said. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/17/tracy.morgan/index.html By Kingsport Times News - Tennessee 2/25/2010 "..."We see the effects of teen pregnancy a lot," said Guy Jones, deputy director of the Tennessee District Attorneys General Conference. The DAs enforce child support in more than two-thirds of the state. By law, teen parents, whether they have a job or not, are required to pay child support. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.timesnews.net/article.php?id=9020907 By ReadMedia (press release) – New York 2/24/2010 "...The State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) today announced that it has awarded more than $2.7 million for eight organizations to run programs that will help low-income, noncustodial fathers become more involved with their children's lives, financially and emotionally. ..." Read the entire article: http://readme.readmedia.com/State-Awards-2-7-Million-for-Responsible-Fatherhood-Programs/1176349 Quincy area education, social services coalition focuses on fathers in 2010Friday, 26 February 2010
By Quincy Herald Whig - Illinois 2/20/2010 "The Area Planning Committee will highlight the importance of fathers in 2010 as a means to boost the family." Read the entire article: http://www.whig.com/story/news/apc-022110 By Providence Journal – Rhode Island 2/21/2010 "...Apparently, child-welfare systems have been part of the problem. Glantz says that while social-service workers are getting better about involving dads in their children’s lives, actually, “Fatherhood is a relatively new field. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.projo.com/education/juliasteiny/content/EDWATCH_21_02-21-10_LCHFEIR_v9.2937bd2.html By Washington Informer – District of Columbia 2/25/2010 "The Alliance of Concerned Men, one of the city’s leading organizations focusing on problems facing young Black men recently held a roundtable discussion A National Roundtable and Town Hall Meeting on Fatherhood and Solutions to Youth Violence. Tyrone Parker, an activist with the D.C. Commission of Men and Boys hosted the meeting at the University of the District of Columbia and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder served as its keynote speaker." By Times Online – United Kingdom 2/23/2010 "...In this room the prisoners get a precious opportunity to play with their children, read them books and have family photographs taken, which are then displayed in their cells. “It gives them something to focus on,” O’Connor says, “something to aim towards.”..." Read the entire article: http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article7036657.ece By independent.ie - Ireland/United Kingdom 2/22/2010 "...The Economic and Social Research Institute study also found there were more than 10,000 lone fathers - only one in eight lives with their children. ..." Read the entire article: By KDKA - Pennsylvania 2/23/2010 "..."An individual is being responsible financially for a child that is not theirs and they feel that the responsibility should be carried on by the true biological father," Solobay said. ..." Read the entire article: http://kdka.com/kdkainvestigators/child.support.ruling.2.1515142.html By Leonard Pitts Jr. -- Miami Herald 2/17/2010 "...We used to have a saying: It takes a man to make a baby. I'm beginning to think that, at least for some of us, the opposite is true: It takes a baby to make a man. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/02/17/1483854/what-it-takes-to-be-a-man.html By Gordon E. Finley, Ph.D. -- Miami Herald 2/21/2010 "Re Leonard Pitts Jr.'s Feb. 17 column, What it takes to be a man: I thank Pitts for his moving testimonial to his son, a father. If more reporters, columnists and newspapers printed positive portrayals of fathers, children, mothers, fathers and society would be better off, which social-science research confirms regularly." Read the entire article: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/02/21/1490445/fathers-matter.html By Columbus Dispatch - Ohio 2/21/2010 "As the recession drags on, record numbers of Ohio parents can't afford their court-ordered child-support payments. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/02/21/copy/child_support.ART_ART_02-21-10_A1_0SGLBA8.html?adsec=politics&sid=101 By Columbus Dispatch - Ohio 2/21/2010 "..."After taking out child support and insurance, I was left with next to nothing," he said. "I mean, I was lucky to have $80 or $90 every two weeks for my personal self -- and that's for everything."... Read the entire article: http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2010/02/21/Child_Support_Blues_print_ve.ART_ART_02-21-10_A4_0SGLBHF.html?sid=101 By Culpeper Star Exponent - Virginia 2/22/2010 "...In 2005, Bayh introduced his Responsible Fatherhood Act, which “called for community outreach to raise awareness of the impact fatherlessness has on children and communities, as well as workshops to help men find jobs and receive training so they can live up to their responsibilities as fathers.”..." Read the entire article: http://www2.starexponent.com/cse/news/opinion/columnists/article/departing_indiana_senator_exceled_by_pushing_for_stronger_families/52676/ By People.com 2/19/2010 "...A deckhand on the fishing vessel Cornelia Marie, Jake has been struggling with grief following the death of his father, Captain Phil Harris, earlier this month. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20345801,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+people%2Fheadlines+%28PEOPLE.com%3A+Top+Headlines%29 By ScienceDaily.com 1/29/2010 "Would you trust men to take a 'male pill'? That's the question posed to 380 people in North East England by a team from Teesside University which questioned people about the male contraceptive pill currently undergoing trials." Read the entire article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/01/100128110227.htm By WALB-TV - Georgia 2/17/2010 "...Sabbs said, "Teaching responsibilities of fatherhood to teen fathers, those guys 14, 15, 16 years old who are fathers technically, but they don't have the wisdom or responsibility to know how to care for a child."..." Read the entire article: http://www.walb.com/Global/story.asp?S=12000977 By Medline Plus 2/16/2010 "Poorly fitting condoms not only boost the risk of sexually transmitted diseases, they also reduce sexual pleasure during intercourse, a new study has found." Read the entire article: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_95294.html By Bernard Aronson -- Washington Post 2/19/2010 "...About 2,800 American children have been abducted to other nations. More cases are reported every year as binational marriages become more common in an era of globalization. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/18/AR2010021803401.html
By Washington Post (blog) – District of Columbia 2/18/2010 "..."A father's role in the life of a child is irreplaceable," said Holder during the keynote address opening "A National Roundtable and Town Hall Meeting on Fatherhood" that was sponsored by the Alliance of Concerned Men. ..." Read the entire article: http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dc/2010/02/holder_joins_in_effort_to_help.html By The Australian - Australia 2/19/2010 "WHEN family mediator Jonathan Toussaint asked a 13-year-old boy recently what message he wanted to give his separated mother and father, the boy replied: "I have two messages. When you speak to each other, use each other's names [not insults] and don't use me as a message carrier. It's not my problem.".." Read the entire article: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/health-science/work-together-for-the-kids-separation/story-e6frg8y6-1225831963880 By KTLA.com "...Physically, emotionally and financially, a baby can come as a shock to the established pattern of an older father's life. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.ktla.com/lifestyle/parenting/sfe-featolderdads,0,7844032.story By KTLA.com 1/22/2010 "...Because Baddick, a senior manager for a pharmaceutical company, is divorced from Isabella's mother, he helped his daughter study using their laptop computers and the Internet. The virtual visits are a weekly date for the pair, in addition to the in-person weekly visits and twice monthly weekend stays. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.ktla.com/lifestyle/parenting/ct-met-0123-virtual-visitation-20100122,0,2447796.story By Cleveland.com - Ohio 2/10/2010 "...These grants promote strong, healthy relationships between fathers and their children. An RFP was released in August of 2009 to select 2010 grantees. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.cleveland.com/call-and-post/index.ssf/2010/02/7million_for_faith-based_partn.html By UPI.com - Florida 2/10/2010 "A Florida man says the state is trying to force him to pay child support for a child who was born when he was 7 years old." Read the entire article: http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2010/02/10/Man-too-young-for-child-support-claims/UPI-74931265829387/ By TheSaladMagazine.com - Africa 2/11/2010 "...How many children on the African continent are without fathers in their lives?..." Read the entire article: http://thesaladmagblog.bloglines.co.za/2010/02/11/where-are-africas-fathers/ By Bermuda Sun - Bermuda 2/10/2010 "...A vast number of the country's laws are antiquated. Family Law is just one area of many in need of reform. It is not the courts' job to straighten out personal relationships but that's what it ends up being in the case of feuding parents. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.bermudasun.bm/main.asp?SectionID=4&SubSectionID=135&ArticleID=44616 By Yahoo News 2/8/2010 "..."Brooke would like this case to be over and charges dismissed so they can get on with their lives."..." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_en_tv/us_charlie_sheen_arrested By USA Today 2/10/2010 "Sad news this morning: Phil Harris, captain of the Cornelia Marie fishing boat featured on Deadliest Catch, has died in Alaska. He was 53." Read the entire article: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2010/02/deadliest-catch-captain-phil-harris-dies-at-age-53/1?csp=hf&POE=click-refer By People.com 2/11/2010 "Former Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan remembered her father as a source of strength for her, love to his wife and joy to all of those he met." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20343520,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+people%2Fheadlines+%28PEOPLE.com%3A+Top+Headlines%29 By Deseret News - Utah 2/9/2010 "...HB197, a bill that would criminalize intentional disruptions of scheduled noncustodial parent time with the kids, was approved in the Utah House on Tuesday, 62-10. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700008420/Utah-Legislature-House-OKs-bill-to-protect-child-visitation.html By E-Online 2/9/2010 "The quest to determine whether Beyoncé has a half-brother is picking up steam." Read the entire article: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b166472_beyonceacutes_dad_will_certainly_take.html?utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories By Robert Franklin, Esq. on Mens News Daily 1/28/2010 "Mothers should not have the option to put down "unknown father" on a birth certificate since children have the right to know who their father is, the parliamentary Social Affairs Committee has suggested. ..." Read the entire article: http://mensnewsdaily.com/glennsacks/2010/01/28/malta-may-abolish-father-unknown-on-birth-certificates/ By WPDE – South Carolina 2/1/2010 "Monday The Walmart Foundation donated $25,000 to the Fatherhood & Families Engagement Program in Darlington County." Read the entire article: http://www.carolinalive.com/news/story.aspx?id=409839 By Washington Times 1/6/2010 "...It "supports efforts to assist states and communities to promote and support responsible fatherhood and healthy marriage." ..." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jan/06/hicks-fatherhood-by-billboard/ By TMCnet - USA 1/31/2010 "...Fathers for Good, Caulfield said, is a place where men can discuss the issues they face as dads, from discipline to maintaining a balance between work and family. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2010/01/31/4596856.htm By Times and Transcript - Canada 1/30/2010 "...Not only do many of today's single dads insist on playing meaningful roles in their children's lives, they're not afraid to reach out for guidance in order to do that. ..." Read the entire article: http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/lifetimes/article/938295 By TheDay.com 1/30/2010 "Fathers can learn about taking care of their children's basic health and safety needs at the "Doctor Dad" workshop starting Tuesday and continuing on Feb. 9, 16 and 23." Read the entire article: http://www.theday.com/article/20100130/NWS01/301309932/-1/NWS By Maryland Divorce (By Robert Flanagan) - Maryland 1/31/2010 "...Mr. Duckworth played a trump card to defend against a claim for arrearages brought by his former wife. He asserted a claim that had long been a matter of suspicion. He wasn't the biological father of his 14 year old daughter!..." Read the entire article: http://www.marylanddivorceattorneyblog.com/2010/01/maryland-divorce-lawyers-know-1.html By WYFF4.com – South Carolina 2/1/2010 "A man went to a home to give his ex-girlfriend child support that she was demanding ended up being hit with a baseball bat, he said." Read the entire article: http://www.wyff4.com/news/22400848/detail.html By Mansfield Chad – United Kingdom 1/26/2010 "ATTEMPTS by officials to force a bill of more than £40,000 on to the Wellow home belonging to a father fighting the Child Support Agency have been put on hold by a judge." Read the entire article: http://www.chad.co.uk/news/Wellow-dads-CSA-case-latest.6014004.jp By Sharon Jayson -- USA TODAY 1-26-2010 "The teen pregnancy rate in the USA rose 3% in 2006, the first increase in more than a decade, according to data out today." Read the entire article: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-01-26-1Ateenpregnancy26_ST_N.htm By Children & Young People Now – United Kingdom 1/19/2010 "...From next month, the government will begin distributing 600,000 copies of The New Dad's Guide. The guide will address legal and health issues that fathers should bear in mind as well as relationship support and information on the importance of fatherhood. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.cypnow.co.uk/news/ByDiscipline/Childcare-and-Early-Years/978135/Government-launches-guide-new-fathers/ By This is London – United Kingdom 1/20/2010 "...Studies have shown that the young rely more on their fathers for factual information and look to their mothers for day-to-day care and emotional support: children are twice as likely to receive A's in school when their fathers are involved in their education. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/health/article-23797302-its-not-just-politics---families-do-need-fathers.do By BBC News – United Kingdom 1/20/2010 "More fathers than ever before may attend the birth of their child, but the government is keen to involve them even more closely in pregnancy, labour and the aftermath as part of its Green Paper on the family." Read the entire article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8468729.stm By 24-7PressRelease.com (press release) - USA 1/16/2010 "...While some have argued that this shift in custody decisions punishes successful women, many seem to think that it is evidence of a system that is finally evening out. Indeed, for years, women were given the benefit of the doubt in child custody cases. Now, the court is treating mothers and fathers more equally. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/dads-gaining-child-custody-more-often-132761.php By Reuters - USA 1/20/2010 "...In the new study, researchers at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut found that sons of teenage fathers were 80 percent more likely to have a child before age 20 compared with their peers born to older fathers. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60J54720100120 By mySouTex.com - Texas 1/20/2010 "...The Attorney General’s Office often receives inquiries from frustrated parents wanting to know how to handle custody or visitation disputes. This is particularly problematic for parents who do not have legal custody of their children. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.mysoutex.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Access-+visitation+hotline+helps+Texas+parents%20&id=5567002&instance=lead_story_left_column By WVEC.com (subscription) - Virginia 1/15/2010 "A National Fatherhood Initiative study shows the absence of dads hurts children, leading to teen pregnancy, drug and alcohol abuse and gang involvement." Read the entire article: http://www.wvec.com/news/local/Suffolk-program-helps--81744392.html By Suburban News – New Jersey 1/15/2010 "...The New Jersey Physicians Advisory Group, based in Union County, has been working with teens through school curricula and with adults by providing conferences, workshops and educational resources to school educators, health professionals and parents throughout the state. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.nj.com/suburbannews/index.ssf/2010/01/union_county-based_physicians.html By Tulsa World - Oklahoma 1/20/2010 "...The seminar is ordered by the county's district court for parents involved in lawsuits regarding custody, visitation or paternity of minor children. District judges in the other 68 counties may also require the seminar for their divorce cases. ..." Read more about this article: http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=15&articleid=20100120_15_E4_Tefmlo712318 By Politics.co.uk – United Kingdom 1/20/2010 "...Fathers will be given lessons in parenting as part of an effort to prevent family breakdown, following research which shows fathers involved early on in their children's life tend to stick with the family. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.politics.co.uk/news/children-and-family/balls-unveils-fatherhood-help-$1354396.htm By Emanuel Cavallaro Springfield News Sun - Ohio 4/26/2009 "Four years ago, when Jamie Bowshier came home from Iraq, he had everything he wanted in life: A wife, three kids, a job, a house. A promising future. When he returned to his house on Seymour Street, he found that neighbors had lined the street with American Flags and tied red, white and blue balloons to the stop signs. ...Bowshier, 34, is now divorced and has lost custody of his three children. His kitchen countertop is lined with a month’s worth of mail, most of it bad news: late notices, Veterans’ Affairs documents, bills he can’t afford to pay. But things were going bad even before that. After the divorce late last year, he withdrew money from his 401(k) to catch up on his bills. Soon after, his paychecks were garnished for child support payments. His child support obligation was later reduced by about $200 when his ex-wife started working. But by that time, he was so far behind it seemed impossible to catch up." Read the entire article: http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/springfield-news/losing-everything-96076.html By St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Missouri 1/14/2010 "...Decades of social science research now tell us that a father's sustained, committed involvement with his children and presence in the home matter more than we ever imagined. On nearly every measure available — from health and financial stability to rates of graduation, substance abuse and teen pregnancy — children raised by their married mothers and fathers fare better than those raised in other types of families. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/columnists.nsf/story/D0853BEA7C207945862576AA007ECDF1?OpenDocument By MSNBC.com 1/15/2010 "The number of working moms who are the sole breadwinners in their families rose last year to an all-time high, and the number of stay-at-home dads edged higher, in a shift of traditional gender roles caused partly by massive job losses." Read the entire article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34880372/ns/business-careers/ By Palo Alto Online - California 1/11/2010 "Encouraging fathers to be present in the lives of their children is the goal of a Jan. 29 conference planned by the Fatherhood Collaborative, an official advisory board to the County of San Mateo." Read the entire article: http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=15256 By CTV.ca - Canada 1/8/2010 "A Montreal father is challenging a federal child support law that suspended his passport for failure to pay child support." Read the entire article: http://montreal.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20100108/mtl_deadbeat_passport100108/20100108/?hub=MontrealHome By Daily Citizen - Georgia 1/12/2010 "The Division of Child Support Services (DCSS) and the Fatherhood Program are collecting teddy bears and other stuffed animals for children as part of their “Bearable Hugs for Georgia’s Children” campaign." Read the entire article: http://www.northwestgeorgia.com/local/local_story_012113653.html By Plain Dealer - Ohio 1/12/2010 "The Cuyahoga County Fatherhood Initiative received $300,000 from the federal government last month, on top of a $25,000 grant from National Fatherhood Initiative." Read the entire article: http://www.cleveland.com/cuyahoga-county/index.ssf/2010/01/cuyahoga_county_fatherhood_initiative_receives_300000_federal_grant.html By ABC News -- Australia 1/13/2010 "A two-year-old New Zealand girl has been found alive under her father's body in a collapsed building in the Haitian capital." Read the entire article: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/14/2791903.htm By Santa Cruz Sentinel – New Mexico 1/5/2010 "When Boulder Creek resident Kerry McCormick was going through a divorce about eight years ago, a judge strongly recommended that McCormick attend the Divorced Father's Network, a nonprofit organization dedicated to maintaining shared parenting relationships. " Read the entire article: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_14123990 By ChicagoSecurity - Illinois 1/5/2010 "...With divorced and unmarried fathers currently having the undeserved reputation of “deadbeats”, how can little boys grow up proud to be male?..." Read the entire article: http://chicagosecurity.org/2010/01/05/is-he-the-loser-or-is-he-dad.html By WebWire (press release) - Arizona 1/5/2010 "Arizona Mobile DNA Services utilizes only accredited reference laboratories and brings the power of DNA testing directly to its clients." Read the entire article: http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=110291 By Suffolk News-Herald - Virginia 1/1/2010 "Millennial Mentoring Youth Academy, also known as Y2K Academy, has received a $25,000 grant from the National Fatherhood Initiative to help young men learn to be better fathers." Read the entire article: http://www.suffolknewsherald.com/news/2010/jan/01/mentor-group-wins-grant/ By FoxNews.com 1/12/2010 "China’s one-child policy could leave more than 24 million men unable to find a bride by the end of the decade, according to a report." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,582831,00.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a16:g2:r5:c0.137798:b29754224:z10 By USA Weekend 1/10/2010 "A young man I didn't know contacted me about taking a paternity test. If I'm the father, I'd be interested in pursuing a relationship. What's the best way for me to accomplish that?" Read the entire article: http://www.usaweekend.com/10_issues/100110/100110relationtips-paternity.html By Glenn Sacks -- Fathers and Families 1/4/2010 "Gonzalez’s lawyer, Denise Placencio, argued that West staged the entire incident because of a bitter child-custody dispute." Read the entire article: http://www.fathersandfamilies.org/?p=5614 By Phyllis Schlafly -- Eagle Forum 12/25/2009 "...Doesn't the First Amendment extend to fathers? Apparently not if they are divorced. This case sounds extreme, but it is a good illustration of how family courts, the lowest in the judicial hierarchy, have become the most dictatorial of all courts because of the tremendous number of families and amounts of private money they control and the lack of accountability for their decisions." Read the entire article: http://www.eagleforum.org/column/2009/dec09/09-12-25.html By Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom 1/10/2010 "Emma Chapelhow, 13, claimed that the £43,000 the CSA was demanding her father, David, pay to his former partner, her mother, would bankrupt him and significantly impact on her lifestyle, and threatened to sue to the agency over a breach of its duty of care to her." Read the entire article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/6961718/Reprieve-for-hero-father-over-Child-Support-Agency-demand.html By OregonLive.com - Oregon 1/9/2010 "...It should also be our highest priority for the children of divorced parents to have significant physical contact with both biological parents. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/01/involving_both_divorced_parent.html By Cape May County Herald – New Jersey 12/23/2009 "To The Editor: This is concerning the "child support sweep" story in the Herald. I know the Herald only prints the information given them, but sometimes there are some circumstances that should be looked into before someone’s name is printed that could be potentially harmful to their reputation." Read the entire article: http://www.capemaycountyherald.com/article/57668-arrest+result+clerical+error By WJBF-TV – South Carolina 1/3/10 "...The new law requires men who believe they may have fathered children to register with the state or they can lose the ability to have a say in whether a child is put up for adoption. The registry cannot be used to pursue child support. ..." Read the entire article: http://www2.wjbf.com/jbf/ap_exchange/south_carolina_news/article/ScHopesNewFatherRegistryCouldSpeedAdoptionsSc/48410/ By Burlington Times News – North Carolina 1/1/2010 "...Some men who try to have contact with their children can’t. Some men who pay to help support their children have legitimate concerns about how the money is spent. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.thetimesnews.com/articles/left-30706-align-need.html By Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention 12/23/2009 "On December 15, 2009, in Atlanta, GA, the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and Attorney General Eric Holder cohosted a Fatherhood Town Hall Meeting at Morehouse College." Read the entire article: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/enews/09juvjust/091223.html By Medline Plus 12/28/2009 "Nearly half of men who get vasectomies don't return for follow-up tests that make sure the procedure is working, new research suggests." Read the entire article: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_93467.html By Carroll County Times - Maryland 12/28/2009 "The future of Dads Works, a program designed to help Carroll’s fathers become better parents, is still on shaky ground, but it won’t close its doors this year." Read the entire article: http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/articles/2009/12/28/news/local_news/2_dads_works.txt By Washington Times 12/30/2009 "Sarah Palin's oldest daughter appears to have lost her bid to keep a bitter legal dispute with her 1-year-old son's father confidential." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/30/palins-grandson-in-a-custody-battle/ By PR Newswire (press release) - Chicago 12/29/2009 "The Fatherhood Educational Institute (FEI, http://fatherhood-edu.org) will benefit from a $25,000.00 donation from fathers' rights attorney Jeffery M. Leving, announced Claude Ohanesian, President of FEI." Read the entire article: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-fatherhood-educational-institute-announces-25000-donation-from-attorney-jeffery-m-leving-80285152.html By ReviewTimes.com - Ohio 12/23/2009 "First Step: Family Violence Intervention Center has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the National Fatherhood Initiative. The agency was awarded a capacity-building award in the amount of $25,000 for work with local fathers." Read the entire article: http://www.reviewtimes.com/Issues/2009/Dec/23/ar_news_122309_story3.asp?d=122309_story3,2009,Dec,23&c=n By Deseret News - Utah 12/16/2009 "...The state Supreme Court released a decision Wednesday in favor of Daniel Austin, a father who was not married to the mother of his child. Austin is still working to prove that he is, in fact, the child's father, but the court's decision has made it possible for him to try to do so. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705352153/Ruling-offers-new-hope-to-unwed-dads-in-Utah.html By KDKA - Pennsylvania 12/17/2009 "...State legislatures and judges are grappling with questions that go to the heart of what defines being a father. ..." Read the entire article: http://kdka.com/local/paternity.case.battle.2.1377195.html By Chicago Tribune - Illinois 12/18/2009 "An uncle of three, Nick Hunn of Des Plaines has had plenty of practice with babies. But he could always give his nieces back to their parents if they cried. That won't be an option now that his girlfriend is expecting his first child." Read the entire article: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/west/chi-balance-daddy-bootcamp-18dec18,0,6834423.story By Herald Tribune 12/20/2009 "...When she claimed in 2004 to be pregnant with his baby, he believed her, he says, because they had sex one time well after their breakup. He feels stupid about believing her, he says. He and she were both about 30, old enough that neither should have been naive. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20091220/COLUMNIST/912201033/-1/NEWSSITEMAP By Cheryl Wetzstein-- Washington Times 12/6/2009 "But when half the parenting population thinks a child's father is replaceable, we are in dire straits." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/dec/06/wetzstein-neither-parent-fully-replaceable/?page=2 By Bradford Telegraph Argus – United Kingdom 12/14/2009 "A father-of-six has won a long-running battle with the Child Support Agency (CSA) for a refund of more than £1,350 – with the help of the Telegraph & Argus.: Read the entire article: http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/4792087.Dad_wins___1_350_refund_from_CSA___and_an_apology/ By Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Wisconsin 12/9/2009 "A proposal to distribute condoms to some high school students was approved by a MPS committee this week. The plan will have to pass the entire School Board for approval." Read the entire article: http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/78928697.html By Miller-McCune.com – USA 12/9/9 "Fatherhood, as Miller-McCune magazine reported earlier this year, alters a man's neurochemistry, increasing his ability to cope with stress and generally making him a better mate." Read the entire article: http://miller-mccune.com/news/benefits-of-fatherhood-extend-to-the-community-1667 By jonathanturley - Florida 12/1/2009 "...He waited a year to get a hearing before Family law Judge Julian Piggotte to reduce his $2200 monthly payments in light of his lower income. Instead, Piggotte increased the payments and left Nelson with just $200 a month to survive. She then recused herself because her husband works with Nelson’s ex-wife at the state attorney’s office. ..." Read the entire article: http://jonathanturley.org/2009/12/03/father-loses-job-seeks-reduction-in-child-support-so-florida-judge-increases-payments-by-300-and-then-recuses-herself-for-a-conflict/ By New York Times 12/7/2009 "...A sad, familiar story. But this one had a twist: The patient who came to me for treatment was not the mother but her husband. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/health/08mind.html?_r=1&th&emc=th By Canada.com - Canada 12/3/2009 "...After getting divorced, his ex-wife then married the man who was the child's actual biological father -- yet Mike is still legally obligated to pay child support: “I pay child support to a biologically intact family,” Mike told me, his voice cracking with incredulity. “A father and mother, married, who live with their own child. And I pay support for that child. How ridiculous is that?”..." Read the entire article: http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/parenting/archive/2009/12/03/dna-paternity-test.aspx By WFTV.com9 – Florida 11/9/2009 "Eyewitness News found a local teacher who's only bringing home around $50 per week. A family court child support decision left him struggling to live and Eyewitness News found out it is not an isolated case." Read the entire article: http://www.wftv.com/news/21564032/detail.html By Boston Globe - Massachusetts 12/2/2009 "...There is a problem, though. For a dad to be involved, it takes a mom to be inclusive. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.boston.com/community/moms/blogs/child_caring/2009/12/benefits_of_fat.html By Access Washington – Washington State 11/30/2009 "...Through the three-year project, the DSHS Division of Child Support will work with local governments to help the unwed parents file official parenting plans. The development and eventual filing of a parenting plan involves coordination between various community groups, including dispute resolution centers, court facilitators, court clerks and the DCS. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.dshs.wa.gov/mediareleases/2009/pr09185.shtml By Janesville Gazette - Wisconsin 12/1/2009 "...Family breakups are generally just as financially difficult for fathers as for mothers. Women’s advocates often claim that divorced or separated mothers are quickly reduced to poverty, while newly single fathers enjoy large increases in their standards of living. Once again, this is outright nonsense. ..." Read the entire article: http://gazettextra.com/news/2009/dec/01/deadbeat-dads-term-unfair-caring-fathers/ By KAMR - Texas 12/1/2009 "The Obama Administration is holding a series of forums this fall about fatherhood and the roll that dad can play within the school." Read the entire article: http://myhighplains.com/content/fulltext/?cid=96292 By Salon.com 11/20/2009 "A man is supposed to take care of his children. If he gets a woman pregnant, he's expected to step up and take responsibility. But what if that man discovers that the child he thought was his own -- the kid he read to, cuddled and tucked in at night -- is another man's?..." Read the entire article: http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/11/20/paternity/ By CBS 11 11/18/2009 "With about half of all marriages ending in divorce, many parents are left fighting for custody of their children." Read the entire article: http://cbs11tv.com/local/divorce.custody.hearing.2.1321402.html By The Detroit News - Michigan 11/25/2009 "...Even though DNA tests, the child's mother and Quinn all agree he's her father, Michigan law says he's not. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.detnews.com/article/20091125/METRO/911250368/Some-fathers-say-Michigan-paternity-law-shuts-them-out By Examiner.com - Michigan 11/25/2009 "...This law has stopped many fathers their rights and or visitation to their children. Some even can’t pay child support, her husband is responsible. But there is a flip-side to this as well….Some husbands don’t want to be responsible for children that are not theirs, but the law make them pay the child support. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.examiner.com/x-3284-Detroit-Top-News-Examiner~y2009m11d25-You-are-the-fatherBut-if-shes-married-under-Michigan-Law-youre-not The Birmingham News - al.com - Alabama 11/24/2009 "...Ron Burt, project director for the program that serves people in the Bessemer Cutoff, said more than half of the participants in the fathering court program faced jail time for failure to pay child support. Burt said some are quick to label the men in the program "deadbeat dads," but that it is usually a lack of work or low-paying jobs that has caused them to fall behind." Read the entire article: http://blog.al.com/birmingham-news-stories/2009/11/bessemer_court_program_helps_m.html By The Grio – New York 11/20/2009 "Should paternity tests become mandatory for all newborn babies? A state legislator in Tennessee thinks so." Read the entire article: http://www.thegrio.com/2009/11/-should-paternity-tests-become.php By London Evening Standard – United Kingdom 11/24/2009 "...Mr Patel said: "We treat this with the same level of seriousness as selling medicine. When people come in we explain what the kit is about and explain that it has to be signed by the legal guardian of the child before testing. There is more control here than there is on the internet. All our pharmacists are trained in how to use the kit. "Nobody would use it if there were not already arguments within the family. This is very useful for peace of mind."..." Read the entire article: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23773999-families-at-risk-as-chemists-sell-paternity-test-kits.do By Health Education Research - USA "...Teenage pregnancy prevention programmes targeted at young women have received considerable attention from researchers and programme developers. However, to date, relatively limited information is available on preventing teenage fatherhood or improving outcomes for young fathers. ..." Read the entire article: http://her.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/24/6/999 By Robert Franklin, Esq. -- Mens News Daily 11/25/2009 "...As it stands now, the best we do is presume that a married man is the father of any child born to his wife during their marriage. As countless examples have shown, that presumption is often wrong. ..." Read the entire article: http://mensnewsdaily.com/glennsacks/2009/11/25/paternity-fraud-the-flip-side/ By New York Times 11/17/2009 "...The revelation from a DNA test was devastating and prompted him to leave his wife — but he had not renounced their child. He continued to feel that in all the ways that mattered, she was still his daughter, and he faithfully paid her child support. It was only when he learned that his ex-wife was about to marry the man who she said actually was the girl’s biological father that Mike flipped. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/22/magazine/22Paternity-t.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1
By 24-7PressRelease.com (press release) - USA "Florida law governing what was formerly known as primary and secondary child custody and the concept of visitation changed significantly on October 1, 2008. Chapter 61 of the Florida Statutes now highlights the importance of both parents in a child's life, introducing the concepts of parenting plans and time-sharing." Read the entire article: http://www.24-7pressrelease.com/press-release/how-will-floridas-new-child-custody-laws-affect-you-125259.php By Gather.com - USA 11/19/2009 "...“The Child Support System is a little known mess of incompetence and corruption…unless of course you have been caught up in it.” These are the opening words to a new website that promises to play a part in gathering a petition to Reform Child Support Law! ..." Read the entire article: http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977909451 By KCTV5 11/19/2009 "In states like Kansas, DNA evidence is not enough to prove who a child's father is under the law." To View Video: http://www.kctv5.com/video/21605184/index.html By Black Voice News -- California 11/11/2009 "...The course was designed to help fathers overcome the everyday challenges of balancing themselves, their family and the lives of their children. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.blackvoicenews.com/content/view/43687/3/ By KYW1060.com - Philadelphia "...Federal education secretary Arne Duncan calls fathers the most important teachers, remarking, “…when a father steps up, outcomes improve dramatically.” Duncan sees an expanded role for public schools to meet family needs, envisioning schools as “neighborhood anchors,” open 12-14 hours a day, seven days a week offering parental training. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.kyw1060.com/pages/5617946.php?
By FoxNews 11/16/2009 "...Shaniya's father, Bradley Lockhart, said he raised his daughter for several years but last month decided to let her stay with her mother. He had pleaded for her safe return. ...Davis struggled financially over the years, but she recently obtained a job and her own place, so Lockhart said he decided to give her a chance to raise their daughter. "I should've never let her go over there," he said Saturday night. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,575304,00.html By Middletown Journal - Ohio 11/10/2009 "A dad who has refused to pay child support will spend the next five Father’s Days in jail." Read the entire article: http://www.middletownjournal.com/news/crime/dad-sentenced-to-spend-fathers-days-in-jail-for-not-paying-support-393288.html By Fox4kc.com - Missouri 11/6/2009 "...With no money, doing odd jobs, and a sobriety issue, Gainey fell behind in his child support, and wound up facing criminal charges. Despite that, prosecutors deemed him a good candidate for a diversion program that could give Gainey a fresh start and keep him out of prison: fathering court. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.fox4kc.com/news/wdaf-story-daddy-do-over-110609,0,5997057.story By People.com 11/10/2009 "In his custody fight for son Tripp, Levi Johnston says he's up against a powerful foe: Sarah Palin." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20318930,00.html By Laurie Tarkan -- New York Times 11/2/2009 "...As much as mothers want their partners to be involved with their children, experts say they often unintentionally discourage men from doing so. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/03/health/03dads.html?ex=1272949200&en=8822595cdac6b783&ei=5087&WT.mc_id=HL-D-I-NYT-MOD-MOD-M122t-ROS-1109-HDR&WT.mc_ev=click By Gordon E. Finley Ph.D. (Letter to the Editor) New York Times 11/9/2009 "...Fathers indeed are different from mothers, and in no way deficient just because they are different. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/health/10lett-ALLINTHEFAMI_LETTERS.html?ref=science By People.com 11/9/2009 "...Johnston is seeking joint custody at the end of the month because the Palin family is allegedly making it difficult for him to see his son, he told The Insider. "It's not working. I'm done," he said. "It's going to have to go to court. They just finally pushed me over the edge."..." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20318502,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines By ScienceDaily.com 11/9/2009 "...Boys diagnosed with cancer who have reached puberty currently have an opportunity to preserve their fertility: before undergoing cancer treatment, they may have their semen frozen and preserved in sperm banks. Younger boys, however, do not produce sperm, although their testicular tissue contains young cells that will eventually become sperm. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/11/091109121328.htm By YahooNews 11/5/2009 "...Authorities said the baby's mother, Chrystina Lynn Mercer, gave the infant to baby sitter Susan Elizabeth Baker early Saturday, then reported her missing about 10 hours later. About 100 law enforcement agents and others spent days scouring around the baby's home in a remote, makeshift community of dirt roads, tin-roof shacks and old mobile homes. Searchers also dug through trash cans and bins. All along, the baby was under the bed. ...Officials do not believe Shannon's father, who is Baker's stepbrother, was involved in the disappearance. ..." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_re_us/us_missing_florida_baby
By KTLA.com 10/29/2009 "A man attempting to demonstrate the dangers of gunpowder to his son blew off one of his fingers in a blast that also injured the boy, authorities said." Read the entire article: http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-gunpowder-blast,0,3979538.story By Catholic Online - Ohio 11/1/2009 "...Ray Lautenschlager, President of Parents and Children for Equality, says she is correct. He has been following the Macfarlane case for years. "Parents who lose custody are being ordered to pay to support their children twice: first in their home where when they spend time with the children, and then in the other parent's home."..." Read the entire article: http://www.catholic.org/prwire/headline.php?ID=8027 By Monroe News Star - Louisiana 10/31/2009 "Richard King, 36, of 1316 Keystone Road, Monroe, was accused of forging time sheets at a temporary employment agency. Monroe police charged King with felony theft, arrested him and booked him at Ouachita Correctional Center, where he remained on a $5,000 Saturday." Read the entire article: http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20091031/UPDATES01/91031010 By Roland Warren -- Washington Times – District of Columbia 11/1/2009 "I recently had an opportunity to screen the new Miramax movie, "The Boys Are Back," which takes an honest look at the impact a father's presence and absence has on his children." Read the entire article: http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/01/warren-movie-examines-need-father/ By Urbanite Baltimore - Maryland "Joe Jones knows what it’s like to have a father—and to lose him. Jones spent the first nine years of his life living with his mother and father, who tag-teamed on childrearing while training to become a nurse and a teacher, respectively. “We lived in the projects in East Baltimore, [but] I didn’t even realize that we were kind of poor,” Jones says. “I was in this cone, you know, being protected and raised and nurtured by them.”..." Read the entire article: http://www.urbanitebaltimore.com/sub.cfm?issueID=78§ionID=4&articleID=1357 By The Auburn Plainsman - Alabama 10/30/2009 "Last week, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled parents whose parental rights have been terminated are still required to pay child support, setting a legal precedent within the state. The Supreme Court overturned a state appeals court decision that stated a parent who lost rights to a child was no longer required to pay child support." Read the entire article: http://www.theplainsman.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Our+View-+Ruling+on+Child+Support+Creates+Questions-+Worry%20&id=4200351&instance=home_news_lead_story By Auckland stuff.co.nz – New Zealand "Teenage boys are learning a thing or two about fatherhood at Rosmini College. The year 12 students are taking part in a Plunket tots and toddlers course as part of their NCEA studies. Director of religious education Steve Mills says it is just as important for boys to learn about parenting as it is for girls. They need to know it is a team effort to raise a child." Read the entire article: http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/north-shore-times/3011320/Boys-get-a-close-look-at-fatherhood/ By The Japan Times - Japan 10/30/2009 "...The arrest is the first of its kind since the Nationality Law was revised in January to allow children born out of wedlock to foreign women to obtain Japanese nationality if the Japanese father recognizes them as his." Read the entire article: http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20091030a1.html By Telegraph.co.uk 10/28/2009 "Only council-vetted "play rangers" are now allowed to monitor youngsters in two adventure areas in Watford while parents must watch from outside a perimeter fence." Read the entire article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/6453268/Council-bans-parents-from-play-areas.html By Gulf Coast Newspapers - Alabama 10/24/2009 "Being a father is tough work. You are responsible for part of the development of a human being, and there’s no instruction manual for being a dad. So, it’s no wonder that some fathers need a few pointers. That’s what the “County Fatherhood Initiative” program is for." Read the entire article: http://www.baldwincountynow.com/articles/2009/10/24/local_news/doc4ae06828dfb07893485258.txt By York Daily Record - Pennsylvania 10/27/2009 "Just after 1 p.m., a former boyfriend was visiting the mother of his child at an apartment in the first block of West Broad Street when an argument took place over child support concerning their 9-month-old daughter, according to York Area Regional Police Sgt. Rod Varner. During the argument, the girlfriend got a large kitchen knife and cut her ex-boyfriend in the arm and abdomen, he said. He was taken to York Hospital by ambulance, he said." Read the entire article: http://ydr.inyork.com/ci_13644287 By Troy Messenger - Alabama 10/27/2009 "...This year, 36 men have participated in the fatherhood program and some of them continue in the program after the required time." Read the entire article: http://www.troymessenger.com/news/2009/oct/28/local-agencies-receive-state-grants/ By Lloyd B Smith -- Jamaica Observer 10/27/2009 "I was startled by a recent revelation on a popular talk show by a social worker that one out of three children in a man-and-woman union in this country, be it common-law or otherwise, is likely to be a "jacket". In other words, one child was not fathered by the man with whose surname the child was registered or perhaps even christened in!" Read the entire article: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/html/20091026T190000-0500_162599_OBS_PATERNITY_ISSUES_.asp By Naples Daily News 10/28/2009 "...“She is a deadbeat mom and owes me close to $15,000 in child support,” Ballard said of the alleged victim, adding that he has custody of their 6-year-old daughter. Ballard said Amy Nicole Engel, 36, also known as Amy Brownlow, is the mother of his child and made up the kidnapping story. Court records show he obtained a domestic violence restraining order against her and she was sentenced to probation after violating it, and spent time in jail here. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/oct/28/federal-kidnapping-charges-dropped-against-estates/ By Teri Stoddard -- Family Rights Examiner 10/26/2009 "How can a well-respected nuclear physicist become a destitute man on the run, then ultimately a hunger-striking inmate? If you asked Dr. Amir Sanjari, he'd say all you have to do is go through a divorce in Indiana." Read the entire article: http://www.examiner.com/x-15873-Family-Rights-Examiner~y2009m10d26-Jailed-father-refuses-solid-food-122-days-and-counting By FoxNews.com 10/26/2009 "America's sweetheart, the actress Sandra Bullock, is being dragged into an unpleasant legal battle to prove that she is a better parent than her husband’s former wife, the star of more than 100 pornographic movies, the Times of London reported." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2009/10/26/sandra-bullock-fighting-husbands-porn-star-ex-custody/?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a16:g2:r5:c0.073312:b28525367:z10 By Roanoke Times - Virginia 10/22/2009 "Total Action Against Poverty's fatherhood program is an initiative to keep fathers in the lives of their children." Read the entire article: http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/223410 By Daily Gleaner - Canada 10/19/2009 "Occasionally, a client comes into the office who has suffered through a marital breakdown, and it's sad to see, particularly when there are children involved. Invariably, once the regrets are extended, the question we ask is, "How amicable is the separation?"..." Read the entire article: http://nbbusinessjournal.canadaeast.com/gleaner/article/828504 By Asia News Network 10/19/2009 "The government will need at least two more years before it will sign an international treaty designed to settle child custodial disputes arising from failed international marriages, according to government sources. In the wake of an increasing number of such cases, the government intends to speed efforts to sign the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction." Read the entire article: http://www.asianewsnet.net/news.php?id=8289&sec=1 By People.com "As their parents continue to make tabloid headlines – Jon faces contempt charges for taking money out of a joint account, while Kate has just lost the reality show franchise that made her famous – the eight children of Jon and Kate Gosselin are starting to feel the effects of all the stress." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20313706,00.html By People.com 10/19/2009 "Forget clubbing or fronting Good Charlotte – the most fun thing in Joel Madden's life right now is being a dad. "I love kids, I love working with kids, I love being around kids," he said at the Noble Awards in Beverly Hills on Sunday." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20313629,00.html By FoxNews.com 10/15/2009 "Australian research finds that men who regularly smoke pot are more likely to suffer sexual problems than men who don't, the Australian Associated Press reported Thursday." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,566746,00.html By Patrick Welsh --Washington Post 10/18/2009 "...In a moment of exasperation last spring, I asked that question to a virtually all-black class of 12th-graders who had done horribly on a test I had just given. A kid who seldom came to class -- and was constantly distracting other students when he did -- shot back: "It's because they have fathers who kick their butts and make them study."..." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/15/AR2009101503477.html?hpid=opinionsbox1 By DesMoinesRegister.com, Iowa 10/16/2009 "A western Iowa boy given his mother’s last name at birth because the father was unknown should keep the mother's surname, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled today. The ruling upheld an Iowa Court of Appeals ruling to reverse a Buena Vista County judge’s earlier decision to change the boy’s last name as requested by his father, Joshua Braunschweig." Read the entire article: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20091016/NEWS/91016009/-1/SPORTS09 By Attorney General of Texas Greg Abbott -- San Saba News & Star - Texas 10/8/2009 "...Establishing paternity is one of the most important jobs the Attorney General’s Child Support Division performs, because it guarantees a legal relationship between a father and his child. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.sansabanews.com/news/article/21260 By MSNBC.com 8/13/2009 "It was the last way John Bernard would have wanted his voice to gain prominence in the national debate over the war in Afghanistan." Read the entire article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33296515/ns/us_news-military/from/ET By E-Online 10/14/2009 "According to science, Keanu Reeves still has no children to speak of. At least, so says the DNA test the actor submitted to in order to prove that he did not father at least one of Karen Sala's four adult children. But apparently, Sala isn't willing to accept scientific certainty without a fight." Read the entire article: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b148987_dna_proves_keanus_not_dad_mom_begs.html By People.com 10/9/2009 "Kate Gosselin has filed paperwork asking for child support and temporary spousal support in the wake of Jon Gosselin taking nearly $230,000 fromn their bank account, says Mark Momjian, one of her divorce attorneys." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20311469,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines By E-Online 10/12/2009 "He's already admitted it, but now a chemistry set proves it. Paternity tests confirm Jude Law is the father of Samantha Burke's baby daughter, Sophia." Read the entire article: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b148458_paternity_tests_prove_judes_dude.html By HandsNet 9/15/2009 "Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, researchers used a novel and complex study design to better understand the association between fathers' absence and children's sexuality." Read the entire article: http://webclipper.handsnet.org/2009/09/genes-may-expla.php By Robert Franklin, Esq. -- Mens News Daily 10/6/2009 "The Reverend Julius Scruggs was recently elected president of the National Baptist Convention, a largely African-American organizations that claims 7.5 million members. So it was interesting to read Rev. Scruggs' thoughts on the importance of fathers and families to the wellbeing of his parishoners and members of the National Baptist Convention." Read the entire article: http://mensnewsdaily.com/glennsacks/2009/10/06/president-of-national-baptist-convention-misses-mark-on-connecting-children-and-fathers/ By KTLA.com 10/12/2009 " An 11-year-old girl has died after the car she was riding in overturned, and the driver has been charged with driving while intoxicated and vehicular manslaughter." Read the entire article: http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-dui-mom,0,7485962.story By Rep. Michael R. Turner -- Washington Times 10/8/2009 "America's men and women in uniform place themselves in harm's way every day without regard for their own safety. They fight for their country and for their families. Given their measure of dedication to our defense, it's unacceptable that these same soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, guard members and reservists would be forced to forfeit their right of child-custody protections just because they are deployed for months or years far from home." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/08/ensuring-child-custody-protection/ By CNN.com 10/8/2009 "Stephan Mace of the Army's 61st Cavalry Regiment knew the Taliban would be waiting for him when he returned to eastern Afghanistan in September. During a two-week leave in early September, the 21-year-old specialist sat on his father's couch in Winchester, Virginia, and discussed his concerns over Forward Operating Base Keating in Kamdesh District, a region known as a Taliban stronghold." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/07/afghanistan.soldiers/index.html?iref=mpstoryview By NBC Philadelphia 10/7/2009 "...A family photo that shows a little girl beside her father and his fellow soldiers in uniform as they prepare to go to war has resonated well beyond the tight knit Bennethum clan. Four-year-old Paige Bennethum really, really didn't want her daddy to go to Iraq. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local-beat/Little-Soldier-Girl-Didnt-Want-to-Let-Go-63629627.html?yhp=1 By Mark Tutton -- For CNN 10/7/2009 "...Last week a 51-year old father of two jumped to his death from a bridge. He was reported to have left a letter blaming his death on the "atmosphere" at work, according to media reports. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/06/work.death/index.html?iref=werecommend
By CNN 10/6/2009 "The flag-draped coffins of five U.S. soldiers killed during a weekend onslaught against a U.S. military outpost in Afghanistan arrived Tuesday at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, the military said. The bodies include Sgt. Joshua J. Kirk of South Portland, Maine; Spc. Michael P. Scusa of Villas, New Jersey; Spc. Stephen L. Mace of Lovettsville, Virginia; Spc. Christopher T. Griffin of Kincheloe, Michigan; and Pfc. Kevin C. Thomson of Reno, Nevada, according to the Air Force mortuary affairs office." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/06/us.afghanistan.troops/index.html?iref=mpstoryview By Akron Beacon Journal - Ohio 10/5/2009 "Jeremy Bowling hasn't made a single child-support payment in 19 months. He does, however, have a decent excuse. He's dead. Has been for 19 months." Read the entire article: http://www.ohio.com/news/dyer/63561382.html# By MSNBC.com 10/7/2009 "...On Wednesday, Jon told ET Online that Kate is trying to change their joint-custody arrangement so that he is only at their Pennsylvania home from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday, as well as altering their agreement for the weekend — a move Jon claims is tantamount to barring him from the birthday festivities altogether. "She's trying to prevent me from seeing my kids on Mady and Cara's birthday," he says. "That's like giving her full custody by obeying her. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33213563/ns/entertainment-celebrities/ By FoxNews 10/6/2009 "By the third day of negotiating with his son’s kidnappers, Rasul Amoore had sold his car, withdrawn his bank savings and borrowed money from his siblings and friends to raise funds for the 6-year-old’s release." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,561443,00.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a16:g2:r1:c0.121263:b28158896:z10 By Abilene Reporter-News - Texas 10/5/2009 " Christian leaders seem to be asking themselves for answers on the steady erosion of institutional marriage. Steve Queen, director of First Baptist Church’s Ministry of Counseling and Enrichment, said he wished the state of Texas allowed for “legal separations,” allowing those in struggling marriages to sometimes separate, get child support through a court order and attempt to work things out in the interim." Read the entire article: http://www.reporternews.com/news/2009/oct/05/the-other-side-of-marriage/ By Carroll County Times - Maryland 10/3/2009 " In the quest to strengthen marriages in Carroll County, the Marriage Resource Center has turned its attention to fatherhood." Read the entire article: http://www.carrollcountytimes.com/articles/2009/10/03/news/local_news/6_resource_center_fatherhood.txt By San Jose Mercury News - California 10/5/2009 "A second mistrial was declared Monday in the case of a former airline baggage handler accused of murdering his 4-year-old daughter by throwing her off a cliff into the Pacific Ocean. ...Prosecutors said Brown killed his daughter because he didn't want to pay about $1,000 in monthly child support. Harris argued the girl slipped and fell 120 feet from Inspiration Point into the Pacific Ocean. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_13492197?nclick_check=1# By DesMoinesRegister.com - Iowa 9/30/2009 "...A recent study by the National Principals Association said that 71 percent of high school dropouts come from fatherless homes. I would guess that our local numbers are similar. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090930/OPINION04/909300342/-1/NEWS04 By Wavy.com 9/30/2009 "WAVY.com's investigation into a local contractor revealed a criminal history of bounced checks and bad business dealings. Now our ongoing investigation of Dan Robinson and RIDG Inc. revealed allegations of unpaid child support from one employee's paycheck, and that father says if he doesn't come up with money soon, he has to go to jail." Read the entire article: http://www.wavy.com/dpp/news/local_news/local_wavy_virginiabeach_RIDG_Inc_child_support_accusations_20090930 By The News-Press, Ft. Myers Florida 10/2/2009 "A Lee County courts program is violating the civil rights of people ordered to pay child support, sometimes resulting in their wrongful arrest, an attorney claims in a petition filed with a state appellate court." Read the entire article: http://www.news-press.com/article/20091002/SS08/91001080/1075 By Atlanta Journal Constitution - Georgia 10/5/2009 "A Georgia woman is personally liable to seeking child support payments from former pro basketball player Jason Caffey after he had filed for bankruptcy protection." Read the entire article: http://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-woman-must-repay-154645.html By Quad City Times - Iowa 10/5/2009 "Advocates are pushing for improvements to Iowa's child support policies, saying it can take too long to adjust the amount parents are ordered to pay. That delay is most apparent when a parent paying child support loses a job or faces another significant change in their financial circumstances, they say." Read the entire article: http://www.qctimes.com/news/local/article_ae367734-b160-11de-a2b4-001cc4c03286.html By Examiner.com - USA 10/3/2009 "In the Matter of Thomas B. v Lydia D. the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, ruled on Thursday, October 1, that parents in New York State cannot contract away their obligation to take care of their children until age twenty-one. The issue before the court was whether or not a child's full-time employment by itself constituted emancipation and therefore released the parents from child support obligations." Read the entire article: http://www.examiner.com/x-14537-Albany-CPS-and-Family-Court-Examiner~y2009m10d3-Court-says-parents-in-New-York-cannot-contract-away-obligation-to-support-children-until-age-21 By FoxNews.com 10/2/2009 "A man facing a life sentence for having a quarter-sized gang sign tattooed on his 7-year-old son's hip let out a long sigh Friday when a judge said the act was not aggravated mayhem, a charge normally reserved for crippling attacks." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,559241,00.html By KTLA.com 9/29/2009 "It appears the nasty divorce battle between Kate and Jon Gosselin has taken its toll on the couple's popular reality television show. In a stunning announcement made Tuesday, officials at TLC said Jon has been officially booted from the show and the series will continue on without the father of eight. The show will now be called "Kate Plus 8," the network said." Read the entire article: http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-gosselin-split,0,3733457.story
By People.com 9/30/2009 "...Behind his abstinence is his fear that Montag might go off her birth control without telling him, he says. "She's not the kind of person who would lie – she would just walk away and not answer the question," he says. "So yes, I'm very concerned. Our sex life has dramatically changed recently." ..." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20309161,00.html By CNN.com 9/30/2009 "The case of a Tennessee man jailed in Japan for trying to snatch back his children from his estranged wife is not as clear-cut as it's been made out to be, authorities here said Wednesday." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/30/japan.savoie.children/index.html?eref=igoogle_cnn By People.com 9/29/2009 "Actor Eddie Furlong has recently threatened suicide and was placed under psychiatric lockdown, his estranged wife alleges in a restraining order she obtained against him in Los Angeles." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20309124,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines By CNN.com 9/29/2009 "Kate plus eight minus Jon equals TLC. The breakup of Jon and Kate Gosselin's marriage this year changed the composition of the reality show's November relaunch, the network announced Tuesday." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/29/jon.gosselin.dropped/index.html By Redding.com 9/28/2009 "...First 5 - relatively flush in a year of budget cuts thanks to a guaranteed stream of cigarette taxes - will pay the salary of a county probation officer who will specifically focus on young fathers. Those 18- to 25-year-old men in turn will be sent, as a term of their probation, to parenting classes that will teach them how to do better by their children. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.redding.com/news/2009/sep/28/first-5-county-join-forces-for-fatherhood/ By Pete Billing -- Mens News Daily 9/27/2009 "It’s not easy being a father nowadays, as you can tell from the question in the heading. Canadian researchers and authors Paul Nathanson and Katherine K. Young have written about the persistant anti-male bias in the media, in their two books Spreading Misandry and Legalizing Misandry (you can read a short summary of their work on Wikipedia)." Read the entire article: http://mensnewsdaily.com/2009/09/27/is-there-anything-good-about-fathers/ By Concord Monitor – New Hampshire 9/29/2009 "...Similar changes will be needed to bring about the kind of change championed by Education Secretary Arne Duncan at a "Conversation on Fatherhood" forum in Manchester last week. Duncan and others involved with the initiative kicked off by President Obama in June are doing a good job of stressing the need for fathers to be involved in their kids' education. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090929/OPINION/909290306 By Boston Herald - Massachusetts 9/30/2009 "The state Appeals Court has refused to get involved in a mother’s efforts to force a Newton sperm bank to reveal the identity of her twin daughters’ father so she can sue him for child support." Read the entire article: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/regional/view/20090930appeals_court_denies_case_to_id_sperm_donor/srvc=home&position=recent By YahooNews 9/27/2009 "A home-improvement worker and school janitor who apparently was struggling to survive the recession killed his sleeping wife and two children before turning the 12-gauge shotgun on himself, Maryland State Police said Saturday." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090927/ap_on_re_us/us_maryland_bodies_found By Yahoo News 9/25/2009 "Actor Brad Pitt was honored on Thursday for his humanitarian work in helping rebuild hurricane-ravaged New Orleans at former U.S. President Bill Clinton's philanthropic summit, the Clinton Global Initiative." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090925/people_nm/us_pitt_2 By Farsley Today – United Kingdom 9/25/2009 "After a battle with the Child Support Agency, Armley's Tony Nelson couldn't believe his eyes when he received a letter telling him he was entitled to a refund." Read the entire article: http://www.farsleytoday.co.uk/4270/Armley-man-gets-Child-Support.5680518.jp By The Chattanoogan Opinion - Tennessee 9/28/2009 "I just learned one of my young male neighbors, presently unemployed, was recently jailed and is now serving 11/29 for non-payment of child-support. I guess I'm one of the few ones who scratch my head and could never understand the benefits to the child or children and society as a whole for locking someone up for failure to pay child-support, especially if they're not in a position to pay due to job loss." Read the entire article: http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_159775.asp By AMY SULLIVAN / WASHINGTON -- Time 9/25/2009 "...Birth rates in the U.S. fell 2% in 2008, the biggest drop in nearly four decades, and that trend is expected to continue. A new study out Sept. 23 from the Guttmacher Institute suggests that the timing is not a coincidence; the recession may be to blame, as women factor economic anxieties into their decision about having children. ..." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20090925/us_time/08599192594400 By Fox News 9/15/2009 "An Army unit is reviewing how it delivers information to families after a call to a western New York couple led them to believe that their son had been killed in combat. Ray Jasper of Niagara Falls said he, his wife, Robin, and their extended family spent four hours Sunday mourning their son, Sgt. Jesse Jasper, before learning from his girlfriend that he was alive." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,550621,00.html
By People 9/25/2009 "Now engaged to Canadian real estate agent Kyla Weber, Vaughn, 39, said he wants to start a family and settle down." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/25/vince.vaughn.kids/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
By Robert Franklin, Esq. -- Mens News Daily 9/24/2009 "...There's a good bit to chew on in the case of In the matter of Baby Boy M., A Minor. As its name suggests, this is an adoption case. Like the last adoption case out of Utah that I wrote about a few weeks ago, the facts in this case tell a lot about the depths to which some mothers will descend to keep a father from his child. Adoption agencies facilitate the mother's behavior. ..." Read the entire article: http://mensnewsdaily.com/glennsacks/2009/09/24/texas-single-dad-stops-adoption-may-get-custody-of-his-son/
By WHYN 9/24/2009 "...The former "One Day at a Time" star, who has battled drug addiction for years, wrote in her new memoir, "High on Arrival," that she and her father, the late Mamas and the Papas musician John Phillips, had sex on many occasions from the time she was 19 to 29. ...However, the actress's step-mother, Michelle Phillips, told The Hollywood Reporter she doesn't believe the allegations. "She told me, then she called me back and said, 'You know I'm joking,'" Michelle said. "I said it wasn't funny. Mackenzie said, 'I guess we have different senses of humor.'"Michelle also criticized Winfrey for inviting Mackenzie on her show to discuss her book. I think it's unconscionable that Oprah would let her do her show. I have every reason to believe it's untrue. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.whyn.com/script/headline_newsmanager_alt.php?id=781599&feed_id=44
By Greg Hardesty --The Orange County Register 9/17/2009 "A Costa Mesa mother who started a Web site to track parents who fail to pay child support has been sued for slander by the man who inspired her venture: The father of her 8-year-old son." Read the entire article: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/young-rebeil-child-2570681-support-lawsuit By GroundReport - USA 9/21/2009 "... In the case of parental responsibilities however, these roles while changing have not kept up with the times in terms of gender bias toward men's rights in the areas of child custody, more specifically as applied to a Mother paying her fair share of child support. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.groundreport.com/Business/Where-Is-The-Outrage-For-Deadbeat-Mothers/2908017 By GroundReport – USA 9/23/2009 "Having children is supposed to be one of the most special moments in the life of a man, but few realize the impact of children on how a father's existence will be altered forever. To some men, the prospect of children is a long anticipated event that has finally come to fruition. To others, the thought of being saddled with the responsibility of fatherhood is not an attractive proposition, one that is to be avoided at all cost." Read the entire article: http://www.groundreport.com/Business/Parenthood-Issues-How-Fatherhood-Changes-A-Man/2908095 By E-Online 9/24/2009 "The Gossip Girl mom has been granted a temporary restraining order against the father of her two children, Daniel Giersch, after, among other things, accusing him of intimidating and threatening her nanny, being entirely unflexible with his scheduled custody visits and stressing her out so much she's having a hard time breastfeeding." Read the entire article: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b146019_kelly_rutherford_restrains_ex_baiting.html?utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories By Steve Lash Daily Record (subscription) - Maryland 9/21/2009 "A man who waited nearly 13 years to contest paternity of his ex-wife’s child must continue to pay child support, even though he’d had a vasectomy years before she conceived and the DNA test ultimately proved he was not the child’s biological father. Maryland’s top court said a Garrett County judge erred in ordering the paternity test without considering if Darren G. Kamp’s challenge was in the best interest of the child, Julie, in light of the strong bond she and Kamp had formed." Read the entire article: http://www.mddailyrecord.com/article.cfm?id=13439&type=UTTM By Steve Vockrodt Bizjournals.com - Kansas 9/22/2009 "The Missouri Court of Appeals sided with a former employee of the Kansas City Club who said he was fired because he received a court order to pay child support." Read the entire article: http://kansascity.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2009/09/21/daily12.html By SeacoastOnline.com – New Hampshire 9/21/2009 "Education Secretary Arne Duncan is visiting New Hampshire to conduct a forum promoting responsible fatherhood." Read the entire article: http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20090921-NEWS-909219983 By Christine Kellar Annapolis Capital - Maryland 9/22/2009 "Assistant Principal Sara Pickens looked out across the packed cafeteria at Nantucket Elementary School in Crofton. "I've worked in education for the past 15 years, and I've never seen so many men in a school building," she said. Roughly 130 fathers of Nantucket students, accompanied by their children, turned out on the evening of Sept. 16 for the pizza party kick-off of "WATCH D.O.G.S." (Dads of Great Students) volunteer program at the school." Read the entire article: http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/ccr/2009/09/22-36/Around-Crofton-Nantucket-Elementary-in-Crofton-invites-dads-to-volunteer.html By Wang Hongyi China Daily - China 9/23/2009 "A leading Beijing paternity testing center says up to 30 percent of tested men were not the biological fathers of their children." Read the entire article: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/metro/2009-09/23/content_8723991.htm By It Online – Georgia -- Press Release 9/23/2009 "In 2003, The American Association of Blood Banks found that in almost 30 percent of the paternity tests conducted the man being tested is not the biological father. ...Sharon Squires, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology at California State University-Dominguez Hills, and Carnell Smith PfV have joined forces to develop a new on-line survey, the first of its kind, which will examine the emotional, financial, legal, and social impact of paternity fraud on men. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.itnewsonline.com/showprnstory.php?storyid=65824 By WKYC-TV - Ohio 9/16/2009 "Cuyahoga County is receiving recognition for involving fathers in its Universal Pre-Kindergarten program. The "Involving Fathers In Partnership" project encourages fathers and male role models to become involved in their child's preschool experience." Read the entire article: http://www.wkyc.com/news/education/education_article.aspx?storyid=121645&catid=35 By Reuters -- Press Release 9/17/2009 "...The Fatherhood Initiative of the YMCA of Greater Des Moines is a program designed to help strengthen parental skills and involvement of men who have been living apart from their children and/or involved in court child support cases. The Fatherhood Initiative is based on the premise that the lives of children, families and the community as a whole improve when fathers and mothers share responsibility for their children. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS148021+17-Sep-2009+PRN20090917 By Corpus Christi Caller Times - Texas 9/19/2009 "...More than 100 men of all ages gathered at the school recently to organize this year’s Watch DOGS, or Dads of Great Students, program. Club Estates, Mireles and Windsor Park elementary schools also have started similar programs aimed at increasing father involvement in schools in the Corpus Christi Independent School District. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.caller.com/news/2009/sep/19/turning-dads-into-heroes/
By Columbus Dispatch - Ohio 9/20/2009 "...My ex-wife recently told me that I was behind in support. When I said that our son was no longer a minor, she said that I should review our divorce papers, which, somehow, extended my responsibility by almost a year because he has not graduated from high school. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/life/stories/2009/09/20/matrimony.html?sid=101 By John Bear -- Valencia County News Bulletin - New Mexico 9/19/2009 "A Bosque Farms Police Officer has been arrested on a warrant for past-due child support, making him the second officer from the department arrested in as many weeks." Read the entire article: http://www.news-bulletin.com/nb/index.php/news/607-BF-officer-surrenders-in-child-support-case.html By ScienceDaily.com 9/10/2009 "About 10% of all couples hoping for a baby have fertility problems. Environmentalists say pollution is to blame and psychiatrists point to our stressful lifestyles, but evolutionary biologist Dr. Oren Hasson of Tel Aviv University's Department of Zoology offers a different take. The reproductive organs of men and women are currently involved in an evolutionary arms race, he reports in a new study. And the fight isn't over yet." Read the entire article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090908125137.htm By FoxNews.com 9/21/2009 "Jury selection has begun in the trial of two people accused of trying to extort $25 million from John Travolta following his son's death in the Bahamas." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,553181,00.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a4:g4:r3:c0.000000:b0:z5 By Fox News.com 9/17/2009 "Men who have had a vasectomy might opt for a reversal. While the procedure is most often successful, there are no absolute guarantees." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,551640,00.html?sPage=fnc/health/men By KTLA.com 9/17/2009 "...Although detectives are still trying to determine what happened, Mulvaney's former wife, Julie A. Mulvaney, filed for divorced in February 2008, and the couple soon began battling over child custody, the sale of their home and James Mulvaney's fitness as a parent, according to court records. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-to-family-dead,0,4617520.story By Mount Vernon News - Ohio 9/16/2009 "A Mount Vernon man will not be forced to continue to pay child support for his 18-year-old daughter while she is in college following a hearing Monday." Read the entire article: http://www.mountvernonnews.com/local/09/09/16/child-support-ends-at-18-for-family By Los Angeles Times - California 9/15/2009 "A prosecutor in the second trial of Cameron John Brown says he threw the 4-year-old off a Palos Verdes Peninsula cliff in 2000. His attorney says he loved her and that she slipped and fell." Read the entire article: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-brown16-2009sep16,0,4746093.story By Sarah Chacko -- Advocate Capitol News Bureau 9/16/2009 "The first meeting of a committee focused on family issues in Louisiana, such as fatherhood, drew only one of its five members Tuesday." Read the entire article: http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/59415882.html By OC Register 9/14/2009 "A UC Irvine graduate student is accused of shooting his ex-wife to death outside on-campus housing Sunday night during a custody exchange of the couple’s 4-year-old son, police announced this morning." Read the entire article: http://www.ocregister.com/articles/woman-irvine-shooting-2563821-suspect-cns By Florida Times-Union - Florida 9/14/2009 "The need is there; men are being challenged to mentor a child in schools. With this knowledge of need, it is not as hard as it sounds to be a mentor and volunteer. It takes a healthy passion and honest concern for kids to be successful in school and life." Read the entire article: http://www.jacksonville.com/opinion/letters_from_readers/2009-09-14/story/guest_column_men_need_to_step_forward_as_mentors_fathe By The Independent 9/13/2009 "A new report confirms that fathers from all ethnic backgrounds are seeking closer, more hands-on bonds with their children. Susie Mesure and Jonathan Owen report on the new multi-tasking dads" Read the entire article: http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/marigold-man-ndash-how-todays-dads-share-parenting-as-never-before-1786612.html By Trinidad & Tobago Guardian 9/8/2009 "America has become a nation where fatherhood is fast becoming unnecessary and irrelevant in many homes and communities today. Single motherhood and divorced women are not only more celebrated in the media than married women, but fathers and husbands are disregarded even when they are present in the hospital when their child is being born or for the child’s healthcare. " Read the entire article: http://guardian.co.tt/commentary/letters/2009/09/08/plea-dads-get-involved By Hila Raz -- Ha'aretz - Israel 9/9/9 "A businessman who signed three support agreements with his ex-wife convinced a court to throw out his divorce settlement because the woman had exploited his narcissistic personality." Read the entire article: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1113088.html By E-Online 9/10/9 "...Every year in America, hundreds of thousands of men divorce. Sure, Gosselin's more famous than most. Certainly, he's more infamous than most. But at the end of the Vegas pool party day, he's just a guy. Read the entire article: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b143326_jon_gosselin_misunderstood.html?utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_topstories By ScienceDaily.com 9/9/2009 " Parenthood is pushing mothers and fathers in opposite directions on political issues associated with social welfare, from health care to education, according to new research from North Carolina State University." Read the entire article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090908124628.htm By Minneapolis Star Tribune -- Minneapolis 9/4/2009 "Mari Weiss is waiting for thousands of dollars in child support, money she needs to keep her home in Lakeland out of foreclosure. But the deadbeat isn't her ex-husband -- it's the state of Minnesota." Read the entire article: http://www.startribune.com/local/57428247.html?elr=KArksc8P:Pc:UHDaaDyiUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aU7DYaGEP7vDEh7P:DiUs
By Minnesota Lawyer - Minnesota 9/3/2009 "...Enter the Family Law Appellate Mediation Pilot Project, instituted by the Court of Appeals a year ago. The case was immediately diverted into the program, and a trained mediator was assigned to the case. The case shortly thereafter settled, with the parties mutually agreeing to a substantially reduced back-support payment." Read the entire article: http://www.minnlawyer.com/article.cfm/2009/09/07/Appellate-family-law-mediation-converting-the-skeptics By Brandi Fowler and Breanne L. Heldman -- E Online 9/7/2009 "..."I was verbally abused," the 32-year-old accuses. "I was beaten down. She separated me from my family. She used to hold the kids over my head and say, 'Don't spend time with your mom, spend time with your kids.' Why can't I spend time with my mom and kids together?"..." Read the entire article: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/index.jsp?author=brandi+fowler+and+breanne+l.+heldman Then there was the name calling and put-downs... By Marietta Times - Georgia 9/5/2009 "In an economy that continues to generate unemployment in record numbers and create financial stress, people looking for reviews or adjustments of their required child support payments are growing in number." Read the entire article: http://www.mariettatimes.com/page/content.detail/id/515549.html?nav=5002 By PR Web (press release) - USA 9/5/2009 "Any Lab Test Now® North Dallas locations are taking steps to create awareness concerning the large amount of paternity testing scams occurring in the online marketplace by promoting their $199 basic paternity test. Owner Greg Johnson admits, “We are noticing an increasing number of customers ordering a paternity test from us who have previously been scammed purchasing an online DNA test kit.”..." Read the entire article: http://www.prweb.com/releases/paternity-testing/dallas/prweb2833084.htm By San Jose Mercury News 9/8/2009 "An Orange County father has been convicted of murdering his 4-year-old son by drowning him in a bathtub. The Superior Court panel returned its decision Tuesday and will consider on Wednesday whether Gideon Omondi was insane at the time of the 2006 killing. His defense attorney says Omondi was distraught about a custody fight and didn't know what he did was wrong." Read the entire article: http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_13294753 By The Age - Australia 9/6/2009 "THE cluster of fathers gathered around a barbecue at midday draws a few odd looks in a playground full of mothers and small children. But these stay-at-home dads are used to that." Read the entire article: http://www.theage.com.au/national/dads-still-a-rare-sight-at-playgroup-20090905-fc54.html By Ken Lee -- People 9/9/2009 "...Hefner decided to file for divorce, he says, after Conrad sued him in recent weeks for $5 million stemming from the sale of a home they owned together. He strongly denied that he owes Conrad any money, and that he's faithfully paid her $250,000 a year as promised in a prenuptial agreement. He adds: "I would've been happy to divorce her when we separated, but she wanted to remain married for our boys."..." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20303278,00.html By This is London 9/8/2009 "When Gary Crutchley started taking pictures of his children playing on an inflatable slide he thought they would be happy reminders of a family day out. But the innocent snaps of seven-year-old Cory, and Miles, five, led to him being called a ‘pervert’. The woman running the slide at Wolverhampton Show asked him what he was doing and other families waiting in the queue demanded that he stop. One even accused him of photographing youngsters to put the pictures on the internet. Mr Crutchley, 39, who had taken pictures only of his own children, was so enraged that he found two policemen who confirmed he had done nothing wrong." Read the entire article: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23516542-details/Father-of-three+branded+a+'pervert'+-+for+photographing+his+own+children+in+public+park/article.do
By ScienceDaily.com 9/1/2009 "A new study that looks at data on three generations of Oregon families shows that "positive parenting" – including factors such as warmth, monitoring children's activities, involvement, and consistency of discipline – not only has positive impacts on adolescents, but on the way they parent their own children." Read the entire article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090901082526.htm By People.com 9/5/2009 "While Kim Kardashian plans sister Kourtney's baby shower, the Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami star's boyfriend, Scott Disick, had his own daddy-to-be celebration of sorts this week in Miami during an evening of dining and clubbing Kourtney jokingly dubs a "man-shower." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20302827,00.html By Miami County Republic - Kansas 9/2/2009 "...Watch D.O.G.S. was created by Jim Moore, a concerned father, in response to a shooting that occurred in 1998 at a Jonesboro, Ark., high school. The program has now extended to more than 800 schools in over 30 states. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.republic-online.com/200909024614/news/spring-hill/shes-to-start-watch-d.o.g.s.html By People.com "..."I took a lot of abuse from her. I was put down," Jon Gosselin tells ABC's Chris Cuomo in an interview set to air next week. "She'll call me, almost like a lame fish. Like I wasn't going anywhere."... Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20301934,00.html By Kosciusko Star Herald - Mississippi 8/26/2009 "....The testing is being provided by the Mississippi Department of Human Services, Division of Child Support Enforcement. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.starherald.net/communityinformation/local_story_238104706.html By Times Online – United Kingdom 8/27/2009 "A devoted father who discovered that two of his three children had been fathered by another man is suing his ex-wife for compensation." Read the entire article: http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article6811203.ece By ScienceDaily 8/8/2009 "Fewer black women with postgraduate degrees are getting married and having children, according to research to be presented at the 104th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association." Read the entire article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090810025251.htm By TVNZ – New Zealand 8/31/2009 "Fathers' groups are backing proposed changes to the child-support scheme which they say would make fathers happier to pay child support costs." Read the entire article: http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/fathers-back-proposed-child-support-changes-2956414 By FoxNews.com 8/31/2009 " A 10-year-old New Mexico boy is facing a murder charge in the shooting death of his father." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,544445,00.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a16:g2:r3:c0.284663:b27433750:z0 By Huffington Post 8/27/2009 "...When asked what Laffoon does for a living, the actress said, "He goes out to the mailbox and he opens up the little mailbox door and goes, 'Oh! I got a check from Anne! Oh! I got a check from Anne! Yay!'"..." Read the entire article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/27/anne-heche-calls-ex-a-laz_n_270186.html By Fayette Front Page.com - Georgia 8/26/2009 "The Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS) Office of Child Support Services (OCSS) has nearly doubled the number of child support agents in response to an increased demand for services. OCSS recently added 21 new agents to the state’s Fatherhood Program as the number of non-custodial parents receiving unemployment benefits has quadrupled since 2008. The agents will help non-custodial parents who face various economic barriers find jobs so they can pay child support." Read the entire article: http://georgiafrontpage.blogspot.com/2009/08/number-of-ocss-agents-nearly-doubles-as.html By Aiken Standard (subscription) – South Carolina 8/26/2009 "The Aiken County Sheriff's Office hasn't reserved the term "deadbeat" for just dads - the agency's most recent wanted suspects are mothers who are at least $25,000 behind in child support payments." Read the entire article: http://www.aikenstandard.com/Local/0827DeadbeatMoms By E-Online 8/27/2009 "...Klein, who admitted to anonymously donating sperm once, will not be taking a DNA test to prove he's the father of those kids, attorney Mark Vincent Kaplan told US Weekly Thursday. .." Read the entire article: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b141515_no_daddy-proving_dna_coming_from.html By ABC News -- Australia 8/27/2009 "The Federal Government is under growing pressure to change its shared parenting legislation, with a former judge criticising the laws for not working in the interests of the child." Read the entire article: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/08/28/2669245.htm By ScienceDaily.com 8/18/2009 "It is widely understood that, ideally, schools and parents should work together to ensure that children can succeed as students and citizens. But what is the right balance? And how much do teachers want parents involved in the classroom? A new study from North Carolina State University identifies ways that schools and communities can work with parents to give children the greatest chance of success." Read the entire article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090818083222.htm By KTLA News 8/18/2009 "A Houston-area mother convicted of mutilating her infant by cutting off his genitals two years ago was sentenced Monday to 99 years in prison. But minutes after the jury's sentence was read, Katherine Nadal, 28, yelled out that she did not hurt her son, prompting the boy's father to storm out of the courtroom." Read the entire article: http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/houston-mom-mutilates-son,0,881132.story By KTLA News 8/19/2009 "A Tunisian woman's claim of being pregnant with 12 babies is a farce, a health official said Wednesday." Read the entire article: http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-12-babies,0,1263470.story By KTLA News 8/17/2009 "A 25-year-old woman on probation in Los Angeles for a similar crime laced her breast milk with morphine and fed it to her 2-month-old daughter in an effort to attract the attention of the child's father, authorities say." Read the entire article: http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-poison-breastmilk,0,3226535.story By Yahoo News 8/22/2009 "Robin Williams stars in a movie called "World's Greatest Dad," but as a real life father of three grown kids the Oscar winner said he had to overcome dark times and was still a work-in-progress." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090822/en_nm/us_williams_1 By CNN.com 8/24/2009 "...They point to their father as exhibit A. At 86, he still comes to the office that his sons named after him, the Victor Roberts Building, a large complex complete with restaurants and retail stores. He worked 39 years in the Postal Service before retiring in the 1980s. He now keeps a keen eye on his now grown boys. He refuses a paycheck. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/08/24/black.donald.trumps/index.html?eref=igoogle_cnn
By Indianapolis Star – Indiana 8/23/2009 "...Sen. Evan Bayh's Responsible Fatherhood Act was recently reintroduced in the U.S. Congress. Legislation like this is a step in the direction that will aid the well-being of children. Bayh's findings in the act include: "There is an irrefutable body of evidence demonstrating that father absence is a major contributor to such troubling societal trends as increased teen pregnancy, teen violence, educational under-performance, and drug and alcohol abuse. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.indystar.com/article/20090823/OPINION01/908230341/1002/OPINION/For+kids++sake++don+t+discourage+dad+s+involvement By Marketplace - USA 8/21/2009 "Despite hints that the economy is recovering, job losses continue. But what happens when fathers who pay child support are out of work? Monica Brady-Myerov reports." Read the entire article: http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/08/21/mm-child-support/ By ScienceDaily.com 8/12/2009 "When it comes to how they raise their children, mothers today tend to follow the same practices their own mothers did, according to a new study that looked at parenting practices across two generations. Fathers, on the other hand, don't seem to use their moms as parenting role models, at least for some practices." Read the entire article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090810024827.htm By FoxNews.com 7/31/2009 "A court battle over whether a sperm donor should pay a higher rate of child support has ended with a ruling that the man is liable because he has taken an active role in raising the children." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,395642,00.html By CNN.com 8/18/2009 "...The papers, filed in Marin County, California, on August 12, state that "both parties have already agreed to [shared] custody" over their minor son, Hopper Jack, 16, and that "the estranged couple have already agreed to division of all property."..." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/18/wright.penn.divorce/index.html By Examiner.com - USA 8/12/2009 "Frank Hatley has spent the last 13 months in a Georgia jail for failing to pay child support, despite the fact that Hatley, the child's mother, and the state knew he wasn't the father." Read the entire article: http://www.examiner.com/x-5845-Single-Parenting-Examiner~y2009m8d12-GA-man-relieved-of-child-support-debt-on-a-child-that-isnt-his By Philip Bowring -- Op-Ed New York Times 8/12/2009 "Shanghai has plenty of achievements to boast about but one record suggests a bleaker future — the world’s lowest fertility rate, with 0.7 births per woman of child-bearing age." Read the entire article: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/08/opinion/08iht-edbowring.html?_r=2 By CNBC - USA 8/13/2009 "An Ohio lab that lost its contract with the state for DNA testing wants Gov. Ted Strickland to review an agency's decision to award the work to a North Carolina company." Read the entire article: http://www.cnbc.com/id/32407735 By MSNBC 8/13/2009 "The years-long U.S. commitment in Iraq and Afghanistan is taking a significant toll on the children of service members, who are 2½ times more likely to develop psychological problems than American children in general, new research indicates." Read the entire article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32406781/ns/health-kids_and_parenting/ By Madison Messenger - Virginia 8/12/2009 "The parents of two-thirds of the babies born in Danville in 2007 were not married. In Pittsylvania County last year, 45 percent of the babies were born out of wedlock." Read the entire article: http://www2.godanriver.com/gdr/news/opinion/editorials/danville_editorials/article/more_than_a_name_on_a_certificate/13140/ By ScienceBlog.com USA 8/12/2009 "Mothers and fathers play different roles and make different contributions to a child's upbringing, but a father's influence upon a child's academic success later in life is felt the most when he's involved from the very beginning, says a University of Illinois expert in early childhood education." Read the entire article: http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/parental-influences-differ-determing-childs-later-academic-success-23997.html By Chillicothe Gazette 8/6/2009 "Ross County Community Action and Ohio Commissions of Fatherhood recently worked together to conduct a program called the Fatherhood Initiative Program." Read the entire article: http://www.chillicothegazette.com/article/20090806/LIFESTYLE/908060318 By Calaveras Enterprise - California 8/11/2009 "...A workshop to explore the importance of fathers to the family dynamic will be held in San Andreas Aug. 20. Sponsored by First 5 Calaveras and the Prevent Child Abuse Council Calaveras “The Power of Involved Fathers – What Mothers and Fathers Need to Know About Fatherhood” will highlight a male's role in the development and success of children. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.calaverasenterprise.com/articles/2009/08/11/news/news03_parents.txt By NPR - USA 8/11/2009 "Fatherhood. It's been an important part of President Obama's childhood narrative, growing up with an absent father. It was the cornerstone of a historic speech he delivered last year, assailing men who run away from their parenting responsibilities. And now it's a priority for the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnership, with the launch of the national fatherhood tour last week." Read the entire article: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111770004&ps=cprs By CNN.com 8/11/2009 "A Georgia man who spent a year in jail for nonpayment of child support -- despite the fact he has no children -- has been cleared of the debt, his attorney said Tuesday." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/08/11/georgia.child.support/index.html By CNN 8/5/2009 "Don't tell Brad Pitt who or how to love. The actor and star of the new film "Inglourious Basterds" opened up to Parade magazine about his thoughts on love, marriage and fatherhood." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/05/brad.pitt.interview/index.html?iref=newssearch By Yahoo News 8/7/2009 "There aren't just fewer jobs in a recession. There are fewer babies, too. U.S. births fell in 2008, the first full year of the recession, marking the first annual decline in births since the start of the decade and ending an American baby boomlet." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_baby_bust;_ylt=Ar5AAsh9xoig.V5r60W63rvBF4l4;_ylu=X3oDMTJmbjhwZ250BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwODA3L3VzX2JhYnlfYnVzdARjcG9zAzcEcG9zAzcEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yaWVzBHNsawNyZWNlc3Npb25tZWE- By Joshua Rhett Miller -- FoxNews 8/5/2009 "..."It sounds really crazy but I thought maybe there's someone out there who could help me out with a good name," Drummond told FOXNews.com. "I'm running out of names." Drummond — whose six children are 19, 16, 14, 3, 2 and 1 — said the proposal hasn't exactly struck friends and relatives as a savvy financial move. And her husband, Richard, a Navy sailor stationed in Virginia, doesn't even know about it yet. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,537426,00.html . ..." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,537426,00.html By -- Voice of America - USA 8/5/2009 "It is said that babies don't come with an instruction manual. So, raising them through childhood, the school years and off to college is a long and expensive process. How expensive?..." Read the entire article: http://www.voanews.com/english/2009-08-05-voa3.cfm By Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott -- Woodlands Online, LLC - Texas "The start of a new school year is an exciting time! New teachers, classmates, books and supplies await a child on the first day of school. As Texas children head back to the classroom, it’s a good time to remind parents of the importance of supporting their children both emotionally and financially." Read the entire article: http://woodlandsonline.com/npps/story.cfm?nppage=31852 By Lisa Respers France -- CNN 8/5/2009 "The hit reality show "Jon & Kate Plus 8" returned to television Monday night with a scenario that many families in America can relate to: what happens when Mommy and Daddy separate. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/04/jon.kate.new.show/index.html?iref=mpstoryview By U.S. News & World Report - USA 7/31/2009 "..."Given who's in the White House, we have a chance to do some very powerful messaging and role modeling on fatherhood," says Judy Vredenburgh, president and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, who is helping advise the effort. "This is a subject that the president feels strongly about, so we're moving in the momentum of Father's Day."..." Read the entire article: http://www.usnews.com/blogs/god-and-country/2009/07/31/white-house-to-launch-national-fatherhood-tour-next-week.html By Paul Thompson -- DailyMail - UK 8/3/2009 "Three women exacted a painful revenge on a cheating husband they discovered had been sleeping with them all at the same time - by super glueing his private parts." The angry women lured the married father to a motel where they decided to humiliate him." Read the entire article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1204038/women-revenge.html
By Elaine Aradillas - People.com 8/3/2009 "A Los Angeles judge signed off Monday on a deal granting Jackson family matriarch Katherine Jackson custody of her son Michael's three children, with a family allowance paid out of the entertainer's estate." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20295525,00.html By Tim Nudd -- People.com 8/3/2009 "A rep for former Alaska Gov. and Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has firmly denied Internet reports this weekend that she and husband Todd Palin both had affairs and are now planning to divorce. " Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20295502,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines By NBC Sports 7/31/2009 "...“It definitely puts things in better perspective. But still, it doesn’t lessen the blow when you lose a golf tournament or miss a cut," Tiger Woods says of fatherhood. ..." Read the entire article: http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/32209921/ By Lisa Respers France -- CNN 8/3/2009 "What a difference a few weeks can make. There was a time when fans of "Jon & Kate Plus 8" sympathized with Jon Gosselin, the seemingly beleaguered father of twins and sextuplets whose wife appeared to nag and belittle him before millions of viewers." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/TV/08/03/jon.kate.return/index.html
By Medical News Today 7/19/2009 "Being a father is an important factor in a man's decision to seek help for mental health issues, according to a survey released by the American Psychiatric Association. More than 6 million men suffer from depression each year, and though many try to deal with it on their own, the survey indicates that fathers are more likely to take their mental health seriously for the sake of their children." Read the entire article: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/154593.php By This is Sommerset - 7/21/2009 "A father's hopes for justice and compensation after he was falsely accused of rape could be shattered by yet another court battle. Clive Bishop was on the brink of making legal history earlier this year when he managed to win the right to compensation for the trauma he suffered when a drunken woman made up an allegation of rape against him." Read the entire article: http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/somersetnews/Compensation-rape-slur-cast-doubt/article-1182397-detail/article.html By Adrienne T. Washington -- Washington Times 7/26/2009 "..."It's about time we had something for men," said Scott Williams, vice president of the Men's Health Network (MHN) and co-founder of Women Against Prostate Cancer (WAPC). "Blue makes sense for men and is a great rallying cry for men and their families. We're excited by the potential for it. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/26/true-blue-well-being/ By USA Today 7/31/2009 "The boyfriend of the Massachusettw woman accused of kidnapping a baby girl who had been cut from her slain mother's womb said he was convinced he was the infant's father, and was stunned when police moved in on the couple." Read the entire article: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-07-31-baby-father_N.htm?csp=34 By The Examiner – District of Columbia 7/29/2009 "Only 150 officers stand watch these days over more than 3,500 inmates — about 700 more than capacity. Each guard covers eight inmates when they are corralled into the cafeteria, twice as many as a few years ago. And the governor says more cuts may loom. "I'm not trying to glorify our job. It has inherent dangers," said Ferranto, a 32-year-old married father of two. "But when you're dealing with these people under these circumstances, it's a bomb ready to go off."..." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/economy/ap/51929882.html By Cathy Kelly -- San Jose Mercury News - California 7/31/2009 "The results of a large-scale parenting study conducted in Santa Cruz and three other California counties confirms the importance of involving fathers in parenting lessons and programs, and provides a template for doing so. The results of the study commissioned by the state Office of Child Abuse Prevention were to be released today." Read the entire article: http://www.mercurynews.com/centralcoast/ci_12957837?nclick_check=1 By News-Leader.com - Missouri 7/29/2009 "There may not be a manual that tells you how to be a father, but the CoxHealth Women’s Center offers the next best thing - “Fatherhood: Basic Training,” according to a news release from the hospital." Read the entire article: http://www.news-leader.com/article/20090729/BREAKING01/90729058/CoxHealth+offers+fatherhood+training+class By Steve Lombari -- InjuryBoard.com - Iowa 7/27/2009 "It should be called the Hatley Amendment, in honor of Frank Hatley, a 50-year-old man who’s been in jail since June 2008 for not paying child support even though two separate DNA tests in the last nine years prove he’s not the father. ..." Read the entire article: http://desmoines.injuryboard.com/miscellaneous/states-will-should-begin-jailing-mothers-who-wrongfully-identify-men-in-paternity-actions.aspx?googleid=267326 By YahooNews.com 7/29/2009 "Otty Sanchez, a schizophrenic with a history of hospitalizations, refused to take medication for her postpartum depression, her son's father said. She'd been going to regular counseling and had been briefly hospitalized since the boy was born. ..." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_baby_decapitated By Lisa Collier Cool -- Good Housekeeping 7/21/2009 "Parents, pull up a chair: Here's how to help your kids do their very best at school ..." Read the entire article: http://shine.yahoo.com/event/backtoschool/7-things-teachers-wish-parents-knew-490739/ By Coshocton Tribune - Ohio 7/23/2009 "A pregnant woman would have to have written informed consent from the father of the fetus if she wants an abortion in Ohio under a bill introduced in the General Assembly." Read the entire article: http://www.coshoctontribune.com/article/20090723/UPDATES01/90723021 By Jan Ransom -- Howard University the District Chronicles – District of Columbia 7/26/2009 "...Hall eventually found out about the Fatherhood Initiative Program, which at the time was located at a United Planning Organization community service center in Northwest. The program helped him through school, financial issues, problems with his mother and housing. ..." Read the entire article: http://media.www.districtchronicles.com/media/storage/paper263/news/2009/07/26/Neighborhood/Single.Dad.Steps.Up.With.Help.Of.Fatherhood.Program-3753058.shtml By Robert Rule -- Examiner.com 7/26/2009 "There is a growing fathers’ rights movement in the United States and especially Ohio where fathers are treated very unfairly. A little known fact about child support is that the county is allotted large sums of money for each case that is enforced." Read the entire article: http://www.examiner.com/x-16500-Lake-County-Independent-Examiner~y2009m7d26-Fathers-rights
By Emediawire (press release) - Washington 7/27/2009 "...DNA Worldwide today announced the launch of the Worlds most advanced DNA Test for Paternity. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.emediawire.com/releases/dna_test/paternity_test/prweb2679974.htm By Josh Levs -- CNN 7/20/2009 "...It's a two-sided coin: Many American fathers are working harder than ever as their managers try to take care of business with fewer workers. On the flip side, many dads who've lost their jobs are finding that they're becoming the new Mr. Moms. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/07/20/dads.and.recession/index.html?iref=newssearch
By Mary Wells -- The Washington Informer 7/9/2009 "More than 60 men and women received certificates from a life skills programs designed to teach individuals how to reconnect with their children and families, manage their anger and embrace sobriety as a lifestyle during a 10-month program sponsored by Adam’s House on Mon., June 22. " Read the entire article: http://www.washingtoninformer.com/wi-web/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1626:adams-house-celebrates-graduates-achievements&catid=88:prince-georges-county&Itemid=157 By The Saginaw News Editorial Board 7/12/2009 "...Obviously, our society is moving away from a marriage-minded model for child-rearing. ... Read the entire article: http://www.mlive.com/opinion/saginaw/index.ssf/2009/07/saginaw_county_newborns_get_a.html By Tina Matherson -- CNN.com 7/20/2009 "From the outside, Johnny and Shanna Woodbury looked like the perfect couple. They had been married 13 years, owned multiple properties and were successful managers." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/07/20/bia.strong.black.marriage/index.html?iref=mpstoryview By ScienceDaily.com 7/13/2009 "The relationships between children and their parent of the same gender in the earliest years of life could be the key to understanding why some young people become obese and others do not, new research conducted by the EarlyBird Diabetes Study has shown." Read the entire article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090713100918.htm By New Zealand Herald 7/23/3009 "A tearful 12-year-old girl's interview about a sexual assault arranged by her father for $40 was all lies to get him in trouble, she told a court today." Read the entire article: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10586025 By FOX2now.com - St. Louis, Missouri "Senator Jeff Smith along with members of the Fathers Support Center announced the changes in front of the Civil Courts Building. The changes include letting judges dealing with child support cases assign non violent fathers to educational, vocational , or job training instead of giving them a felony and sending them to jail." Read the entire article: http://www.fox2now.com/ktvi-fathers-rights-child-support-071909,0,7959908.story By FoxNews.com 7/21/2009 "Las Vegas police are investigating how a 5-year-old boy apparently found a gun inside a car and accidentally shot himself in the head." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,534255,00.html?test=latestnews Father of Family Rescued From Burning SUV Says Trapped Son, 4, Saved by AngelsTuesday, 21 July 2009
By FoxNews.com 7/21/2009 "The father of a 4-year-old boy saved from a burning SUV in Milwaukee says his son was surrounded by angels." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,534258,00.html?test=latestnews By Canada.com 7/7/2009 "A lawyer representing actor Keanu Reeves in a paternity suit brought by a woman from Barrie, Ont., said he is "very confident" the case will eventually be dismissed." Read the entire article: http://www.canada.com/Keanu+Reeves+lawyer+confident+paternity+suit+will+dismissed/1766213/story.html By FoxNews.com 7/8/2009 "Former Playboy model Shauna Sand cheated on ex-husband and soap opera star, Lorenzo Lamas, with his then-18-year-old son, A.J. Lamas, Star Magazine reports." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,530805,00.html?mrp
By The Money Times 7/9/2009 "Mere one day after a much-watched public memorial for Michael Jackson, who died June 25, his dermatologist, Dr. Arnold Klein, has come forward to dispel speculation that he is the biological father of the late pop star's children and that he gave Jackson the drugs that presumably led to his death." Read the entire article: http://www.themoneytimes.com/featured/20090709/jacksons-dermatologist-refutes-paternity-rumors-id-1075777.html By Seattlepi.com 7/11/2009 " Former Vancouver police officer Clyde Ray Spencer spent nearly 20 years in prison after he was convicted of sexually molesting his son and daughter. Now, the children say it never happened." Read the entire article: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_recanting_abuse.html Father Dies Trying to Save Son From Irate Driver in Chuck E. Cheese Parking LotMonday, 20 July 2009
By FoxNews.com 7/13/2009 "A man walking his young son across a street was mowed down and killed by a driver who bashed into seven cars as he tore through a New York neighborhood, police said." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,532041,00.html?mrp By ContactMusic.com 7/14/2009 "AKON's lawyers have denied the R&B superstar is running away from his responsibilities - after the mother of one of his children alleged it's impossible to serve the star with child support papers." Read the entire article: http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/akon-denies-running-from-child-support-payments_1109639 By Bill Rankin -- Atlanta Journal Constitution - Georgia 7/14/2009 "Frank Hatley has languished in a South Georgia jail for more than a year. The reason? He failed to reimburse the state for all the public assistance his “son” received over the past two decades. The problem? Hatley is not the biological father -- and a special assistant state attorney general and a judge knew it but jailed Hatley anyway." Read the entire article: http://www.ajc.com/news/court-knew-man-jailed-91036.html
By Hollie McKay -- FoxNews.com 7/15/2009 "Cameron Diaz is in the "single" status herself, but the 36-year-old starlet still believes that the long-lasting love her parents (who were married in 1969) shared is one of the key contributors to her sterling on-screen success today." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,532744,00.html By Chicago Sun-Times - Illinois 7/16/2009 "...Tribbett is seeking more child support from Briggs for their nearly 2-year-old daughter. "We're looking for Lance to support Nariana as he would if the child were living with him. We want Nariana to enjoy a lifestyle as any child whose father earns a substantial income might enjoy -- certainly nothing less than he provides for his other children," Mirabelli said. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1668946,CST-NWS-briggs16.article
By CNN.com 7/20/2009 "...The Billingses, who were known for adopting special-needs children, were fatally shot during a home invasion robbery, police have said. Their bodies were found in their bedroom, said the court documents. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/07/20/florida.slain.couple/index.html?iref=mpstoryview By Laura Sessions Stepp -- Washington Post 7/5/2009 "Bobby Krotendorfer didn't expect to be a father at 19, or jobless at 20. But he's determined to be a loving dad and strong breadwinner. The first part comes easily. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/26/AR2009062602533.html By Michael Keifer -- The Arizona Republic 7/3/2009 "Los Angeles Angels outfielder Gary Matthews Jr. stole home in a game against the Arizona Diamondbacks on June 28. But three days earlier, he was tagged by the Arizona Court of Appeals in a child-support case that sets precedent in family-court fights in which the income of the parents is wildly lopsided. At issue was a 4-year-old child Matthews fathered by a Phoenix woman he never lived with. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/07/02/20090702matthews0702-ON.html "Jay Walker of Cedar Rapids says he’s losing his life, attempting to keep up with child-support payments for his 10-month-old son." Read the entire article: http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090705/NEWS/707059988/1006
By Connecticut Post Bridgeport, Connecticut 7/4/2009 "About 24 million American children are growing up with absent fathers, and the state of Connecticut and President Barrack Obama are working to reduce that number." Read the entire article: http://www.connpost.com/women/ci_12755903 By Leah Ward Sears -- CNN.com "After Tommy's sudden death, we found among my brother's personal effects a questionnaire he had completed in 2005 for a church class. The very first question was a fill-in-the-blank that went like this: "At the end of my life, I'd love to be able to look back and know I'd done something about ....." "Fathers," Tommy wrote. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/07/02/sears.family.divorce/index.html By KansasCity.com 7/7/2009 "Men will have two years to challenge paternity rulings with DNA tests under legislation signed Tuesday by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon." Read the entire article: http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/1311974.html By Steve Helling -- People.com 7/9/2009 "...Woods, who missed much of the last golf season due to a knee injury, tells PEOPLE that he used the break to spend time more solid, quality with his then 1-year-old daughter, Sam. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20290355,00.html By People.com 7/5/2009 "Although divorce papers have been filed, Jon and Kate Gosselin have made good on their pledge to focus on their children, reuniting for a July 4 picnic with their eight kids." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20289486,00.html By MSNB.com 7/9/2009 "Jim Carrey is going to be a grandfather." Read the entire article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31836742/ns/entertainment-access_hollywood/ By FoxNews 7/1/2009 "Doctors at a clinic in Sweden are under investigation after reportedly performing a vasectomy on the wrong patient." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529743,00.html By FoxNews 6/30/2009 "Daily sex can improve the genetic quality of a man’s sperm and could enhance his chances of fathering a child, new research has suggested." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529525,00.html?sPage=fnc/health/men By Siobhan Connally and James V. Franco -- The Record 6/26/2009 "A court in California has ruled a woman who conceived a child with the frozen sperm of her husband three year’s after his death, is not entitled to survivors’ Social Security benefits for the now 10-year-old child because the girl wasn’t born within 300 days of the man’s death. Essentially, he isn’t her natural father." Read the entire article: http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2009/06/26/opinion/doc4a4432d73f7b8053227683.txt By Barbara Miller PennLive.com 6/28/2009 "Courts should choose joint physical custody of children by both parents as the first option in divorce, according to a Lancaster-based group lobbying for a change in state law. " Read the entire article: http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/1246152311175610.xml&coll=1 By Joseph P. Kahn Boston.com 6/27/2009 "...What caught my eye pre-Open, though, was a New York Times story on Tiger as father. He and his wife, Swedish supermodel Elin Nordegren, have two children, a 2-year-old daughter and 4-month-old son. There’s little doubt that since becoming a dad - Tiger’s close relationship with his late father, Earl, has been much chronicled - his priorities, if not his putting stroke, have changed dramatically. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/family/articles/2009/06/27/tiger_and_other_father_figures/ By Danville News 6/29/2009 "Danville Regional Medical Center recently won two awards from the Virginia Paternity Establishment Program for its work in having the fathers of babies born outside of wedlock voluntarily acknowledge their baby’s paternity." Read the entire article: http://www.godanriver.com/gdr/news/local/danville_news/article/danville_regional_medical_centers_paternity_program_recognized/12142/ By Daniel Weaver -- The Examiner.com 6/21/2009 "Happy Father's Day to all fathers who love their children and are trying to make a difference in their lives. Read the entire article: http://www.examiner.com/x-14537-Albany-CPS-and-Family-Court-Examiner~y2009m6d21-Happy-Fathers-Day-to-all-fathers-even-those-wrongly-dubbed-deadbeat-dads By MSNBC.com 6/18/2009 "BlackBerry in hand and baby in tow, dads don't have much down time these days. Now, a new study reveals many Danish men are clocking up to 40 hours of overtime at work each week. Obviously, work is organized somewhat differently in many European countries, but the Danish study could apply to the United States, where longer work hours are becoming the norm as well, say the researchers." Read the entire article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31428859/ns/health-mens_health/ By Richmond Times-Dispatch -- Letter to the Editor 6/24/2009 "Regarding Del. Bill Janis' recent Commentary column, "Success Requires Thousands of Fathers": Janis is correct about the importance of fathers, but more is needed than marriage education. Virginia's family law system incentivizes family breakup, fatherlessness, and marriage avoidance." Read the entire article: http://www.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/opinion/letters/article/ED-GRIGNOLR24_20090623-180404/275810/ By U.S. News & World Report – USA 6/23/2009 "...Check out the Washington Post's interview with Focus President and CEO Jim Daly about his trip to the White House on Friday for Father's Day festivities. Daly's consistently kind words for President Obama are a revolution from James Dobson's decades-long reign at Focus. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.usnews.com/blogs/god-and-country/2009/06/23/focus-on-the-family-president-gives-obama-high-marks.html By Suzanne Cassidy -- Lancaster Newspapers - Pennsylvania 6/21/2009 "...Today, fathers are expected to be more than just breadwinners. They are expected to be fully engaged in the lives of their children. And yet, when they lose their jobs, it is the loss of the role of provider that can leave fathers reeling. ...Men have been particularly hard-hit by this recession. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate in May rose to 7.5 percent for women and to 9.8 percent for men." Read the entire article: http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/239079 By Marin Independent-Journal - California 6/20/2009 "...Del Aguila only has a few days a week with his son, Hector, 6, from a previous marriage, but he said those precious hours - along with his responsibilities - came into focus from his involvement in a fatherhood support group through the nonprofit Canal Alliance. "If I didn't participate in this group, I don't know what would be up for my life," said Del Aguila, a painter, who has been with the program five years. "This group has helped me learn about what is good and bad. I have a good relationship with my son and my new wife."..." Read the entire article: http://www.marinij.com/sanrafael/ci_12653507?nclick_check=1 By Douglas v. Gibbs - Canada Free Press - Canada 6/24/2009 "The role of the father, in this day and age, has been downgraded to sperm donor and child support check writer. A woman seeking abortion could care less about a father’s right as a parent when she desires to snuff out the life of the child in an abortionist’s laboratory of death, but suddenly finds the importance of the father unequaled when it comes time for support - otherwise, he is a dead-beat dad." Read the entire article: http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/12277 By Tom Barton -- DesMoinesRegister.com - Iowa 6/19/2009 "Edwin Daye of Des Moines says he used to be a deadbeat dad. He's a former gang member who has been in and out of prison. He had little or no role in the upbringing of his two daughters. On Thursday, he was one of a handful of success stories heralded by the Polk County Fathers and Families Coalition at Lutheran Church of Hope in West Des Moines. The event was timed to tie in with Father's Day, which celebrates its 100th year Sunday." Read the entire article: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090619/NEWS/906190372/1001 By Los Angeles Times - California 6/21/2009 "...The journey of fatherhood provides unique and lasting joys. Cradling a baby in his arms, a father experiences the miracle of life and an unbreakable bond. Fathers imagine a world of possibilities awaiting their children and contemplate the privilege of helping them reach that expanse of opportunity. ..." Read the entire article: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/06/obama-fathers-day-proclamation.html By 2TheAdvocate - Louisiana 6/19/2009 "Research has shown that when both parents are actively and positively involved in their children’s lives, the children are more likely to lead healthy and productive lives. ...For unwed fathers, the first step in developing that parental bond is acknowledging paternity. Children with legal links to their fathers are more likely to know their full medical histories, have increased access to parental and financial resources, experience better life outcomes and, more importantly, form a bond with both parents. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.2theadvocate.com/opinion/48568822.html By 2TheAdvocate - Louisiana/Opinions 6/20/2009 "Father’s Day, which arrives Sunday, is a day to celebrate the emotional benefits of having a good father, but there are more tangible advantages that come from having a father actively engaged in your life. While that simple truth might seem too trite to note, we feel it’s worth highlighting in a culture that often seems to discount fatherhood as beside the point." Read the entire article: http://www.2theadvocate.com/opinion/48647442.html By Orangeburg Times Democrat – South Carolina/Opinion 6/21/2009 "OUR OPINION: Legal fatherhood important for dad’s role with children Fatherhood is about more than playing the male role in conception. It’s about more than being a visitor in a child’s life. Here’s a fact for fathers on this Father’s Day: In South Carolina, 49 percent of children are born to unmarried parents. With mother often being left as a single parent, too many children lack the influence of a father." Read the entire article: http://www.timesanddemocrat.com/articles/2009/06/21/opinion/doc4a3c23c0b4649148870569.txt By American Psychiatric Association "Being a father is an important factor in a man’s decision to seek help for mental health issues, according to a survey released today by the American Psychiatric Association." Read the entire article: http://www.healthyminds.org/Home-Page-Feature/Dads-and-Depression.aspx By Yahoo Sports 6/24/2009 "Jeffrey Jordan is Michael Jordan's son. That little proposition, as it relates to basketball, can not be an easy one for any offspring to undertake. It's not just that your dad was a great NBA basketball player. Your dad was the single greatest basketball player who ever lived. Your entire life, you're not just a classmate to your friends. You're the son of their hero." Read the entire article: http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/blog/the_dagger/post/Michael-Jordan-s-son-quits-Illinois-basketball-t?urn=ncaab,172530 By ScienceDaily.com 6/13/2009 "While fatherhood might be far from the minds of most young men, behavior patterns they establish early on may impact their ability to become a dad later in life. Excessive laptop use tops this list of liabilities, according to one reproductive specialist at Loyola University Health System (LUHS)." Read the entire article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090612202347.htm By MSNBC.com 6/21/2009 ".... I finally discovered a sport I enjoy: golf. My dad has always been an avid player, but I ended up on the course by accident, when I promised to let him teach me the game. It was safer and more fun than talking about his new diagnosis of pancreatic cancer. ...The aggressiveness of the disease sent us all — my parents, my brother, my sister-in-law and me — down a dark rabbit hole to Cancerland, where worst-case scenarios beckoned like carnival barkers and grief and hope undulated like a Tilt-A-Whirl." Read the entire article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30984833/ns/health-cancer/
By Melissa Dahl -- Health writer MSNBC.com 6/19/2009 "...For dads who name their sons after themselves, it can be a very public way to let the world know: This is my son. This one belongs to me. It can also be a mother's way of honoring her hubby — or, in the case of some unwed parents, Mom's ploy to coax Daddy to stick around. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31416975/ns/health-mens_health/ By Linda Carroll -- MSNBC.com Contributor 6/5/2009 "When it comes to preventing risky teen sex, there may be no better deterrent than a doting dad. Teenagers whose fathers are more involved in their lives are less likely to engage in risky sexual activities such as unprotected intercourse, according to a new study." Read the entire article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31086977/ns/health-kids_and_parenting/
By People.com 6/22/2009 "If anyone would have a perspective on marriage it would be Robin Wright Penn, whose union with husband Sean Penn has been one long roller-coaster ride. "All marriages have their phases," Wright Penn, 43, tells the British magazine :Psychologies" for its July issue. "It's life. We go through it, if we're married long enough. If you're lucky you grow and you work it out."......The actress had stated her observations after her divorce from Sean Penn was called off last year. Since then, Penn, also 48, again filed legal separation papers in April, only to rescind them soon afterwards. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20286720,00.html By HollandSentinel.com - Missouri 6/22/2009 "Livan Cordon laughed as he played ball with his son. He was enjoying father-son time. Cordon participated in classes from 24/7 Dad, a program aimed at fathers in the community. “They taught us to resolve our problems and to communicate,” said Cordon, 36, of Holland." Read the entire article: http://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/x488806509/24-7-Dad-teaches-men-about-fatherhood By Montgomery Advertiser - Alabama 6/21/2009 "Authorities in Baldwin County are conducting a Father's Day weekend roundup of parents who owe child support to their children." Read the entire article: http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/article/20090621/NEWS02/906210324/1009/NEWS02/Baldwin-County-targets-deadbeat-parents By Trevor Traina -- Huffington Post 6/21/2009 "....As a father of two I looked forward to celebrating my day today like other fathers. However, somehow the media did not get the memo. As I scanned all the papers, I thought less about Norman Rockwell than about Norman Bates. There were stories about President Obama admonishing fathers to shape up. There were stories about President Obama's own father being AWOL. There were firsthand accounts of fathers and sons who grew up absent each other. The only thing that was missing was anything about normal fathers doing what normal fathers do. What is it with the media?..." Read the entire article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/trevor-traina/why-is-the-press-down-on_b_218667.html Read the entire article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/trevor-traina/why-is-the-press-down-on_b_218667.html
By phillyBurbs.com - Pennsylvania 6/21/2009 "....But many single teen fathers are not only willing but eager to help their partner and child, one 2005 study found. The problem is no one shows them how, parenting experts say. Little teen pregnancy research has involved teen fathers. Prevention education focuses on girls, not boys. Few support services focus on teen fathers' needs, and life circumstances leave most unequipped to deal with the responsibility of parenthood. ...Teen dads, as a whole, are a misunderstood group, said psychologist Mark Kiselica, a Newtown Township resident who has studied and worked with teen fathers for 30 years. Studies show that less than one-third of teen fathers fit the stereotype as irresponsible and unwilling to help raise his child, said Kiselica, author of "When Boys Become Parents: Adolescent Fatherhood in America."..." Read the entire article: http://www.phillyburbs.com/news/news_details/article/262/2009/june/21/the-misunderstood-fathers.html By People.com 6/23/2009 "...."We are putting after-school fitness and wellness programs into underserved communities nationwide, teaching physical fitness, nutrition education, with an emphasis on daily gratitude for how much or how little we have," McConaughey said of his foundation, j.k. livin. "And now that I'm blessed to be a father myself – I got one at home [Levi] who's 11 months and as you people know, we have another one in the oven, three months – this foundation and its cause means even more to me."..." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20286887,00.html By Austin American-Statesman - Texas 6/20/2009 "Anyone who doubts that fatherhood is changing should take a quick look at the research. Compared with previous generations, more dads are staying out of the work force to care for young children, more single fathers are living with their children and more are working evening or weekend shifts to provide daytime care for their young children. All that additional time with kids means men are more hands-on than their fathers were with them." Read the entire article: http://www.statesman.com/life/content/life/stories/other/2009/06/20/0620RaisingAustin.html By Michael Doherty and Herb Reichelt Bloomington Pantagraph - Illinois 6/22/2009 "....Their minimum standards for the parenting roles of separated fathers underwrites the value by which all fathers, married and separated, are measured. The de facto minimum parenting schedule used by Illinois courts remains “every other weekend” with a weekly non-overnight “visit.” This is what most divorcing fathers have to contend with. It is a minimal parenting schedule that is, according to a well-respected, national child development specialist, “child-unfriendly” and befitting of only “disinterested” fathers. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2009/06/24/opinion/viewpoint/doc4a3f9f8eabcc0468857210.txt "Fatherhood comes at different times and under different circumstances, but good dads have one thing in common: They spend time with their kids and pay attention to them. Here are four dads from disparate backgrounds who fill the bill. All have been honored by the Fathers and Families Center, an Indianapolis agency that teaches fatherhood skills to young dads."
By Schuyler Kropf -- The Post and Courier - South Carolina 6/21/2009 "...After years of legal wrangling in which Middleton helped cement a new legal doctrine of "psychological parent" rights in South Carolina, Middleton became the boy's permanent guardian last week after reaching an agreement with the boy's mother. A family court judge signed an order giving Middleton full custody of Joshua, whom he has helped raise from childhood even after a paternity test showed that he was not the boy's father. .." Read the entire article: http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/jun/21/forging_lasting_bond86735/ By Paul Nathanson, Ottawa Citizen Special- 6/23/2009 "Last Fathers' Day, U.S. President Barack Obama, so eloquent on most occasions, chose not to celebrate good fathers but to rant about "deadbeat dads." David Warren hasn't repeated that mistake. His Saturday column, "In praise of patriarchs" is excellent (and not only because of his reference to the books that I have written with Katherine Young). In the hope his article will jump-start a public discussion of fatherhood, I offer the following comments." Read the entire article: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/opinion/Fatherhood+thankless/1722738/story.html By YahooNews.com 6/19/2009 "After five decades of silence about what happened to his toddler son, farmer Jerry Damman was hopeful that a Michigan man's incredible claim to be the boy was true. But DNA results released Thursday disproved the possibility, closing a bizarre chapter in a long-cold case of the New York toddler who disappeared on Halloween in 1955. The tests showed John Barnes did not have the same mother as a sibling who was in a stroller at the time of the kidnapping. That meant there was no way he could possibly be the kidnapped child. Hundreds of miles north, the family members who raised Barnes in Michigan angrily rejected the suggestion he wasn't theirs. They said they'd even be willing to submit to tests to disprove his hunch that he wasn't their flesh and bone. "He pretty much lost two families today," said Cheryl Barnes, a sister who grew up with the man in northwest Michigan. "We knew that was going to be the outcome. ... My dad feels the same way. Neither of us had a doubt. My dad knows who his son is. I'm angry at my brother for putting everyone through this, turning everybody's lives upside down."..." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090619/ap_on_re_us/us50_years_missing By Mike Krumboltz -- Yahoo Buzz 6/19/2009 "Searchers have a question they'd like answered: Who started Fathers Day? Who do they have to thank for the mandatory bonding time they're spending with dear ol' dad this weekend? Lookups on "fathers's day origin" and "who started father's day" inspired us to investigate. The results of our research shook us to our very core. OK, maybe not to our core, exactly. But the story of how Father's Day came to be is still pretty interesting. A blog from a Detroit church explains that most historians credit a woman named Sonora Smart Dodd with creating the holiday. Ms. Smart Dodd was "inspired by her father, a widower and Civil War veteran named William Jackson Smart." She wanted to do something to honor his memory while paying respect to all fathers. Clearly she was a woman with a plan. Alas, not everybody agreed with her pleas to "give it up for the papas" (our words, not hers). In fact, Ms. Smart Dodd's proposal was often mocked when it first made the rounds. Folks felt it unnecessary. And the all-male United States Congress felt that having a holiday for fathers might look like they were trying to give themselves "a pat on the back." Additionally, many just plain didn't want the holiday. An article from Inspiration Line explains that, according to an article in The Spokesman-Review, "one group of men conventioneers laughed and said they didn't want a Father's Day. A National Fishing Day would be better, they told her."..." Read the entire article: http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzzlog/92699 By Kate Simonson with Meghan Daum CNN.com 6/19/2009 "My dad was an electrician, and he died in an accident on the job when I was three. After his death, my mother had to raise us alone, and she was acutely aware that she was truly on her own, with no backup plan. She was fiercely strong and yet constantly fearful. I have almost no memories of my father. Instead I remember Mike Fieseler. He was a former industrial-arts teacher whom my mother dated off and on for much of my childhood. Jason and I weren't his biggest fans. He was a man of strict rules, while my mom's approach could be more properly deemed overindulgent leniency. ....Then, on February 18, 1991, when I was 17, my mother suddenly died of a brain aneurysm. One minute she was laughing with friends, enjoying an evening out; the next, she was unconscious on the floor. She never woke up. Just 19 hours later, she was dead, leaving my 15-year-old brother and me orphans. ...Generally, when children are orphaned, a family member comes forward to take them in. This didn't happen in our case. Everyone had a good reason, I suppose. My mom's father was too old to assume responsibility for us; my mother's sister and her husband had three kids of their own and weren't able to take in any others; her other two siblings were both single and worked long hours. The guardian named in my mother's will was a babysitter that none of us had seen in 15 years. But I can tell you this: Abandonment, even for very good reasons, feels awful. It was heartbreaking and terrifying to have lost the person we loved most and then to be set adrift." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/06/19/rs.mom.died.boyfriend.adopts/index.html By Gabriella Boston -- Washington Times 6/21/2009 "Today's dads are more cuddly with their children than the generation before them. At least that's what dads are self-reporting in a new survey from Lever 2000, part of its Making Every Touch Count campaign. According to the survey, up to 84 percent of dads surveyed say they show more physical affection to their own children than their parents did with them. The results are not surprising to Michael J. Diamond, a Los Angeles psychologist and author of "My Father Before Me: How Fathers and Sons Influence Each Other Throughout Their Lives." "Our notion of what constitutes masculinity is changing," Mr. Diamond said. Traditionally, hard (as in authoritarian) meant masculine, and soft (as in kind) meant feminine. But these qualities are not masculine or feminine per se, he says. They - and other qualities, including affection and intelligence - are just plain human, said Mr. Diamond." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/21/modern-dads-get-cuddly-with-kids/?feat=home_headlines By Jennifer Harper -- Washington Times 6/21/2009 "Father's Day offers something even querulous Republicans and Democrats can agree on. TV dads. Both parties said that their favorite TV dad is Cliff Huxtable of "The Cosby Show," according to a Harris Poll of 2,681 adults conducted May 11 and 18. Well, that's something, anyway. Congratulations. Coming in at second place for Republicans is Ward Cleaver of "Leave it to Beaver." And the runner-up for Democrats is Jim Anderson of "Father Knows Best." The Harris pollsters, however, noted that the nation appears to be soaking itself in warm nostalgia — oldies but goodies dominated the roster of dads, which included Ozzie Nelson of, well, Ozzie Nelson fame, and Andy Taylor of Mayberry RFD. "Of the top 15 television dads, seven of them are from shows from the 1950s or 1960s and 2 were set in the 1950s or earlier. Maybe it is the economic crisis or just a desire for the days of old, but it seems when picking their favorites, Americans are looking back to simpler times and maybe even happier times."..." Read the entire article: http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/21/inside-politics-weekend-papa-palooza/ By Karen Goldberg Goff -- Washington Times 6/21/2009 "Before leaving for a six-month deployment, John Lenhen, a Navy chief quartermaster, left nearly 40 videos of himself reading his childrens' favorite stories. "You have to set things up in advance," says Mr. Lenhen, the Norfolk father of a 9-year-old and 6-year-old triplets. Mr. Lenhen, 33, has had four deployments in 11 years and recently was awarded the National Fatherhood Initiative's (NFI) annual Military Fatherhood Award. "If you don't put the right things in motion, you will be coming back to complete and total strangers," Mr. Lenhen says. "Unless you are proactive, it is hard to stay in touch with your family." Some 1.9 million members of the military have been deployed since 2001, according to U.S. Department of Defense statistics. More than 876,000 of those service members are parents, and 245,000 have been away twice. While there are many resources, such as military family readiness offices that prepare service members for the paperwork and logistics of being away from home, there are a growing number of resources to help with the emotional side of being a military parent. NFI is helping military branches establish programs to be a better dad, says Tim Redd, NFI's director of military programming." Read the entire article: http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/21/time-away-from-family-tough-on-deployed-dads/ By Washington Times -- Editorial 6/21/2009 "The ideal father is hardworking, fun-loving, a good provider, understanding, wise, sometimes stern and, above all, inspiring. Yet a century ago, the popular image of the father was less radiant. Groucho Marx observed that in those days, there were many hymns to motherhood, but "nobody ever wrote any song about fathers. Father was the town schlemiel in almost every place." As the popular ditty of the time went -- "Everybody works but father and he sits around all day, "Feet in front of the fire - smoking his pipe of clay, "Mother takes in washing, so does sister Ann, "Everybody works at our house but for my old man." In 1906, Joseph Lehman, father of seven, was so driven to despair by his wife and kids singing this song that he jumped in the Des Moines River. As the popularity of Mother's Day grew, people naturally began to discuss a counterpart for dads. In 1908, the Baltimore Sun asked that families "recognize that father, with all his frailties and limitations, is a useful factor in civilization - and in the domestic economy." The Sun insisted that "the virtues of the fathers shall receive due recognition. They may eat onions, they may wear plain clothes, they may not know that more than one fork is desirable for a dinner course, but they are the salt of the earth. Lift our voices in behalf of this downtrodden creature." The Herald of Palestine, Texas, weighed in, noting that "for as little as you may see o him around the house, he is still in a limited way at least an important part of the family machinery. He goes along, plodding maybe, making the family income and paying the expenses, swearing that mother's hat is becoming when he knows he is a perjurer ... and giving Johnny the price of a new red necktie when he knows Johnny has no business wearing red. Yes, count old father in. He may not count in the social scale, but you would miss his regular income."..." Read the entire article: http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/21/hooray-for-dear-old-dad/?feat=home_editorials By Washington Times -- Editorial 6/21/2009 "Some kids will be surprising their fathers with breakfast in bed this weekend, while others will present a gift inscribed with the phrase, "world's best dad." Some men, though, will only be reminded of the heartache from losing the opportunity to become fathers. They are the third victims of abortion. ...Arthur B. Shostak, professor of sociology at Drexel University, is one of a team of academics who took a hard look at men and abortion over a 20-year period. Their findings shatter the common myth that men are more likely to abandon women who get pregnant rather than support them. Most men in the survey reported that ending a pregnancy was a mutual decision, and only 5 percent didn't support the abortion. However, nearly half of single and divorced men said they had suggested getting married and having the baby. As many as 1 in 6 men are never told about a pregnancy or an eventual abortion. Almost 50 percent of men don't show up at an abortion clinic to accompany the mother on the day of the procedure, according to Mr. Shostak and his team. While in some cases these fathers might fit the stereotype of the rogue who is abandoning the mother of his child, a large percentage opposed the abortion or were too distraught to come along. Mr. Shostak's study found that more than 1 in 4 men equated abortion to murder. A little over 80 percent surveyed said they had already begun thinking about the child that might have been born, with 29 percent saying they had been dreaming about the child "frequently." Fully 68 percent said men involved in abortions "did not have an easy time of it," and 47 percent worried about having disturbing thoughts afterward. Mr. Shostak reported that many men began to cry during his interviews." Read the entire article: http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/21/childless-on-fathers-day/
By Frank Miniter -- Washington Times/Editorial 6/21/2009 "This Father's Day, let's stand up as men and boldly shove back against this society's attacks on masculinity. To first be sure our left-right combination lands squarely, we have to clearly define manliness - we need to understand just what is being attacked before we can counterattack. The answer to who is manly and who isn't - as I discovered while researching my book "The Ultimate Man's Survival Guide" - has always been defined according to various cultures' codes of honor. If a Japanese samurai, for example, truly adhered to Bushido, or code of the warrior, he was honorable. The Chinese often were judged according to the Precepts of Taoism; Judea-Christians have long had the 10 Commandments; and throughout the Middle Ages, there were chivalric codes of honor and, later, in Europe and America (especially the South) the gentleman's codes of honor. These codes are not relics. Some modern codes include the Texas Ranger Code of Conduct and the U.S. Marine Corps Creed. It's just that they have lost traction with much of mainstream society. So OK, manliness has always been defined by a code of honor. So what's so bad about these codes?" Read the entire article: http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/21/a-call-to-action-for-men/
By Rebecca Nappi -- The Spokesman Review 6/20/2009 "Women fighting for women’s rights garnered the lioness’ share of media attention in the later decades of the 20th century. Yet in those same decades, dedicated men were educating society about the importance of fathers. On this Father’s Day weekend, here’s a look at the lives of two Northwest men who were pioneers in the so-called father’s movement. Both are still active in fatherhood issues." Read the entire article: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/20/fatherhood/ By Tom Sowa -- The Spokesman-Review 6/21/2009 "Bill Harrington made a quiet pilgrimage to Spokane, eager to celebrate the woman he calls the mother of Father’s Day. He left wondering if Spokane has a hard time recognizing its own place in history. Only a handful of people came to join Harrington’s two-part event, which started Saturday morning with remarks at the Spokane County Courthouse and ended with a wreath-laying at the west Spokane cemetery where Sonora Smart Dodd and her father are buried. The 62-year Harrington, a resident of Graham, Wash., near Puyallup, organized a celebration Saturday to mark the 100th Father’s Day. That initial Father’s Day occurred in downtown Spokane in 1910, the brainchild of Spokane resident Dodd. Dodd is credited with creating the day to recognize her own father’s role in raising six children and to give dads a day equal to Mother’s Day. ...“I was waiting for more than two months to see if anyone in Spokane was going to mark the day. When no one here was doing anything, I decided to go ahead,” he said. Both Harrington and another speaker, state Sen. James Kastama, D-Puyallup, said Father’s Day is the best time to call attention to what they say are inequities in legal and social services that tilt in favor of women and mothers in custody and divorce battles. “Fatherhood is important,” Harrington said. “More than half of all U.S. children 18 and under will not see their father on Father’s Day,” he added." Read the entire article: http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2009/jun/20/small-gathering-pays-tribute-first-fathers-day/ By Gene Deason -- Brownwood Bulletin 6/21/2009 "Being a good father can be difficult, even under the best circumstances. Imagine what it’s like for a father serving a sentence in a correctional facility like Brownwood’s T.R. Havins Unit. Thanks to the National Fatherhood Initiative’s “Inside Out Dad,” some fathers are learning practical and innovative ways to help overcome the physical and psychological challenges that incarcerated fathers face ��“ inside. Read the entire article: http://www.brownwoodbulletin.com/articles/2009/06/21/news/doc4a3dfea36fca0785772318.txt By TMCnet - Editorial USA 6/21/2009 "For a glimpse of what ails, tickle a keyboard. A Google search of the term "fatherhood" draws forth predictable players in the dad biz, the National Fatherhood Initiative and Fatherhood at About.com, the former offering statistics demonstrating the importance of fathers and the latter, "your one stop source for information about being a truly great dad." Ward Cleaver wouldn't have bothered clicking and needn't have. But that fictive papa is a caricature of an unsophisticated age. He has vanished and the hip are pleased. ....Among sensible people, the effects are not in dispute. Insensibility increasingly prevails. For the past half-century, America has been in a societal freefall. The country's divorce rate is the second highest in the world. That trend has coincided with other ills, such as spiraling crime, illegitimacy, drug use and inner city decay, all bemoaned by academic elites and their media minions but dismissed with sniffs when links are inferred to the devolution of the family and the systematic shedding of that dread thing called morals. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/06/21/4236193.htm By Dallas Morning News - Texas 6/21/2009 "Caution: Men Out of Work. That's more than a pithy play on words. It is a sobering sign of the times, a troubling trend that David Zinczenko, editor in chief of Men's Health, cleverly calls the "Great He-Cession." Turns out that men – much more than women – are feeling the brutal brunt of a gut-wrenching recession that's devouring male-dominated jobs in construction and manufacturing. "This troubling trend has been going on for several years, but it really picked up speed at the end of 2008," Zinczenko wrote in a recent USA Today article. "Of the 5.2 million people who've lost their jobs since last summer, four out of five were men. "Some experts predict that this year, for the first time, more American women will have jobs than men. And that's just furthering the decline of the endangered male." I'm not ready to jump on the "endangered male" bandwagon just yet. Not after enduring all the "endangered-black-male" hype for two decades. Let's see, we're so endangered that a black male now runs the White House. Nor am I ready to emphatically declare that this draconian turn in the economy is as glum and gut-wrenching as the Great Depression that gripped our parents and grandparents. We have more safety nets than we did eight decades ago, even if they aren't fail-proof. This much is clear: Too many men – and fathers – are losing their identity and well-honed sense of self-worth as the traditional, breadwinning, daddy-knows-best role gives way to more women taking charge at work and at home." Read the entire article: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/DN-ragland_21met.ART0.Central.Edition1.4af7df9.html By ABCNews 6/21/2009 "ABC News' Yunji de Nies reports: Michelle Obama has a special message this Father's Day: "celebrate responsible fatherhood and the men who've had the courage to step up." In a statement, the First Lady declares this 100th anniversary of Father's Day, "not just any day." She praised her own late-father as "our provider, our champion and our hero" and says the example Frasier Robinson, "the rock" of her family, laid out, "continues to guide me every day." She writes that while her husband, "didn't have my good fortune -- his father left when he was just two years old...he has always been determined to give our daughters what he never had, and he values being a good father more than any other accomplishment in his life."..." Read the entire article: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/06/michelle-obama-celebrate-the-men-whove-had-the-courage-to-step-up.html By Helene Cooper -- New York Times -- 6/19/2009 "President Obama, in a rare devotion of a big block of his time to a symbolic cause, is spending much of Friday afternoon talking about Father’s Day, and the importance of mentors and father figures for young people from all walks of life. Mr. Obama began what White House officials are calling a “national conversation on responsible fatherhood and healthy families” with a series of events, including a stop at an Arlington, Virginia non-profit organization that provides technical and professional training for urban young adults. Then he was scheduled to head back to the White House for a Father’s Day event where he would host participating fathers and mentors to talk about the everyday stories of successful fathers. He has invited male students from local schools to hang out with him at the White House, along with Vice President Joseph Biden and other administration officials." Read the entire article: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/barack-obama-father-in-chief/?nl=pol&emc=pola2 By YahooNews.com 6/20/2009 "Barack Obama got a basketball, his first name and ambition from his father. Little else. The son gave back more than he received: a lifetime of ruminations about the man who abandoned the family, a memoir named "Dreams from My Father," and endless reflections on his own successes and shortcomings as a parent of Sasha, 8, and Malia, 10. As a candidate and now president, he's been telling men what sort of father they should be. It's become his Father's Day ritual. He's asking American men to be better fathers than his own." The president showcased fatherhood in a series of events and a magazine article in advance of Father's Day this Sunday. He said he came to understand the importance of fatherhood from its absence in his childhood homes — just as an estimated 24 million Americans today are growing up without a dad. Fathers run deep in the political culture as they do everywhere else, for better and worse. Michelle Obama has said many times how her late dad, Fraser, is her reference point and rock — she checks in with him, in her mind, routinely, and at important moments." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090620/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_fatherhood
By Business Gazette - Maryland 6/18/2009 "Research has shown that when both parents are actively and positively involved in their children's lives, the children are more likely to lead healthy and productive lives. This Father's Day, we acknowledge the complementary and supportive roles fathers play in the lives of their children. Families come in all shapes and sizes: intact families, mothers serving as primary caregivers, fathers serving as primary caregivers. Whatever the situation, parenting is a team effort even more so when both parents are not in the home. ....Here at the Prince George's County Office of Child Support Enforcement, however, we see firsthand how hard so many parents try to support their children both financially and emotionally despite the challenging economic times we face today. In Prince George's County, over 60 percent of noncustodial parents consistently pay their child support. To that end, this Father's Day, as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of this recognition, let's do away with the stereotype of "deadbeat" and applaud the dads who are "on beat." These dads invest time and attention to being a parent." Read the entire article: http://www.gazette.net/stories/06182009/prinlet154128_32527.shtml By Times Online – United Kingdom 6/18/2009 "The roles of men and women at home and at work are now changing so rapidly that they will share child-rearing duties equally in the near future, a new film argues. We look at the evolution of fatherhood and asks if guys are ready for it." Read the entire article: http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article6522170.ece
By ScrippsNews 6/17/2009 "Alfie Patten won't be celebrating Father's Day this year, after all. The 13-year-old English boy was told by 15-year-old Chantelle Stedman that he was the father of her infant daughter, Maisie Roxanne. A recent DNA test has proved otherwise. Chantelle had been sleeping with more than five boys when Maisie was conceived, so she was only guessing that Alfie was Maisie's dad. But that's the story she told the newspapers. You might expect that Alfie is relieved to have escaped the responsibilities of fatherhood. Earlier, when asked how he intended to provide for Maisie financially, he replied, "What does financially mean?" Truth be told, Alfie was devastated that tests revealed the real father to be 15-year-old Tyler Barker. On being identified Tyler complained, "I only slept with her once. All my mates have been teasing me, but it's not funny."..." Read the entire article: http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/43913 Not funny, to be sure, but also not uncommon. Britain has the highest rate of teenage pregnancy in all of Western Europe. By ABC 13 Action News 6/19/2009 "On this Friday before Father's Day, President Barack Obama plans to spend much of his workday promoting the importance of being a good dad. The president will visit a nonprofit center that helps train young adults for professional careers, and host a town hall-style meeting on personal responsibility. He also has invited male students from local schools to the White House to have fun hanging with some famous faces. Obama spent much of his own life without a father around. His dad, Barack Obama Sr., left home in Hawaii when Obama was 2 years old and the future president saw his father just one time after that." Read the entire article: http://www.ktnv.com/global/story.asp?s=10560666 By Kimberlee Williams -- NJ.com 6/18/2009 "Since his divorce, Kevin Robinson talks to his kids more and he's more dedicated to being in their lives. But it wasn't always so amicable. "I went through a period where I was confused. I was separated from my children for about six months. I had to learn to deal with my ex." At 49, Robinson, is evolving, and he credits Newark Now's Comprehensive Center for Fathers for the changes he's made. Last year, Robinson was a part of the first class of 20 men that completed the center's fatherhood program in Newark. And in February the men from the first four classes marched in an official graduation ceremony." Read the entire article: http://www.nj.com/newark/index.ssf/2009/06/fatherhood_program_helps_men_g.html By Examiner.com 6/16/2009 "With all of the talk about deadbeat dads, absent fathers, and responsible fatherhood, you might be surprised to find out that the first Father's Day celebration was actually a daughter's attempt to recognize her father for all the sacrifices he had made as a single parent. William Smart was a Civil War veteran and widowed father of six children. His wife died giving birth to their sixth child so Mr. Smart was left to raise his children alone on a rural farm in Washington. While listening to a Mother's Day sermon in 1909, one of Mr. Smart's daughters, Sonora Dodd, decided that there should be a day to honor fathers. Since her father's birthday was in June, she held the first Father's Day celebration in June, 1910. Although the concept of Father's Day spread around the country, it would be many years before the holiday became official. In 1924, President Calvin Cooledge supported the idea but it was not until 1966 that President Lyndon Johnson signed a bill declaring the third Sunday in June to be Father's Day. In 1972, President Richard Nixon signed the law making Father's Day permanent." Read the entire article: http://www.examiner.com/x-5845-Single-Parenting-Examiner~y2009m6d16-What-is-Fathers-Day By People.com 6/19/2009 "President Barack Obama has written a heartfelt Father's Day message acknowledging his own shortcomings as a dad to daughters Malia, 10, Sasha, 8. "I know I have been an imperfect father. I know I have made mistakes," Obama admits in a letter to be published in this week's Parade magazine. "There were many days out on the campaign trail when I felt like my family was a million miles away," he writes, "and I knew I was missing moments of my daughters' lives that I'd never get back. It is a loss I will never fully accept."..." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20286116,00.html By YahooNews 6/18/2009 "The father of a Michigan man who believes he was snatched from his real parents in New York half a century ago called the speculation "a bunch of foolishness." John Barnes has long suspected the couple who raised him were not his biological parents, and now he's awaiting DNA tests to find out if he was the 2-year-old boy who disappeared outside a bakery in Long Island, New York while his mother shopped inside. "I'm his dad," John's father, Richard Barnes, told The Associated Press on Wednesday. He replied, "No, no," when asked by a reporter whether he had kidnapped John Barnes. He called the notion "a bunch of foolishness." John Barnes on Thursday brushed off the comments from his father in an interview with NBC's "Today" show. He said he's "pretty confident" that the tests will indicate he was the missing boy." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090618/ap_on_re_us/us50_years_missing By Armstrong Williams -- Opinion -- Washington Times 6/17/2009 "The celebration of Father's Day allows our nation a moment to pause and reflect on the memories and experiences of childhood and fatherhood alike. Aside from the typical gift selection of a new tie, putter or power tools, no serious consideration is given to this holiday. This Father's Day, take a break from the barbecue grill, playing catch or listening to another one of dad's widely exaggerated stories (that you've already heard at least a thousand times), and ponder a more broad subject, the rights of a father. A father's rights have remained a largely hidden issue, tucked away beneath America's fiery and passionate opinions on abortion. In many ways, the parental rights of expectant fathers are blatantly ignored, and fathers are, in a court of law, unable to voice their opinion in regard to childbirth. A fundamental assumption leading to the Supreme Court's decision in Roe v. Wade was that because women are biologically tied to the birth process, they should therefore bear all responsibility in deciding the life or death of their children. The reason for this perspective is straightforward: Roe v. Wade rejected the idea that another person controlled a woman's body. ....We live in an age of eroding family values, in which fathers routinely abandon their children and disregard their familial responsibilities. Mr. Stachokus' desire to raise and care responsibly for his child should be commended and encouraged. Instead, the law brutally and arbitrarily denies that he has any right to his child whatsoever. Countless men are faced with the same nightmare of having no voice in the execution of their children. "Men's rights are trampled on all the time when it comes to reproductive rights," said Dianna Thompson, executive director of the American Coalition for Fathers and Children. It is time to fight back, to force our government to re-evaluate the logic of treating men as little more than fertilizers. ..." Read the entire article: http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/17/a-critical-role-for-fathers/print/
"Travis Henry made millions of dollars playing in the NFL. He has also made a lot of babies. The 30-year-old Polk County native publicly acknowledges he has nine children — with different mothers — but a Central Florida woman says that's not so. The number, she says, should be 11. Vanessa Colbert recently became the second woman in Orange County to try to collect child support from Henry. She says the former athlete fathered her twins, who are now 18 months old. Henry hasn't been ordered to pay support to Colbert or to the other woman, Dorothy Michelle Maloy, who did not return calls. But in Polk County, he owes more than $11,000 in back support in two cases. The Orange County women have joined a long line of mothers seeking money from the man who once played for the Denver Broncos, Tennesee Titans and Buffalo Bills." Read the entire article: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/moretop1/orl-loctravis-henry-babies-support-061809jun18,0,3573548.story?track=rss By Tim Turner -- Kokomo Perspective – Indiana 6/18/2009 "Non-custodial parents feel just as frustrated with the child support system as the custodial parents who don’t receive payment. Brandon Fossett waited over a year before the courts determined his son’s paternity. During that year, he spent time with the mother and child, and he said he helped however he could. He was reassured by the courts that he did not owe support and wouldn’t have to pay back support when paternity was determined; however, when the paternity test proved he was the father, he was hit with more than $2,000 in back support. Fossett, who was going through a period of homelessness at that time, was unable to come up with the money. He said that is when he got a true look at how the system treats non-custodial parents, even those like him who make regular payments each week. “I just wish there was a little more respect out of the judicial system for the people who are trying,” said Fossett. Read the entire article: http://www.kokomoperspective.com/articles/2009/06/18/news/local_news/doc4a395657a5926529763448.txt By Orlando News.com 6/12/2009 "He was 19 and she was 14 when they first had sex. The teenage lovers now have been married for nearly 10 years, but as a result of that youthful indiscretion Virgil Frank McCranie is listed as a sex offender on a state Web site. That's because he was an adult and she was still a minor. She reported the crime only after finding out he was having relations with another -- adult -- woman. McCranie, 34, told Gov. Charlie Crist and the Florida Cabinet, sitting Thursday as the Florida Board of Executive Clemency, that being on the sex offender list has caused him to lose at least 17 jobs in the last several years and that his four children, ages 7 to 14, have shared his stigma. McCranie, who now has a retail sales job in Panama City Beach, asked for a pardon to lift the cloud over his life caused what's known as a "Romeo and Juliet" case." Read the entire article: http://www.clickorlando.com/news/19733565/detail.html By Fox News 6/16/2009 ".."30 Rock" star Alec Baldwin says he was suicidal after a private telephone message where he can be heard calling his young daughter a "rude little pig" was relased to the public. In an interview with the July issue of Playboy magazine, the actor said he sought professional help to save his life. “[I was] very serious … I spoke to a lot of professionals, who helped me … If I committed suicide, they [Kim Basinger’s team] would have considered that a victory. Destroying me was their avowed goal.” Baldwin added that the situation not only nearly drove him to quit his hit NBC show, but also avoid certain gossip sites and talk shows, like the "Today Show."..." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,526734,00.html
By YahooNews -- 6/16/2009 "Sean Penn is taking his Oscar and going home. The "Milk" star has dropped out of two high-profile films: "The Three Stooges" and the crime thriller "Cartel," taking an extended leave from Hollywood so that he can focus on family matters. Sources have said the absence could last up to a year. In May, Penn filed for a request to dismiss his legal separation case from wife Robin Wright Penn. It is the second time he has rescinded divorce proceedings." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090617/en_nm/us_penn_1 By Sharon Jayson, USA TODAY 6/16/2009 "Today's fathers may well take parenting as seriously as their mates, but unlike many moms, dads don't view it as a competitive sport. Instead, the new attitude of 21st-century fatherhood is hands-on and involved, but with a hint of playfulness. "All of these social expectations have developed over decades about what moms are supposed to do. We don't have a new picture of what involved dads are supposed to look like," says Will Courtenay, a psychotherapist in Berkeley, Calif., who is on the advisory board of The Center for Men and Young Men at McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Those who study fatherhood say today's dads are forging a new identity, as working women press for a more egalitarian home life, and telecommuting and workplace flexibility make it possible for dads to have more time with the kids. Also, dads today are no longer the stuffy or clueless fathers portrayed on TV." Read the entire article: http://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/2009-06-16-dad-fathers-parenting_N.htm
By Robert L. Smith -- The Plain Dealer - Cleveland.com - Ohio 6/16/2009 ..."The fifth annual summit, sponsored by the Cuyahoga County Fatherhood Initiative, will examine and celebrate the role of fathers with a little more firepower this year. The summit expanded from two to four days with a new co-sponsor, the Ohio Commission on Fatherhood. It features speeches by prominent local dads, like Cleveland Indians general manager Mark Shapiro. And it's making room for familismo, whatever it may mean today. The county launched its fatherhood program in 2004 to address a crisis in the black community. About 70 percent of local black children are born to an unwed mother and most will grow up without a father in the home, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Child development experts say children without dads active in their lives are more likely to live in poverty, drop out of school, commit crimes, become teen parents and perpetuate the cycle of poverty. As it sought to strengthen the black family, the fatherhood initiative quickly adapted to a growing audience. Single parenthood was rising across all segments of society. ..." Read the entire article: http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/06/2009_ohio_fatherhood_summit_ai.html By Chad Skelton -- Canada.com - Canada 6/15/2009 "With Father's Day less than a week away, millions of dads can look forward to hearing how great they are.Yet -- at the risk of inciting a lot of hate mail -- I can't help but wonder if at least some of that praise is probably undeserved. And that's because dads seem to be held to an entirely different -- and much lower -- standard than moms are. Think about it. When you call someone a "Great Dad", what exactly do you mean? Do you mean that they are a truly exceptional parent, going above and beyond the call? Or, instead, is "Great Dad" a term you give to any father who shows any interest in parenting at all? One who even occasionally does the jobs (changing diapers, feeding, storytime) that we usually think of as women's work? My wife is often told by her friends and family what a "great dad" I am. And as flattering and she, and I, find that, it also kind of ticks her off. Because, aside from me, virtually no one ever tells her what a great mom she is." Read the entire article: http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/parenting/archive/2009/06/15/fathers-day-dads-lower-standard.aspx By YourHub.com - Colorado 6/15/2009 "As anyone whose dealt with a screaming toddler or rebellious teenager can attest, parenting can be tough. A program offered by Jefferson County offers support to fathers so they have the tools to be better parents. The Fatherhood Program at the Jefferson County Workforce Center's Child Support Services was started through a federal grant and is in its third year, said Ray Washington, program manager. The program helps fathers find employment by offering resume and interviewing skills and on-the-job training. In addition, a support group helps fathers become more engaged with their children, Washington said. "We address interacting with their kids, co-parenting, communication and how being engaged in their children's lives affects the children," he said." Read the entire article: http://denver.yourhub.com/Golden/Stories/News/About-Town/Story~626611.aspx By Red Bluff Daily News - California 6/12/2009 "The stereotype that fathers spend less time with their children is quickly becoming outdated. In fact, dads are more involved than ever in raising their children. More men stay at home to care for their kids, take paternity leave and share in household chores. In a study by the Pew Research Center last year, 56 percent of women said they thought dads were doing a better job than ever before. In recognition of Father's Day, June 21, First 5 Tehama offers the following tips to help dads be the best parents they can be." Read the entire article: http://www.redbluffdailynews.com/news/ci_12577214 By Sabrina Broadbent The Guardian.co.uk – United Kingdom 6/13/2009 "Among my group of friends, I was an early casualty in the battle of love and family life. My children's father and I separated when we were 40 and they were still at primary school, a stage when not many of us were doing divorce. It caused a bit of a stir. Yet 10 years on, as we hit 50, a second wave of marital casualties is taking place. For once the clamour and chaos of family life receded, it seems that these parents found not peace but a sadness that would not go away. Was it worth staying together? Perhaps it's like this for every generation. Or maybe we are seeing the end of one kind of family life and the beginning of something better. For too long we have believed that marriage is good, divorce is bad. Two parents are better than one. Single mothers are a problem. But what if single parenting is more harmonious, more loving and more successful than the conventional model? What if two-parent families are a bit of a lie, a shop front for what is in effect single parenting? What if it's wiser not to wait for Mr Right, but to have a child on your own?" Read the entire article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/jun/13/family-divorce By Sissi Aguila -- FIU News - 6/15/2009 "Family roles have changed substantially since the 1950s. Mom now works outside the home. And dad is expected to be more involved in raising the kids. But as parental roles and responsibilities become less defined, psychologists question: Are there essential characteristics of fathering versus mothering? FIU’s Fatherhood Lab explores these issues and Psychology Professor Gordon Finley, who runs the lab, focuses specifically on how divorce impacts fathers and the development of their children. Finley has found that a father’s role is unique and far too often neglected by the family court system. Using questionnaires and a retrospective technique in which he asked 1,989 young adults to think back on their relationship with their fathers, Finley found that children of divorce really miss their fathers. According to Finley, they are denied a relationship with them because of present-day family law and court practices. “Divorce marginalizes or severs a father’s relationship with his child,” he says. “In reality, the father becomes a visitor in his or her life. He is no longer a father in the very literal sense.”..." Read the entire article: http://news.fiu.edu/?p=4372 By Dr. Ada FisherSalisbury Post – North Carolina 6/15/2009 "Sitting recently in the Rowan County courtroom waiting to hear the cases on paternity and child support, I was struck by the overflow of cases, the youth and unemployment of the parents in question and the unfairness of this system to children as well as taxpayers. Men should be outraged that they can be challenged for paternity with or without cause, without rights of recovery, even when they are not proven the father of the child in question. And taxpayers are being fleeced to support children for whom the parents often show little regard or responsibility in their conception and care. A young friend of mine was told by his then girlfriend that she was pregnant and he was the father. Raised to be responsible and believing he was the only one involved with the potential mother, he contributed more than $8,000 to the care and nurturing of the child, disregarding the admonition of his mother and me to get a paternity test. When he did finally get the DNA paternity test, it proved he was not the father of the child. He was stuck with a bill for a child he didn't create and no penalty accrued for such falsification by his accusers — the mother and DFCS. Where is equal justice? On the court docket were several young men being brought up for non-support of more than one child involving more than one woman. There seemed to be no sense of shame in the courtroom. One young man started shouting and cursing at his girlfriend until I intervened and told him to cool it. Several young women had more than one child by different men." Read the entire article: http://www.salisburypost.com/Opinion/061509-edit-afisher By The New Haven Register - CT 6/14/2009 "It was a globe-trotting romance: a handsome American working as a model in Italy falls in love with a Brazilian beauty studying fashion design in Milan. They marry in 1999, settle in the tony New Jersey shore town of Red Bank, and have a son. Four years later, the couple’s relationship begins to change from an international love affair into a diplomatic nightmare. The woman, Bruna Bianchi, took the couple’s son to visit her relatives in Brazil in 2004 but never returned. The boy’s father, David Goldman of Tinton Falls, N.J., has been battling to get his son back ever since. While the Goldman case has been prominent in recent news coverage, it isn’t the only dramatic custody case being fought across international borders. The U.S. State Department says such parental abductions involving American children are rising. There were more than 1,000 new cases of American children taken by a parent to another country last year — a 35 percent increase over 2007, according to the department." Read the entire article: http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2009/06/14/news/b6-custody2nd.txt By Geoff Williams -- Parenting.com 6/15/2009 "One Mother's Day, I bought my wife what she had wanted for years -- a weeping cherry tree -- and I threw in a bird bath, so that when the tree matures, our feathered friends can happily splash and drink under its loving protection. For Father's Day, my wife gave me some boxer shorts and a tiny reading light, so I can flip through a book in bed without disturbing her. My wife is the first to admit it: For her, and for many people, Father's Day is an afterthought, a holiday just a few steps above the one that celebrates the groundhog and that other one that promotes trees. If Mom's Day and Dad's Day were in a prize fight, we all know which holiday would wind up lying in the corner of the ring, knocked-out teeth on the mat, dazed head stuck in a bucket. I've been thinking about how our society recognizes parents because Father's Day is upon us again, but also because, a while ago, my worst nightmare happened: My wife had to have surgery." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/personal/06/15/p.unfair.fathersday.afterthought/index.html By Yahoo News 6/12/2009 "U.S. pop star Madonna was allowed on Friday to adopt a second child from Malawai, though the father of the 4-year-old girl said he wants her back, a plea likely to stir fresh controversy for the singer. Malawi's Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling in April which said Madonna could not adopt Mercy James because she was not a resident of the southern African country. Rights groups have accused the government of giving Madonna special treatment and said the case would encourage foreigners to think they can adopt Malawian children at will. Mercy's father said Madonna, one of the music industry's most successful singers, should not be allowed to adopt Mercy. "No one wants to listen to me, I have protested this all along ... I want my child back but I don't know what to do now," James Kabewa told Reuters by telephone from his poor township. "Madonna cannot take her away." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090612/en_nm/us_malawi_madonna_5
By The Week Magazine 6/11/2009 "....Plenty of guys say men aren't natural parents, said Ellie White in Britain's The Sun. In addition to Michael Lewis, who writes that fatherhood can be "boring and demoralizing," there's Ben George, editor of the literary journal Ecotone, who says men are only beginning to talk openly about the "dark moments of fatherhood." And Fox News broadcaster Steve Doocy, author of the forthcoming book Tales From the Dad Side: Misadventures in Fatherhood, says men aren't wired for parenting the way women are. Men are wired to be good parents, said Aaron Traister in Salon, but many struggle to overcome pressure from a society that still tells them they should be making money and not taking care of babies. The old gender roles started crumbling the moment our moms entered the workforce. Instead of clinging to the responsibilities men think we should have, we should "embrace the ones that are right in front of us," the ones wearing the droopy diapers." Read the entire article: http://www.theweek.com/article/index/97503/Are_men_bad_parents
By News Channel 8 – District of Columbia 6/10/2009 "From playing checkers to teaching his four kids to read or play catch, one active military father from Virginia does it all to stay involved in his children's lives. Chief Quartermaster John Lehnen pulls double-duty, balancing his navy career with his family, and is now being recognized for going above and beyond. Read the entire article: http://www.news8.net/news/stories/0609/630742.html By Examiner.com 6/11/2009 "On Sunday, June 21, people all over the world will commemorate Father’s Day, a day set aside to honor men who have sacrificed to raise offspring. But, I often wonder about how children that don’t have fathers really feel. In the twenty-first century with our modern-day ideologies about responsible parenting, a lot of men fail to “father” their children. Not unlike males in the animal kingdom, they “hit that,” and go on to the next victim of unbridled passion and unprotected sex. Many men may never know the woman has conceived; and sadly, some women couldn’t identify their baby’s daddy without a paternity test! Anonymous absentee dads have become more the norm than the exception, far removed from the Biblical genealogies that recorded who begot whom with accuracy and aplomb. While we honor those fathers that elected to honorably marry and rear children, my heart aches for children that don’t know their dads. That missing link can make the difference between a child that is self-assured and feels secure and one that fails to connect emotionally and spiritually to those that offer love. A mother or grandmother, uncle, cousin, or older brother can never replace a birth father’s love, given freely, self-sacrificially, and without reservation. Mothers are not meant to be both Mom and Dad." Read the entire article: http://www.examiner.com/x-7327-Atlanta-Christianity-Examiner~y2009m6d11-Fathers-Day-a-challenge-to-absentee-fathers By Michael H. Venish -- The Real Truth - Ohio 6/5/2009 "Being a father is one of the most rewarding and exciting responsibilities a man could experience. Despite society’s reluctance to admit it, fathers undergird everything that is a family. Yet the very foundation of the family is under tremendous stress and trauma. In the last 45 years, the United States has become a world leader in fatherless families, followed by Britain and other nations. Daniel Patrick Moynihan wrote in his report to the Lyndon B. Johnson presidential administration, “From the wild Irish slums of the 19th century Eastern seaboard, to the riot-torn suburbs of Los Angeles, there is one unmistakable lesson in American history: a community that allows a large number of young men to grow up in broken families, dominated by women, never acquiring any stable relationship to male authority, never acquiring any set of rational expectations about the future…that community asks for and gets chaos, crime, violence, unrest, disorder.”.." Read the entire article: http://www.realtruth.org/articles/090605-004-family.html By Philadelphia Daily News - Pennsylvania - Opinion - 6/11/2009 "FATIMAH Ali's condemnation of the "Deadbeat Dads" TV show required courage and her personal experiences lend her views credibility. The show's unacceptability lies in the way it targets a single demographic group - divorced fathers - and offers a portrait in which all group members commit crimes. This is repugnant stereotyping. "Bridezilla" pokes fun at members of a specific class, but doesn't present them as candidates for incarceration. A program called "Mothers Who Abuse and Neglect Their Kids" could never appear. "Deadbeat Dads" should be treated the same way." Read the entire article: http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20090611_Letters__Bravo__Fatimah__on_brave__Deadbeat_Dads__commentary.html By Ken Lee -- People.com 6/9/2009 "The ill will from a divorce and custody battle between Kelly Rutherford and her husband has now apparently reached into the hospital delivery room. The Gossip Girl star welcomed her second child, daughter Helena, on Monday, but the actress's estranged husband, German entrepreneur Daniel Giersch, tells PEOPLE he was never notified of the birth, and instead read about it in online reports, some unfavorable toward him. "Media reports claiming that I neglected to attend my daughter's birth are total lies and fabrication," Giersch says in a statement. "I was never informed by Kelly about the birth of our daughter, nor was I invited to attend. In fact, I found out about it through Internet reports like everyone else. Although this sickens me, I am of course overjoyed that our baby was born healthy. I would've wanted nothing more than to hold our newborn daughter for a few moments, and I only seek to coparent both our children." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20284221,00.html By Bill Janis -- Opinion --Louisa Republican Committee- Virginia 6/7/2009 "...Social scientists and economists are an argumentative lot. They seldom agree about anything. But nearly all agree on one point: The decline of marriage, and of the two-parent family, is a major cause of child poverty, which, in turn, contributes to increased risks for children and greater demand for social services. The collapse of the family is a pandemic that poses a clear and present danger to all Virginians today.Approximately two-thirds of poor children live in single-parent homes. The collapse of marriage is also a major contributor to welfare dependence, crime, abuse, drugs, failure in school, and teen pregnancy. ..." Read the entire article: http://louisacountyrepublicans.blogspot.com/2009/06/bill-janis-op-ed-from-sundays-td.html By LivingstonDaily.com 6/8/2009 "A judge recently sentenced a bunch of deadbeat dads to attend episodes of "The Jerry Springer Show." He wanted them to witness their shabby lifestyle lampooned by other deadbeats in front of a live audience. Current out-of-wedlock birth statistics — about 40 percent, and perhaps higher in some communities — indicate something is amiss. It would appear that whatever passes for sex education these days is a washout. This is not to scorn or shame women who bear children out of wedlock. Every life is precious, both baby and mother. Raising kids and doing it well is tough enough work without further scandalizing, especially for a single parent. A supportive family is a precious gift to mother and child. A family should include a dad. Meanwhile, some of the nicest, most caring and diligent families I know are making do without a dad on staff. But that's not easy. ...The jarring statistic quoted above highlights the need to get an honest fix on how we've drifted into these shallows. We obviously need to pass along some sounder advice to pubescent children sailing out into a real world." Read the entire article: http://www.livingstondaily.com/article/20090608/OPINION01/906080312 By People.com 6/9/2009 "It's a boy for Thomas Beatie, better known as the Pregnant Man. Beatie, who was born a woman and then underwent a sex change operation, gained international attention last year when it was revealed he had become perhaps the first legally transgender male to get pregnant. A photo of the bearded Beatie with a pregnant belly became a sensation." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20284188,00.html By NJ.com 6/5/2009 "A Monmouth County father who has been trying for five years to get custody of his son in Brazil has returned home alone. David Goldman, from Tinton Falls, rushed to Rio de Janeiro earlier this week when a federal judge ruled that he should have custody of 9-year-old Sean. But the Brazilian Supreme Court later said it would review the decision and put off a handover. That court is scheduled to make some kind of ruling Wednesday. Goldman's wife, Bruna Bianchi, took the boy to her native Brazil in 2004. She died last year in childbirth, and the boy has been living with his mother's new husband." Read the entire article: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/06/monmouth_county_father_david_g.html By CNN.com 6/8/2009 ...On Sunday, the New York Times did just that, with a story headlined "If They Can Find Time For A Date Night..." The gist: if the Obamas — with Mom committed to her various causes and Dad trying to save the free world — can still find time for each other, hey, lame husband sitting on the couch watching sports, time to step it up. The writer suggests that the President has placed an "elbow in the ribs of husbands," while Jon Stewart has joked, "Take it down a notch, dude."....Yes, daily down time and date nights are cathartic and healthy: my wife and I, working parents with two young children, have strived, with varying amounts of success, to find the right moments to put out an APB for a sitter. But in the relationship department, no husband or couple should ever wonder why they're not meeting a standard set by the Obamas." Read the entire article: http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1903306,00.html?cnn=yes
By FoxNews.com 6/8/2009 "Gerhartsreiter, 48, is accused of snatching his daughter, Reigh, during a supervised visit in Boston last July. He and the girl were found six days later in Baltimore. She was unharmed. His defense lawyers say he is mentally ill and therefore not responsible for his actions. ...Denner said that when his wife filed for divorce and he later lost of his daughter, it was "the perfect storm that sent him over the edge." At that point, Denner said, he became delusional, believing that his daughter was communicating with him telepathically, telling him that she needed to be saved. "He believes that she is in great danger and he has to rescue her," Denner said." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,525444,00.html By Rebecca Hagelin -- Special to the Washington Times 6/8/2009 "Recently I saw a MasterCard commercial in which a preteen son arrogantly "teaches" the father environmental lessons while grocery shopping. Right After the son shows Dad the silly Earth-preserving "importance" of buying a reusable grocery bag, the tag line appears: "Helping your dad become a better man? Priceless." Such subtle messages about the supremacy of children over their dads are now common. Turn on the television and watch just about any channel for one evening and a particularly disgusting pattern begins to emerge: The "dad" is often portrayed as wimpy, ignorant and doltish. Everyone is smarter and more mature than Dad is. Nearly everyone else is also more attractive and physically fit. You would think that all fathers have actually become Homer Simpson. The unmistakable message behind such carefully crafted ads and images is that dads are disposable - they don't really contribute much to the family other than being the brunt of jokes." Read the entire article: http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jun/08/reliable-dads-deserve-respect/ By Joel Schwartzberg -- The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - Newark 6/4/2009 "I never thought being a divorced father would put me in a special interest group, but in doing marketing research for my memoir on divorced dadhood, I came across several "dads' rights" websites, activists, and blogs arguing for stronger chilI never thought being a divorced father would put me in a special interest group, but in doing marketing research for my memoir on divorced dadhood, I came across several "dads' rights" websites, activists, and blogs arguing for stronger child custody protections, fighting media stereotypes, and even debunking what they consider domestic violence myths. The volume of their buzzing reached a new decibel when Lifetime TV announced their intention to air Deadbeat Dads, a reality show in which National Child Support founder Jim Durham travels about the country, lassoing fathers who refuse to pay child support. Originally called "Bad Dads," the idea was floated -- then apparently sunk -- at FOX. The only real surprise is that it was never called "POPS."....The problem -- says Fathers & Families, a dad-vocacy group -- is that a strong majority of divorced dads with shared custody pay child support regularly, so such a program paints an unrealistic and demeaning stereotype of divorced fathers." Read the entire article: http://www.nj.com/parenting/joel_schwartzberg/index.ssf/2009/06/deadbeat_dads_is_lifetime_tv_s.html
By FoxNews.com 5/29/2009 "A Pennsylvania mother found at Walt Disney World after claiming she and her 9-year-old daughter were abducted by two men and stuffed into a car trunk waived her right to extradition Friday and will now head home to face charges. ...The ruse began to unravel shortly after Sweeten phoned 911 on Tuesday afternoon and told them she and her 9-year-old daughter had been carjacked and stuffed in the trunk of a dark Cadillac in Upper Southampton Township. The call touched off a frantic search for the pair that ended 30 hours later when police handcuffed Sweeten as she and the child returned to their hotel at the amusement park Wednesday night. ....Police say she drained several bank accounts and took a co-worker's driver's license before boarding a flight to Orlando. Sweeten has been charged with filing a false report and identity theft. The missing girl, Julia Rakoczy, was reunited with her father at an Orlando police station on Thursday afternoon, authorities said. She flew back to Philadelphia with her father, and police escorted them off the plane." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,522817,00.html By CNN.com 6/3/2009 "A Brazilian supreme court judge on Tuesday suspended a lower court's order that would have given custody of a 9-year-old boy to the U.S. Consulate in Rio de Janeiro, where he was to be reunited with his American father. Judge Marco Aurelio argued against taking Sean Richard Goldman from what has been his home for almost five years to the United States "in an abrupt manner." Doing so, he wrote in his order published on the court's Web site, could subject the boy to psychological harm. The decision, which means the entire Brazilian supreme court will take up the case, comes a day after a superior court justice ordered Sean taken Wednesday to the U.S. Consulate in Rio and handed over to his father, David Goldman, who arrived Tuesday from New Jersey to pick up his son." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/06/02/new.jersey.brazil.custody/index.html By Maggie Spain -- Cherry Creek News - Denver 5/28/2009 "Currently, 25 million American children are living apart from their fathers including two-thirds of African-American children. According to national research, children who grow up without fathers are five times more likely to live in poverty and commit crime; nine times more likely to drop out of school and 20 times more likely to end up in prison. Yet, as these grim statistics mount, a national trend is brewing to celebrate and encourage responsible fatherhood. This year on Father’s Day, groups across the country will hold symposiums, conferences and events to celebrate dad. In Denver, the Be There for Your Kids campaign will host the 2009 Colorado Fatherhood Rally on Saturday, June 20 in the Meadows at City Park. Beginning at 10:30 a.m., the Rally will include a fatherhood recognition program featuring Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Jr., Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper, other notable fathers and the 2009 Be There for Your Kids Awards winners. The Colorado Rally will also include a message from a rally taking place on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The host organization for this event, the National Partnership for Community Leadership, has challenged more than one million fathers, fatherhood organizations and supporters across the country to come together and celebrate and encourage responsible fatherhood. Speakers for the event will include Ed Gordon, broadcaster and founder of Daddy’s Promise, U.S. Congressman Danny K. Davis and many more well- known fathers. President Barack Obama has also received an invitation to attend." Read the entire article: http://www.thecherrycreeknews.com/content/view/4445/86/ By Coventry Telegraph – United Kingdom 6/3/2009 "PETER NDLOVU has been told he must pay child maintenance to his estranged wife - until the results of a paternity test are known next month. The former Highfield Road fans' favourite was ordered to pay £377 a month to ex-wife Sharon Dee until the test results of her two children are revealed next month. The fleet-footed winger handed himself into the Zimbabwe authorities last week after an arrest warrant was issued for his failure to turn up at court. Nww Zimbabwe reports that the South African magistrate granted in the interim order after Ndlovu demanded a paternity test." Read the entire article: http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/coventry-city-fc/football-rumours-gossip/2009/06/03/peter-ndlovu-to-pay-child-maintenance-until-test-results-arrive-92746-23776217/ By Blaine Harden -- Washington Post 6/2/2009 "North Korea's ailing leader has chosen his youngest son as heir to the family dynasty that rules the secretive state, South Korea's intelligence service told lawmakers in Seoul. Kim Jong Un, 26, who attended a Swiss boarding school and reportedly admires basketball great Michael Jordan, is the third son of Kim Jong Il, the "Dear Leader" who suffered a stroke last summer and who has since appeared thin and frail. He is the grandson of the late Kim Il Sung, the "Great Leader" and founding dictator of North Korea. If Kim Jong Un does become the new leader -- and there are analysts who doubt the decision is final -- this second consecutive father-to-son handoff would be unique among nations that call themselves communist. There was no indication, however, that Kim Jong Il would be handing over power anytime soon." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/01/AR2009060103750.html?referrer=emailarticle
By Gabriella Boston -- Washington Times 5/31/2009 ..."Not so fast, says Andrew Sum, a labor-economics professor at Northeastern University in Boston: "Unemployment numbers will continue to be high." Those numbers are particularly gruesome among young, black males, which is beyond worrisome for the black family and community, experts in those areas say. For example, for black males ages 20 to 24, the unemployment rate is close to 50 percent; in the black community overall, men have absorbed 100 percent of the job losses 463,000 jobs since the recession started in November 2007. And even if the economy grows by the forecasted 1.3 percent, it's not enough to create job growth, says Mr. Sum, who doesn't anticipate any net job growth until 2011. "From a fatherhood perspective, it's going to have an enormous impact on an already fragile community," says Roland Warren, president of the National Fatherhood Initiative, a nonprofit group aimed at "increasing the proportion of children growing up with an involved, responsible and committed father." "So much of the traditional view of the father revolves around his ability to provide," says Mr. Warren, who writes a column for The Washington Times." Read the entire article: http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/31/recession-hits-black-men/ 29-year-old father of 21 ordered to pay child support with minimum-wage salaryTuesday, 02 June 2009
By Amelia Robinson | Springfield News Sun - Ohio 6/2/2009 "The Volunteer State has a baby-making monster on its hands. Desmond Hatchett, a minimum-wage earner from Knoxville, Tenn., has heard “Desmond you are the father” 21 times. He appeared in a juvenile court last week for 11 cases involving 15 of his children. Eleven seems to be his lucky number. Hatchett’s children range in age from 11 years old to 11 months old. Keith Pope, Hatchett’s attorney, said there is no way Hatchett can support that many children. “The state of Tennessee has had to step in,” he told KCAL 9. Some of the Hatchett’s baby mamas only receive $1.98 a month in child support. For his part, the Hatchett said all of his baby mamas knew what they were getting into." Read the entire article: http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/seen_and_overheard/entries/2009/06/02/29yearold_father_of_21_ordered.html By Fort Worth Star Telegram - Texas 5/31/2009 "The Texas attorney general’s office recently released its list of top child-support evaders, and there was something notable that was never mentioned. It’s not called the list of deadbeat dads anymore. Of the top five worst evaders, two were women. Did you read any news stories on this? I know I didn’t. Granted, I’m more sensitive to this matter. Until a few months ago, I was a single father with full custody of my son. While this often made me an anomaly at school functions, soccer games and child birthday parties, it gave me a unique perspective on how this world treats men who want to be involved in their children’s lives. Let’s just say it is not very positive. When my son was taken from me across state lines, there was no help; certainly not from the law. In the tradition of the American and Texan spirit, I went and got him on my own. After we returned, I sought some assistance to get him in day care and make sure he had food. Imagine my shock when a state-appointed worker told me that she would not help me with my child, but if the mother came in they would help her." Read the entire article: http://www.star-telegram.com/242/story/1405534.html - News & Observer – North Carolina 6/1/2009 "For years, Steven Injasoulian and his former wife didn't need a judge to tell them how to pay for their 4-year-old son. They had a simple verbal agreement: Injasoulian provided health insurance and paid child support. But that was before Injasoulian, a surveyor, lost his job last June, as the housing industry in North Carolina began to stagger. Since then, Injasoulian has joined a fast-growing army in North Carolina: noncustodial parents struggling to make child-support payments without a paycheck. "I want to do right by my kid," said the young father." Read the entire article: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1550242.html By Brian Reisinger • Wausau Daily Herald • 5/23/2009 "...."One week we found out we were having a baby, and the next week, we found out we only had one income," Buksa, 40, said as his now 6-month-old daughter, Megan, peered about their living room in the Taylor County village of Rib Lake. Buksa is among a surging number of central Wisconsin residents, particularly men, who unexpectedly are becoming stay-at-home parents in the national recession. Their new role is a direct consequence of rising unemployment rates, which for March reached 12.1 percent in Wausau. Although men and women both have faced layoffs, industries that typically employ more men, such as housing and manufacturing, are struggling the most. The national unemployment rate among men was 10 percent in April, compared with 7.6 percent among women, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics. The rate for men has grown almost twice as rapidly as that of women since January. The recent growth in at-home fatherhood mirrors a larger social movement. With women taking on a larger role in the professional world in recent decades, experts say it's natural for more men to stay at home than in the past." Read the entire article: http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20090523/WDH0101/905230655/1981
By Fatimah Ali -- Philadelphia Daily News 5/26/2009 "JUST WHEN I thought TV couldn't sink any lower with some of its toxic programming, yet another new reality show is poised to hit the lineup - "Deadbeat Dads" on Lifetime. The show targets fathers who refuse to pay child support, and features businessman Jim Durham's collection agency, called National Child Support. My first "primal thought" was darn, they got here 15 years too late to help me. But my more spiritually evolved side knows better, and I realize those evil thoughts are just wrong. Durham and the Lifetime producers who created the show are the ones who should be flogged - for using the woes of single mothers and their children to boost ratings. .....While he was still alive, the reasons I didn't want him imprisoned were simple, as well as selfish. I didn't want to have to take our children to visit him in jail because I knew it would be traumatic. But mostly I realized that having him arrested would prevent him from working and put yet another stigma on our already challenged life. Two decades later, I still feel just as strongly that throwing deadbeat parents in jail is a stupid idea. And it definitely shouldn't be televised. This only causes. more problems in a child's life. The residual effects that deadbeat parents have on kids are way deeper than the unpaid money and leave deep psychological scars." Read the entire article: http://www.philly.com/philly/phillywomen/20090526_Fatimah_Ali___Deadbeat_Dads__an_insult_to_reality.html By HEART TO HEART With Betty Ann Blaine - Jamaica Observer - Jamaica 5/26/2009 "Good news seems hard to come by in Jamaica these days, but not so this past week. In the space of two days, the government launched the Ananda Alert Child Abduction System, and Parliament moved to adopt the motion that the names of fathers will be placed on the birth certificates of their children. Member of Parliament Ronnie Thwaites must be congratulated for his instrumentality and perseverance in introducing and shepherding the bill to legalise paternity. Mandatory registration of fathers has been long overdue. Ensuring that a child at birth is afforded the names of both his mother and father, is, as far as I am concerned, an inalienable right. After all, this is not slavery where children were denied their biological identity and were forced to take on the slave owners' last names. A friend of mine keeps reminding me that even pedigree dogs have birth certificates with the names of both parents. In fact, even the names of their grandparents. The question she asks is, if the dogs have it, why not our children? The mandatory registration of fathers is an important first step in what I hope will be a structured and systematic programme of family life reconstruction and restoration in this country." Read the entire article: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/html/20090525T170000-0500_152197_OBS_GOOD_NEWS_FOR_CHILDREN_.asp By YahooNews.com 5/23/2009 "A 6-year-old boy grabbed the wheel of his family's pickup truck when his father passed out from low blood sugar, keeping the vehicle from crashing until an officer could bring it to a halt, police said. Tustin Mains was in the back seat with his 3-year-old brother Sunday when his father, Phillip Mains, slumped over at the wheel, the boy told police. The family had been driving home from a restaurant. "I remember getting up to about the mall — that was about 6:45," Mains told The North Platte Telegraph. "The next thing I remember was waking up to the officer and paramedics, and it was 8:15." Tustin leapt into his father's lap so he could steer and see out the windshield. Mains' foot had slipped off the accelerator, but even at idle the Chevrolet Avalanche was going an estimated 10-15 mph, police said. The kindergartner steered the truck several blocks, even turning around when he entered a neighborhood he didn't recognize, until he was spotted by police." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090523/ap_on_re_us/us_boy_driver By People.com 5/26/2009 "For Tom Brady it seems that absence really does make the heart grow fonder. The football star shares custody of his 1½-year-old son John Edward Thomas with ex, Bridget Moynahan – but he says that arrangement makes the time with his boy even more important. "I don't see him every day, and we play when I change his diaper: lifting his leg up, playing with his toes, biting his feet," the New England Patriots quarterback tells Sports Illustrated in its June 1, issue on newsstands Wednesday. "There's a different appreciation. If you had him every day, you'd go, 'Let's just get this done.' But when you get him, say, one week a month, you're like, 'This is so cool!'"..." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20281096,00.html By People.com 5/26/2009 "Where do Jon and Kate Gosselin go from here? Even they don't entirely know, say the couple after the heartbreaking season premiere of their TLC show, Jon & Kate Plus Eight, drew a record-breaking audience of 9.8 million viewers. "As many couples do, we are navigating a very difficult time," the couple said in a statement. "Our current situation brings us together around the children and some times sets us apart. We keep our faith that we will make the right decisions for our family." In Monday's highly-anticipated season premiere, the Gosselins came together to throw a fifth birthday party for their sextuplets, but remained unsure about where they stand as a couple following difficulties in their marriage and media scrutiny." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20281079,00.html By L.L. Braiser - Detroit Free Press - Michigan 5/26/2009 "Ray, a journeyman electrician, unemployed and desperate, left Macomb County two weeks ago for work in Oklahoma. It meant leaving his two daughters, the subjects of an upcoming custody battle with his soon-to-be ex-wife. "I would never, ever have left my children," he said. "But I had no work. I looked for seven months and couldn't get a callback. I couldn't sleep at night ... With no work, I wasn't doing my children any good." Ray, who asked that his last name not be used to protect his daughters' privacy, is among hundreds of divorced and divorcing parents in Michigan looking to leave the state to find work. In some cases, they also are seeking a reduction in the amount of child support they pay. The requests, once rare, are now becoming commonplace as Michigan's economy continues to crumble. For those who stay in Michigan, child support often comes out of their unemployment checks; the amount of child support withheld from unemployment payments jumped 135% in the last year." Read the entire article: http://www.freep.com/article/20090526/NEWS03/905260360/A+divorced+parent+s+dilemma++Leave+kids+to+find+work By Cathy Young -- Boston Globe -- 5/26/2009 "IN THE past 10 years, with my biological clock winding down and no husband in sight, I have been asked quite a few times if I had considered having a child on my own. What used to be scandalous is now practically a conventional life choice. This is borne out by a new report released recently by the National Center for Health Statistics. Nearly 40 percent of all babies born in the United States in 2007, up from 34 percent in 2002 and 18 percent in 1980, were born to unmarried women. While unwed childbearing is much more common in black and Hispanic communities, the trend cuts across racial lines; moreover, it is driven primarily by women in their 20s and 30s, not teens. Should we treat single motherhood as "the new normal" or as a problem that needs to be addressed? And what about the fathers? For some, the growth of single-mother families is a sign of female empowerment. If children without fathers fare worse than children in two-parent families, say defenders of single mothers, the answer is better pay for women and better social programs. Yet even in Sweden with its generous welfare state, a major 2003 study found that children raised in single-parent homes were at significantly higher risk for addictions and serious psychiatric problems."..." Read the entire article: http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/05/26/single_mothers_and_the_baby_boom/ By Beloit Daily News - Wisconsin 5/20/2009 "Several agency representatives from the Stateline Area were on hand in Madison recently when the Fatherhood Initiative was honored with the 12th Annual Governor's Excellence in Community Action Award. The award was presented during the Wisconsin Community Action Program Association annual meeting in Madison. The Stateline United Way provided $95,000 in start-up money for the pilot program in 2007. The funding was made possible because the annual Stateline United Way fundraising campaign had exceeded its goal. “We consider this to be a shared award and a program that would not have been possible without (Stateline United Way's) vision and leadership,” said Lisa Furseth, executive director of Community Action." Read the entire article: http://www.beloitdailynews.com/articles/2009/05/20/news/local_news/news2007.txt EDITORIAL: Anti-Dad bias: Why is the father always the villain on American TV?Thursday, 21 May 2009
By Washington Times 5/18/2009 ..."Lifetime TV's new reality show, "Deadbeat Dads," centers around National Child Support founder Jim Durham, who finds and confronts dads who do not pay their child support. Reuters news agency reports that Mr. Durham "functions as sort of a 'Dog the Bounty Hunter' for tracking deadbeats ... it's ambush reality TV." However, the reality show, originally developed at Fox as "Bad Dads" and later dropped, is Lifetime's attempt to take cheap shots at men while ignoring the damage the show can cause children, wives and other family members. The Lifetime TV program ignores the numbers. More than 90 percent of fathers with joint custody paid the support due, according to a Census Bureau report (Series P-23, No. 173). So deadbeats are in the minority. Also, most so-called deadbeat dads actually are dead broke. Two-thirds of men who fail to make child-support payments earn poverty-level wages, according to the Federal Office." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/18/anti-dad-bias/ By Radio New Zealand - New Zealand 5/20/2009 "The Minister of Revenue, Peter Dunne, says the system does not take into account the income of a mother's new partner. Mr Dunne expects to seek public input on the issue by August. Coalition of Fathers spokesperson Jim Bagnall says child support is an inflexible system which fails to calculate how much it costs to raise a child. He says thousands of families are struggling to meet payments, and some fathers are at their wits' end, or even suicidal." Read the entire article: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2009/05/20/1245b04feea9 By People.com 5/20/2009 "Although they both stated in January they'd try to co-parent amicably, Gossip Girl star Kelly Rutherford and estranged husband Daniel Giersch are facing off in court again in a dispute over their 2-year-old son. Rutherford, 40, who claims son Hermes is in danger because Giersch, 34, leaves the swimming pool uncovered at his Los Angeles home, hired a private eye last week to conduct three days of video surveillance on the German businessman, court documents show." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20280159,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines By Beth Wheelock -- WCLO - Wisconsin 5/14/2009 "Community Action's Fatherhood Initiative program is earning accolades from the state. Program Coordinator Lamar Pulliam says in order to help the program participants become gainfully employed, they help get child support in order, fix relationships with the mothers, find transportation to jobs and help the men with their GEDs. Pulliam says through the program the men can start work without those issues on their back. The program won a "Governor's Excellence in Community Action" award this month." Read the entire article: http://wclo.com/news/2009/may/14/beloit-fatherhood-initiative-earns-state-honors/ By Rosemary Black -- DAILY NEWS -- 5/18/2009 "The 11-month-old twin boys born to a Texas mom have a lot in common, but one thing they don’t share is a father. That’s because their mother, Mia Washington, cheated on her partner, James Harrison, according to the Daily Mail, and her fling resulted in a one-in-a-million double conception. The result is that one twin, Jordan, is James’s son but the other one, Justin, was fathered by a man whose identity has not been released. The Dallas mother became suspicious about her sons’ paternity when she realized that their facial features were dissimilar, according to the Daily Mail. She visited Clear Diagnostics DNA Lab, had a paternity test, and learned that there was just a 0.001 chance that the twins could have the same father. Read the entire article: http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/health/2009/05/18/2009-05-18_texas_woman.html By Wendy Koch -- USA TODAY 5/18/2009 ...."As parents struggle to raise children in a weak economy, a half-dozen large adoption agencies are reporting that more women with unplanned pregnancies are considering placing their babies for adoption rather than keeping them. Many of these women are in their 20s and already have at least one child, says Joan Jaeger of The Cradle, the Chicago-area agency that placed Joie. She says 30% more women are inquiring about placing a child for adoption than a year ago. "The economy has made them take a second look at adoption," says Scott Mars of American Adoptions, a private agency in Overland Park, Kan. In the past year, he's seen a 10% to 12% increase in women inquiring about placing a child for adoption and a 7% to 10% increase in actual placements, as strong demand for healthy infants continues to outstrip the supply. "We've seen a dramatic increase in girls calling us from the hospital," says Joseph Sica of Adoption By Shepherd Care, an agency in Hollywood, Fla. He says they expect to get help to raise their children, so they wait, but after they give birth and no help arrives, they call. He had 14 such adoptions in 2008, up from 11 in 2007 and four in 2006." Read the entire article: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-05-18-mother_N.htm?csp=34
By Carolyn Hax / Tell Me About it - Boston Herald 5/10/2009 "I’m writing to you because I don’t know who else to ask. My wife and I have been happily married for six years. We have a beautiful daughter, age 2. For about the past six months I have suspected my daughter isn’t really “mine.” I have never suspected my wife of cheating on me, but for a number of reasons I cannot quiet my suspicions about the baby. I have not confronted my wife because I know that might devastate our marriage. But I have to know. What should I do?" Read the entire article: http://news.bostonherald.com/entertainment/lifestyle/view/2009_05_10_Weigh_paternity_doubts_vs__worst-case_outcome/srvc=home&position=recent By LEE LOGAN -- Fort Mills Times – South Carolina 5/11/2009 "JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — James McClendon knows he's not the biological father of his ex-girlfriend's 16-year-old son. He's got a DNA test to prove it. But his wages are trimmed each month to pay thousands in child support debt. McClendon, who lives in St. Louis, has been fighting a 10-year legal battle to overturn a paternity ruling that says he's the child's father. Between legal bills, supporting his three biological children and several failed jobs, he's built up $25,000 in child support debt. I'm not the kid's father. Why am I still being prosecuted for this?" said McClendon, 36. "How can I go on with my life with that type of debt?"
Stories like McClendon's have inspired more than 30 states to adopt laws in the past decade allowing men to challenge paternity rulings with genetic tests, which can achieve nearly total accuracy. At least nine states this year are considering legislation to either allow DNA paternity challenges or expand them. Missouri could become the latest state to join the trend. A bill pending Gov. Jay Nixon's signature would give men two years to contest paternity rulings with a DNA test. A spokesman for the governor said he plans to review the bill after the legislative session ends May 15." Read the entire article: http://www.fortmilltimes.com/124/story/560789.html By John Bingham --Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom 4/30/2009 "Couples who have children outside wedlock should be automatically married by the State to discourage them from splitting up, a key government adviser is proposing. Prof Julian Le Grand, the architect of a clutch of New Labour policies such as baby bonds, is calling for marriage to be the legal "default" setting for new parents. Without having to undergo a public ceremony or take any vows, they should simply be regarded as married in law as soon as the child's birth is registered, Prof Le Grand, Tony Blair's former Downing Street health adviser, said. Those who later decide to separate would have to go to court to seek a divorce in exactly the same way as a couple who had married formally in church or a register office. The London School of Economics professor, who is also chairman of Health England, argued that the idea would make family units more secure." Read the entire article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/labour/5250767/Couples-with-children-outside-wedlock-should-be-married-by-the-State.html By TONYAA WEATHERSBEE - The Florida Times-Union 5/11/2009 "As the school day ended recently at St. Clair Evans Academy, and the children began to file out the doors, one class was just beginning — a class for men. These men had learned their ABCs long ago; what they needed to learn on this day was the basics on being a father. No one had taught them that. At least not until Ronnie Cage came along. Cage, 47, has been supplying those lessons since 2003, when he became a parent educator with the Jacksonville Children’s Commission. He’s been continuing those lessons as a contract manager and program associate with the commission, as well as through his consulting company." Read the entire article: http://www.bradenton.com/331/story/1429175.html By Iowa City Press-Citizen • 5/5/2009 "Matt Hills thought he was alone in his frustration about the custody battle over his son. At first, he was angry and wanted to fight the decision that put his son in the mother's care. But, "after a year or two of fighting, you're dejected," said Hills, who lives in West Branch. In 2006, Hills found IowaFathers.com, a support group that has a message board and resources online and also hosts monthly or more frequent meetings. Hills started a group meeting in the Iowa City/Coralville area in April. When his custody case was heard, the judge made a ruling without giving Hills a chance to speak, he said. "My case was not unlike others," Hills said. "I was influenced by the system -- by law enforcement, by attorneys, by judges." Hills said a social stigma and stereotype exists about noncustodial parents. "Most of the ones I meet want to spend time with their children," he said." Read the entire article: http://www.press-citizen.com/article/20090505/NEWS01/905050315/1079/Support+group+looks+to+help+noncustodial+parents By San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA 5/5/2009 "With a centennial celebration of Father's Day coming next month, and a new president committed to supporting better parenting, liberals and conservatives alike say the political stars may be aligned for major progress in promoting responsible fatherhood. It's an issue that's been divisive in the past, even as research made clear that the estimated 24 million children growing up with absent fathers — a disproportionate number of them African-American — are at higher risk in regard to poverty, crime and other social problems. But the left-right divide over the government's role in solidifying such families appears to be narrowing at this stage of Barack Obama's presidency. "This is a watershed moment, to say the least," said Roland Warren, president of the National Fatherhood Initiative. "With President Obama — the first African-American husband and father in the White House — there's a unique opportunity here to draw attention to the issue." Numerous events are planned around Father's Day — ranging from policy symposiums to a National Rally for Responsible Fatherhood at the Lincoln Memorial. Obama, raised in the absence of his own father, has been invited to the rally and is expected to mark the day with an appeal for men to be more involved in their children's lives." Read the entire article: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/05/05/national/a121659D71.DTL&type=health By Roland S. Martin CNN.com Contributor 5/6/2009 ".....See, I take seriously the importance of fathers -- men -- in the lives of children. My wife and I don't have children of our own, but we are raising four of my nieces because they were struggling at home. They need to see a husband and a wife caring for them, but also instilling the right values in their lives. I am convinced that our city streets have turned into killing fields because dads have abdicated their responsibility in the raising of their children. Yes, mom is vital. But there is something different about dad speaking, lecturing, cajoling, disciplining, embracing, loving and caring. Our schools are filled with children losing their minds, and teachers unable to control them. When that happens, it's typically mom, grandma or an aunt coming to the school to deal with the problem. Ask a teacher or principal today and they will say they rarely see dads. My mom has gotten ticked at times because I often talk more about my father than her on TV or radio. It's not that I don't love or appreciate her. But I do it because it is rare to hear men, especially black men, speaking affirmatively about their fathers. I know what it means to have a dad raising and caring for you, and not seeing his child in a drive-by style, or just sending a check. Dads must be present and accounted for, playing a vital role in their children's life. That's why I appreciated it when President Obama spoke about the issue of fatherhood on the campaign trail. We all know the story of his father leaving when he was 2 years old. And yes, he was able to be successful. But for every Obama, there are numerous boys who aren't able to hold it together." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/05/06/martin.fathers/ By Spero News -- USA 5/5/2009 "President Fernando Lugo of Paraguay, a former Catholic bishop, gave a declaration to the nation’s justice system that he would be willing to be subjected to a DNA test to prove that his is not the father of a child that is claimed to be his. On April 22, Benigna Leguizamón claims to be the putative mother of a child sired by the former prelate. Lugo claims, moreover, that he did not have sex with the claimant but that he is willing to have a DNA test done in Paraguay. However, the claimant mother is demanding that a test be conducted in a foreign jurisdiction." Read the entire article: http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idCategory=33&idsub=192&id=19180&t=Former+Catholic+bishop+pestered+by+paternity+suits By Jovie Baclayon E-Online 5/2/2009 "...In an interview airing Monday on CBS' The Early Show, 15-year-old James Kambewa is once again voicing his opposition to Madonna's adoption bid for his 3-year-old daughter, Chifundo "Mercy" James. "I want to take care of her and I'm capable to take care of my baby," he says. "Mercy, she is a Malawian—so [I] need her to grow as a Malawian, as well with our culture." In the interview, Kambewa is wearing a necklace he made bearing his daughter’s name but says has never held or even met her in person. The little girl's birth mother died shortly after childbirth. Lucy Chekechiwa, Mercy’s maternal grandmother, says she, too, was initially opposed to the adoption but eventually gave in. “I did not want my granddaughter to be adopted,” she says, “but because they have been persistent enough, I have been forced to let my granddaughter go." On Monday, Team Madonna will make her appeal before Malawi's Chief Justice Lovemore Munlo. In April, a judge rejected the 50-year-old superstar's adoption request because she doesn't meet the minimum 18-month residency requirement." Read the entire article: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b121905_bio-dad_madonna_dont_have_mercy.html
By Kevin OShea -- The Detroit News - Michigan 4/27/2009 "We're familiar with the term "deadbeat dads." I've long felt it's unfair to paint any fathers who might be behind on child support (or contesting a child support order) as "deadbeats," regardless of their circumstances. Yes, there are dads who refuse to meet their obligations to help support their children, but there are also many fathers who can't make ends meet through no fault of their own. Now comes the Lifetime cable channel with a new reality show called (what creativity!) "Deadbeat Dads." The idea is to track down and ambush men who are behind on their child support payments and then get them to pay by any means necessary. At least one fathers advocacy group has organized a protest, encouraging viewers and others to call, fax and/or e-mail Lifetime Television executives in protest. The plan has a chance of succeeding: a similar effort last year convinced Fox Television, the originator of the show (then called "Bad Dads") to drop it from its schedule. Read the entire article: http://apps.detnews.com/apps/blogs/dadsblog/index.php?blogid=508 By Clive McFarlane -- Columnists Telegram.com 4/29/2009 "Joseph Becker is no pin-up dad, and he doesn’t claim to be one. In 1988, after someone took a baseball bat to his head, he came out of a 3-1/2 month coma to learn that he was the father of a baby girl. Read the entire article: http://www.telegram.com/article/20090429/COLUMN44/904290384/1008/NEWS02 By Armstrong Williams -- Opinion,The CuttingEdgeNews.com 4/27/2009 "Recently that the Centers for Disease Control has estimated that nearly forty percent of U.S. births in 2007 occurred outside of wedlock. That number is overall for the nation. It is one thing when teenagers and members of lower socioeconomic classes fall prey to this phenomenon. But the reality of out-of-wedlock births at such a high rate across the social gamut suggests that the problem has spread much wider than ever could have been imagined. This alarming number of out-of-wedlock births across age and socioeconomic sectors signals nothing less than the wholesale disintegration of our American family. Welcome to the dawn of the age of the American Lust Child. Some would question why it matters. What does society care whether or not children are born to wedded mothers at all? After all if the parents are together but not married, or single but wealthy enough to support the child, then no big deal right? Wrong. There is more to raising children than just food, clothing and shelter. There is the quintessential non-material connection that two parents provide that cannot be quantified in dollars and cents, but are just as essential for that child to grow up and become a productive member of society." Read the entire article: http://www.thecuttingedgenews.com/index.php?article=11279&pageid=16&pagename=Opinion By Terry Shelton -- Reunite Fatherhood Families - USA 4/29/2009 "..."Promoting responsible fatherhood…is one of the most important things we can do to reduce child poverty” Former Vice President Al Gore at the National Fatherhood Initiative’s National Summit on Fatherhood in June, 2000. Father absence and poverty are strongly related. Data shows that it’s more difficult to get fathers to provide financial support when they are not married to the mother and when they lack an emotional connection to their children. Children in father-absent homes are five times more likely to be poor. In 2002, 7.8 percent of children in married-couple families were living in poverty, compared to 38.4 percent of children in female-houseolder familes. 1 Fourty-five percent of unmarried mothers in large U.S. cities are poor and another 28% are “near poor”, with incomes 200% below the poverty line. 2..." Read the entire article: http://rffdads.org/index.php?s=Father+Absence+and+Poverty By Belleville News Democrat - Illinois 4/30/2009 "We know, we know . . . your life is a soap opera as it is without adding other issues and responsibilities to your already full plate. But can you afford to miss out on some great advice on dealing with divorce - and all the fallout that comes with it? Granted, reading may not be a priority on your to-do list - but it should be. It is important for divorced men to read about the pain they are experiencing and learn how to eliminate it so they can move on. "Men must face their fears and empty every skeleton from the closet. What you fearfully deny and run from will only follow you to resurface in future relationships," said Paul F. Davis, relational expert and author of several books including "Breakthrough for a Broken Heart" and "Are You Ready for True Love?" Men also need to process their pain and deal with their unfinished business to prevent it from sabotaging meaningful relationships, he said. One way of doing this is to seek out books that will help to mend their broken hearts and provide future action steps. Though men are less apt than women to read books, men are more inclined to read than to seek counseling, noted Davis." Read the entire article: http://www.bnd.com/251/story/750268.html By Mindelle Jacobs --The Beacon Herald - Canada 4/30/2009 "This is the tragedy of a messed up mom who couldn't parent, a stable dad who wanted to but was overlooked and a troubled child who's been raised by the state. Some men don't want anything to do with the children they've fathered. Others, like David, do but end up shut out of their kids' lives because of hostile ex-partners, government bureaucracy and legal fees that sap their spirits as well as their bank accounts. I'd like to identify David (not his real name) but I can't because his daughter, almost 17, is in foster care in B.C. She has been a permanent ward of the state since age 8, when she was removed from her unfit mother's care. When a child is taken into protective custody, both parents are supposed to be served with court papers. Somehow, David, 44, an Edmonton computer systems analyst, was never contacted. So a father who'd been looking for his daughter for 15 years was denied the right to parent and a child who had often wondered about her dad grew up angry and suicidal in state care." Read the entire article: http://www.stratfordbeaconherald.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1543532 By Marion Star – Ohio 4/25/2009 "It probably comes as no surprise that in child support cases that involve delinquent payments there can be quite a bit of animosity and some less-than-reasonable behavior on the part of the parents. But a case that we recently reviewed here - at the Supreme Court of Ohio - was something of an exception to that general trend. The case involved a woman named Christina Byrd Reeder and a man named Brian K. Knuckles who are the biological parents of a child whose name we don't need to mention. In an earlier court ruling Knuckles was ordered to pay child support; he ultimately ended up owing a child-support arrearage of $7,420.16. But here's where the case takes a bit of a twist. Reeder and Knuckles reached an agreement: Christina would renounce half the arrearage, and Knuckles would consent to the adoption of their child by Brad Reeder, Christina Reeder's husband. After the adoption, the child-support order was terminated, and Knuckles filed a motion to abate half the arrearage, in accordance with the agreement that he had reached with Christina and Brad. But the juvenile court denied the motion. Why did it reach that conclusion? The juvenile court relied on an Ohio law which states: "A court or child support enforcement agency may not retroactively modify an obligor's duty to pay a delinquent support payment." The "obligor" - the person obligated to pay - was, in this instance, Knuckles." Read the entire article: http://www.marionstar.com/article/20090425/OPINION/904260301/-1/newsfront2 By Bob Unruh -- World Net Daily 4/28/2009 "Supporters of a plan to amend the U.S. Constitution to include parental rights are warning moms and dads across the United States they already are losing their rights to make decisions regarding their children's health, education, welfare, finances, sex education, access to abortion and even leisure time. "The erosion is upon us," said Michael Farris, founder of the Home School Legal Defense Association, a college and a church and now a dedicated leader in the effort to change the U.S. Constitution through the amendment process to restore and protect parental rights." Read the entire article: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=96022 By Darryl A. Cobbin -- Huffington Post 4/27/2009 "...Conversations about the impact the economy and unemployment, or the threat of it, are having on relationships are glaringly absent in the media, and it's high time we started a dialogue. Financial pressures wreak havoc on even the best of marriages. Divorce rates hover around 50% and money issues are among the top causes, so we're facing a tsunami of marital crises in this country. We have been enjoying years of prosperity and this is the first time in a long time many of us have had to do without. It's come at us like a body blow, and now we're facing a whole new reality. But we don't have to do it alone. We're all going through it. As a husband and father I always prided myself on being a good provider to my family. A great deal of my identity was tied up with my jobs, and being able to pay for the best "things" in life for my wife and three beautiful daughters. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/darryl-a-cobbin/marriage-and-family-stimu_b_191830.html By Andy Sher -- Chattanooga Times Free Press.com 4/27/2009 "Men can stop making child support payments after learning through genetic testing the child was actually fathered by someone else under legislation approved this morning by the House. House Bill 805, sponsored by Rep. Stacey Campfield, R-Knoxville, passed on a 66-24 vote. Three lawmakers abstained. Rep. Campfield, who has dubbed the measure the “baby daddy bill,” said the issue is fairness. It would not apply in cases where the man has legally adopted the child. Another provision says support payments must continue for 60 days after childhood is “disestablished.”.." Read the entire article: http://timesfreepress.com/news/2009/apr/23/baby-daddy-child-support-bill-passes-house/?breakingnews By The Post-Standard/Opinion - Syracuse.com – New York 4/21/2009 "For years, research has shown that fathers who are involved in their children's lives have a strong and lasting impact. The children's lives are affected in many critical ways, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families. Children with active fathers are more likely to grow up with healthy self-esteem, are better off financially and are less likely to drop out of school, get involved with crime or commit suicide. They are more likely to improve their test scores and develop good problem-solving skills. That is why a pilot program from the state Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance shows so much promise." Read the entire article: http://www.syracuse.com/opinion/index.ssf?/base/opinion-3/1240320929217640.xml&coll=1 By Matt Zapotosky and Dan Morse -- Washington Post 4/25/2009 "Three black hearses led hundreds of cars yesterday on a procession through a town in Frederick County, creeping by stop signs draped with pastel ribbons and passing within view of a pale yellow house where bouquets and teddy bears have collected on the front porch. Each hearse carried a coffin. Inside one coffin were the bodies of two brothers, 5 and 4. Inside another was their mother and their 2-year-old sister. And in the third was Christopher Wood, 34, who last week killed them and then himself. "Nobody's ever going to know why," said Middletown resident Brenda Blank, who lived near the family, which had outwardly seemed untroubled. "We'll never have the answer." But to some psychologists and criminologists, at least part of the explanation lies in the financial pressures bearing down on families across the nation. Increasingly, callers to suicide hotlines complain of money problems. For a troubled few, including Wood, the response to such stress is to kill their wives and children and then themselves, experts said." Read the entire article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/24/AR2009042402524.html?wpisrc=newsletter By Yahoo News 4/22/2009 "The father of Sarah Palin's grandchild said Wednesday night that he might pursue legal action against the Alaska governor's family, who he says has cut off communication with him and are no longer letting him see their son Tripp. Levi Johnston said during an interview on CNN's "Larry King Live" that he has hired an attorney in hopes of compelling former fiancé Bristol Palin to honor his visitation rights." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090423/pl_politico/21616 By The Post-Standard - Syracuse.com – New York 4/21/2009 "For years, research has shown that fathers who are involved in their children's lives have a strong and lasting impact. The children's lives are affected in many critical ways, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families. Children with active fathers are more likely to grow up with healthy self-esteem, are better off financially and are less likely to drop out of school, get involved with crime or commit suicide. They are more likely to improve their test scores and develop good problem-solving skills." Read the entire article: http://blog.syracuse.com/opinion/2009/04/helping_dads_fatherhood_progra.html By Kansas City.com 4/17/2009 "....They determined the office will concentrate on four issues: reducing domestic poverty and abortion, promoting fatherhood and fostering interfaith dialogue abroad." Read the entire article: http://www.kansascity.com/255/story/1148232.html “ By Jim Wooten -- AJC Blog 4/21/2009 "...The state, through the Georgia Fatherhood program, does its best to reconnect the absent parent, mostly men. It’s an uphill struggle. “These people face daunting obstacles to becoming parents,” said Department of Human Resources Commissioner B. J. Walker of participants in the program, about 11 percent of whom are women. Keep in mind that the men and the few women in the Georgia Fatherhood program want to support their chiildren. “You have a lot of men out there who have various barriers, such as education, criminal records, substance abuse problems who really want to do the right thing,” said Keith Horton, who heads up the DHR program." Read the entire article: http://blogs.ajc.com/thinking-right/2009/04/21/put-families-first-one-father-at-a-time/?cxntfid=blogs_thinking_right By E-Online 4/22/2009 "As the father of a Slumdog Millionaire star can no doubt attest, the journey from rags to riches has nothing on the journey from guilty to innocent. The slum-dwelling father of 9-year-old child actor Rubina Ali has been cleared by Indian officials of allegations he tried to broker the sale of his famous daughter in exchange for roughly $300,000." Read the entire article: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b120052_slumdog_dad_cleared_in_kid-selling_case.html
By Bill Harrington -- Editorial -- The Seattle Times 2/25/2009 "For the third time in 22 years, Washington state is leading the nation in family law reform. This time, the report is called the Residential Time Summary Report prepared by the state Office of the Administrator for the Courts. This is a first-in-the-nation compilation of post-divorce breakdown of parenting time for children, mothers and fathers. The numbers are collected case-by-case and county-by-county. Amazingly, 46 percent of children of divorce, statewide, are ordered to spend a minimum of 35 percent parenting time with their biological fathers. Parenting time is broken down by large percentages, and meaningful shared parenting starts in the range of 30-35 percent." Read the entire article: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2008786615_opinb26harrington.html?syndication=rss By MSNBC.com 4/9/2009 "David Caruso’s ex-girlfriend, Liza Marquez, has sued the “CSI: Miami” star for damages based upon allegations of fraud, intentional infliction of emotional distress, breach of contract and six additional charges, according to court papers acquired by Access Hollywood. .....In a statement to Access on Thursday, a rep for Caruso responded to the claims. “Last month David became concerned about the welfare of his children and sought court assistance to redefine David’s and Liza’s custodial schedules,” the rep said in the statement. “It now appears that Liza has decided to retaliate by raising false claims against David, which David finds unfortunate since these claims will divert the parties’ and the court’s attention away from the best interests of the children.” Read the entire article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30145441/ By Murray Wardrop -- Telegraph.co.uk 4/20/2009 "The father of Slumdog Millionaire actress Rubina Ali has denied claims that he tried to sell his daughter for £200,000. Rubina, who played the young Latika in the Oscar-winning film, was reportedly put up for adoption illegally by her father Rafiq Qureshi for the six-figure sum. However Mr Qureshi, who lives in a one of India's worst slums in the city of Mumbai, has refuted claims that he was trying to sell the nine-year-old star to undercover newspaper reporters. Rubina, who played the young Latika in the Oscar-winning film, was reportedly put up for adoption illegally by her father Rafiq Qureshi for the six-figure sum. However Mr Qureshi, who lives in a one of India's worst slums in the city of Mumbai, has refuted claims that he was trying to sell the nine-year-old star to undercover newspaper reporters." Read the entire article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/5184499/Father-of-Slumdog-Millionaire-actress-Rubina-Ali-denies-sale-claims.html By Jennifer Wren People.com 4/8/2009 "Just days after appearing on the Tyra Banks Show, Levi Johnston, Bristol Palin's former fiancé and father to her son Tripp, talked more on CBS' The Early Show about his difficulties with the family of former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20270878,00.html
By Great Dad - California "A community program that serves Anderson County in South Carolina has received a $25,000 grant from a national fatherhood organization in an effort to create more initiatives that teach fathers to be more engaged in the lives of their children. The grant comes from the National Fatherhood Initiative and will go towards the Fresh Start Community Development Corp to improve the home life and potentially reduce crime in the local area. According to Fresh Start, 93 percent of young criminal offenders in Anderson County did not have a father at home, the Independent Mail reports. It's the group's thinking that having a strong family could one day reduce the number of young adults embracing a life of crime." Read the entire article: http://www.greatdad.com/tertiary/27/3651/south-carolina-program-encourages-fathers-to-use-parenting-skills.html By PRLog.Org (press release) - Texas "Claude Ohanesian, Managing Director of Wealth Management at Smith Barney has been elected President of the not-for-profit Fatherhood Educational Institute, http://www.fatherhood-edu.org. He replaces past President, Dr. Hilary Cheng, a dentist in private practice. Mr. Ohanesian has served 26 years with Smith Barney. He also sits on the board of directors and financial committee for Kobe College and has served on the guild board of the Chicago Botanic Garden and the board of trustees at the Armenian All Saints Church in Glenview. The Fatherhood Educational Institute was founded by prominent Fathers’ Rights Attorney Jeffery M. Leving to promote the positive involvement of fathers in the lives of their children in poverty stricken communities." Read the entire article: http://www.prlog.org/10213352-smith-barney-managing-director-elected-president-of-the-fatherhood-educational-institute.html By Associated Press 4/11/2009 "Nikolas Colton Evans had talked about how much he wanted to have a child, but the 21-year-old died after he was punched and hit his head on the ground in a fight. That would have been the end of it, if it weren't for his determined mother, a court order and a urologist. Missy Evans has harvested her dead son's sperm and hopes to find a surrogate and one day raise her son's child. It's a decision that ethicists say raises troubling questions; one called the potential offspring a "replacement child." Evans isn't concerned about what others might think. She says she is only doing what her son would have wanted. "He would love me so much for doing this," she said." Read the entire article: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090411/D97G8FD00.html
By FoxNews.com 4/8/2009 ""An Ohio couple has gotten married in a pediatric intensive-care ward, with their 7-month-old son on a ventilator nearby. Chadd and Melissa Kascsak from Niles in northeast Ohio had planned to tie the knot last year, but their plans were disrupted by the early arrival of baby Hunter. He was born 16 weeks prematurely and weighed just 1 pound. Melissa Kascsak says Tuesday's wedding ceremony at Akron Children's Hospital allowed Hunter to be present, as well as his 7-year-old half brother Christian, her son from a previous marriage. A minister came in to perform the nuptials." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,513217,00.html
By KCCI.com - Iowa 3/31/2009 "Iowans who pay child support and then are laid off from their jobs are finding a double struggle during the recession. After 21 years on the job, Bryan Ayersman was got laid off in January. He paid nearly $900 a month in child support and said that right now he can barely afford it. Ayersman spends most weeknights coaching soccer for his kids Seth and Alyssa. He always wanted to be a hands-on dad, especially after moving out during the divorce in 2005, but by moving out a mediator demanded that he pay child support. "Right now, I pay almost 900 a month for two kids," said Ayersman. He has always kept up on payments and said he's happy to do it. That's why as soon as he was laid off from his job he alerted Iowa's Child Support Recovery Unit. Ayersman said getting his payments reduced wasn't as easy as he thought it would be." Read the entire article: http://www.kcci.com/news/19057778/detail.html By David Walsh The Star – United Kingdom 4/6/2009 "JOHN Wilson's business has gone from a 20-strong operation to a one-man band teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. His children have long since grown up and he claims to have been told in 2003 that he owed nothing. But the Child Support Agency has declared war. The agency now claims he owes £42,000 to his ex-wife and has twice gone to court to obtain charging orders, one for £30,000 on his Eckington home and another for the same amount on his bodyshop business in Darnall." Read the entire article: http://www.thestar.co.uk/action/Dad-facing-bankruptcy-after-Child.5138564.jp By Eloria Newell James - Laurel Leader Call - Missouri 4/3/2009 "The Department of Health and Human Services and the City of Laurel have joined other cities throughout the nation in declaring the month of April as Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Month. In a special ceremony Thursday, City of Laurel officials announce April as Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Month and urged all citizens and families to reflect on the importance of family in the communities. The National Conference of Black Mayors, Inc.(NCBM) and the DHHS’s Administration for Children and Families (ACF) have established a memorandum of understanding which focuses on strengthening families through ACF’s Healthy Marriage/Responsible Fatherhood Initiative." Read the entire article: http://www.leadercall.com/local/local_story_093100649.html By Ida Brown Meridian Star - Missouri 4/2/2009 "An upcoming seminar will provide training for one of the most rewarding jobs a man can have: fatherhood. Read the entire article: http://www.meridianstar.com/local/local_story_093002448.html By MSNBC.com 3/16/2009 "Women nowadays are three times more likely than those born a century ago to do what men have done for millennia — follow their father's footsteps into his line of work, a newly announced study finds." Read the entire article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29724379/ By Fremont News Messenger - Ohio 3/31/2009 "Eight area men received certificates Thursday indicating their completion of the 24/7 Dad fatherhood program at WSOS Community Action Commission Inc. This was the first class of its kind. Eight area men received certificates Thursday indicating their completion of the 24/7 Dad fatherhood program at WSOS Community Action Commission Inc. This was the first class of its kind." Read the entire article: http://www.thenews-messenger.com/article/20090331/NEWS01/903310311 By Joe O'Connor - National Post 3/27/2009 "...Mathis's court filings painted Bosh as just another deadbeat millionaire athlete father. He had planned to marry her, Mathis alleged, before attempting to have her removed from their shared residence in Texas, cutting off her access to a vehicle, and cutting off the money supply when she and Bosh's unborn child needed it most. Broke and abandoned, physically ill and emotionally distraught, Mathis moved home to her mother in Maryland where the baby was delivered by emergency Caesarean section on Nov. 2. ...In the affidavit - which appears to give more details of their breakup than were contained in the original lawsuit - Bosh contends that he did not "take any actions to have [Mathis] removed" from the property the couple shared in Frisco, Tex. He claims he "encouraged" Mathis to remain in Texas and was "hopeful that she would." He paid for a Jeep Grand Cherokee "rental vehicle" in the final weeks of the pregnancy, provided money for "expenses" and made "arrangements to include my daughter on my health insurance coverage. "In fact, the majority of my daughter's pre-natal and post-natal expenses have been paid by my insurance carrier or by me," Bosh said in the document. Bosh also states that he has sent Mathis monthly cheques to support Trinity, but says that Mathis has not cashed them. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.nationalpost.com/sports/story.html?id=1436829 By Yahoo Sports 3/22/2009 ".....As Marcus Jordan and his teammates celebrated on the court after the final buzzer, Michael Jordan stood quietly, clapping his hands with tears in his eyes. ..." Read the entire article: http://highschool.rivals.com/content.asp?SID=1185&CID=926973 By CNN.com 3/23/2009 "Below is an excerpt from CNN commentator Jack Cafferty's new book, "Now or Never." Jack appears daily in "The Situation Room" on CNN from 4 to 7 p.m. ET. I never presumed to have any more answers about being a parent than anybody else. There are no perfect parents, perfect kids, perfect families -- only degrees of dysfunction. You get up in the morning and do the best you can. At the end of the day you say, "Okay, that wasn't so bad, let's try it again tomorrow." Some of my instincts were pretty good and some of them were awful. I did stay engaged and didn't say to hell with being a father when my first marriage ended. ...." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/03/03/cafferty.excerpt.2/index.html?iref=mpstoryview By MSNBC.com 3/9/2009 "Men may experience sperm mutation as they age, research indicates. Children of older fathers appear to perform less well in intelligence tests during infancy and childhood, a study by researchers in Australia shows." Read the entire article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29595513/ By Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer, Yahoo News – 3/19/2009 "Remember the baby boom? No, not the one after World War II. More babies were born in the United States in 2007 than any other year in the nation's history — and a wedding band made increasingly little difference in the matter. The 4,317,119 births, reported by federal researchers Wednesday, topped a record first set in 1957 at the height of the baby boom. ....The birth rate rose slightly for women of all ages, and births to unwed mothers reached an all-time high of about 40 percent, continuing a trend that started years ago. More than three-quarters of these women were 20 or older. For a variety of reasons, it's become more acceptable for women to have babies without a husband, said Duke University's S. Philip Morgan, a leading fertility researcher." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090319/ap_on_he_me/med_baby_boomlet
By Associated Press -- Yahoo News -- 3/16/2009 "The former fiance of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter says he hopes they can reconcile at some point. Levi Johnston told ABC's "Good Morning America" on Monday that he and 18-year-old Bristol Palin ended their engagement after deciding it would be better if they separated for a while. The two are the parents of an infant son, Tripp, born on Dec. 27. Johnston says the couple needed time to grow up before following through on marriage plans. Says 19-year-old Johnston, "I'd like to get back together with her. I don't know what she's thinking."" Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090316/ap_on_re_us/people_bristol_palin
By Times Online Blogs – United Kingdom 3/11/2009 "Do "female fathers" mean the end of the road for dads? ....Does the rise of the "female father" mean the beginning of the end for Dads as we know them? One new book that addresses this question is Fragmenting Fatherhood: A Socio-Legal Study, by two law professors, Richard Collier and Sally Sheldon (Hart Publishing, 2008)." Read the entire article: http://timesonline.typepad.com/alphamummy/2009/03/do-female-fathe.html By MIKE TIERNEY New York Times - 3/11/2009 "Randy Kessler’s family-law practice in Atlanta draws male celebrities as well as women in disputes with stars, which offers him a rounded perspective. One of his clients is the former N.F.L. player Travis Henry, who has nine children, each by a different mother. Kessler also represents the mother of one of several out-of-wedlock children fathered by the boxer Evander Holyfield, who has been married three times and has 11 children." Read the entire article: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/12/sports/football/12juicebox.html?_r=2 By Jeremy Adam Smith Guardian.co.uk -- 3/2/2009 "Nick Clegg triggered plenty of criticism when he suggested that men who lose their jobs should "reinvent" themselves as stay-at-home dads. "'A new flexibility in which men and women are supported in reinventing themselves will be vital in helping many thousands of families through this recession," he wrote. For these words, Clegg has been accused of emasculating British industrial workers. Perhaps the Lib Dem leader has a political tin ear, but he's absolutely correct: economic downturns can open up new possibilities for men, and this recession is likely to have a huge impact on gender relations." Read the entire article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/27/family-nickclegg
By MarketWatch (press release) - USA 3/4/2009 "We have just lost a champion of civil rights. James Cook, often called the "father of joint custody," passed away last week in California. His passing is being lamented by prominent fathers' rights attorney Jeffery Leving. ....James Cook's effort has forever changed the treatment of fathers in the courts. When James Cook went through the trauma of divorce, there were no civil rights for fathers. The judge told him that the law did not permit him to grant joint custody. In contrast, about a decade later, New York Supreme Court Judge Richard Lattner regarded joint custody as "an appealing concept" that freed the court from making decisions based on gender. ..." Read the entire article: http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/civil-rights-champion-dies/story.aspx?guid=%7B75C5772C-A146-40AD-968C-69C8C226A406%7D&dist=msr_2 By Charlotte Triggs -- People.com 3/5/2009 ""Being a good father is very important to Tom – it's the most important thing," says the defensive end. "He wants to be involved with his child's life. It's not easy being away from your kids, so he's very excited to be with his son and spend as much time as he can with his son.".....That sentiment was also the driving force behind Taylor's controversial decision to turn down a one-year contract with the Washington Redskins – worth $8.5 million – to stay home with his wife and children. ...." Read the entire article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20262964,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines By Madison Park CNN -- CNN.com "Watching television does not make babies smarter, according to a study released this week in the journal Pediatrics, adding to existing research that challenges the usefulness of baby educational videos and DVDs. Watching television does not make babies smarter, according to a study released this week in the journal Pediatrics, adding to existing research that challenges the usefulness of baby educational videos and DVDs." Read the entire article: http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/03/babies.watch.TV/index.html By Sandra Chapman/Eyewitness News 2/25/9 "Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and President Barack Obama are all Black Americans and historic fathers who impacted the world around them. As we celebrate Black History Month, we pay tribute to fatherhood by meeting some local fathers working to shape their own legacies at home and beyond. ...President Obama plans to re-introduce the Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act to help support services for fathers and their families." Read the entire article: http://www.wthr.com/Global/story.asp?S=9904988&nav=9Tai By RUSSELL GOLDMAN -- ABC News 2/24/2009 "Nadya Suleman, the California woman who delivered octuplets last month, is willing to order a paternity test to prove that a man who twice donated sperm to her 10 years ago is not the father. ...Suleman confirmed that while dating Denis Beaudoin from 1997 to 1999 she twice tried to become pregnant with him through artificial insemination but was unable to conceive." Read the entire article: http://abcnews.go.com/US/WomensHealth/story?id=6943222&page=1 By Sun-Sentinel.com - Florida 2/25/9 "Florida could help its young black men by hiring more African-American teachers and promoting responsible fatherhood, a panel said.The Florida Council on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys released its second annual report Tuesday. Other suggestions include re-instituting mandatory health classes in the schools. Another is for better access to higher education and vocational training to those who are in or have just come out of foster care." Read the entire article: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/services/newspaper/printedition/local/sfl-flfstatedig02252sbfeb25,0,745021.story By Donna Baxter • News-Leader • 2/15/09 "They are fathers, grandfathers, stepfathers, uncles and other community father figures who volunteer to serve at least one day each year at school. And administrators say the program is adding a layer of security at school, getting men involved in the school as they might not have been before and tackling the notion that volunteering at school is a woman's job. WatchD.O.G.S. -- Dads Of Great Students -- began last year at the primary school and expanded to the upper elementary last fall. The program is an initiative of the National Center for Fathering to help create a more safe and secure learning environment in our nation's schools." Read the entire article: http://www.news-leader.com/article/20090215/NEWS04/902150347/1007/NEWS01 By Steve Doughty -- MailOnline -- 2/17/09"Teachers have been instructed to tell teenage boys about the pleasures of early fatherhood. Government advice tells them to discuss 'parenting aims and aspirations' with the youngsters. Teenagers should be equipped with the necessary 'skills, knowledge and attitudes' to prepare them to bring up babies, said the Department of Health. Lessons should include 'the enjoyment of fatherhood." Read the entire article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1147201/Teachers-tell-boys-joys-teen-fatherhood--government-advice-reveals.html By Dawne Gee -- Wave 3 News/Kentucky 2-18-9 "Based on current Kentucky law, not all biological fathers have the right to be in their child's life. It can be a very complicated story, but some say it is a simple fix - just change the law. Rep. Darryl Owens is one of the sponsors of a bill in the Kentucky Legislature to do just that because he believes it is time to right that wrong. ....Rhoades stood before lawmakers, along with other Kentucky fathers who have similar stories, to plead for House Bill 28 to be passed. It is the help they need to see their children who were conceived during an alleged affair with a married woman. Even after DNA testing proves their paternity, these fathers have no rights by law." Read the entire article: http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=9867530&nav=menu31_2 "I just want to be a part of my child's life," Rhoades said. "I think it's important that he knows who his father is." By STEVE DOUGHTY Daily Mail - UK 2/17/9 "Teachers have been instructed to tell teenage boys about the pleasures of early fatherhood. Government advice tells them to discuss 'parenting aims and aspirations' with the youngsters. Teenagers should be equipped with the necessary 'skills, knowledge and attitudes' to prepare them to bring up babies, said the Department of Health. Lessons should include 'the enjoyment of fatherhood'." Read the entire article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1147201/Teachers-tell-boys-joys-teen-fatherhood--government-advice-reveals.html By KFOXTV.com "Tyler Lofton, 5, only learned how to dial 911 a couple years ago, but the Attleboro, Mass., kindergartner was cool under pressure when his dad fell off a ladder and was knocked unconscious and bleeding, reported WCVB-TV in Boston. ....Tyler knew just what to do. Without hesitating, he ran for the phone and dialed 911. "911. What's your emergency?" the dispatcher answered. "My dad fell out of the attic and his face and hand is bleeding. Come real fast, OK?" Tyler responded. Officers said Tyler calmly reported the accident to emergency crews, then comforted his 2-year-old brother, who was crying, while he waited for them to arrive." Read the entire article: http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/18758500/detail.html By KAY HYMOWITZ -- The Wall Street Journal 2/20/9 "Nadya Suleman, aka Octomom, is now the mother of 14 children -- eight newborns and their six older brothers and sisters. ....But in all of this punditry one question goes missing: Where is Octodad? Surely Ms. Suleman's babies have a father. Yet his role in the baby-palooza is barely mentioned. Not that this should surprise anyone. ...Married fathers who don't step up and share the burdens of diapers and pediatrician appointments are condemned, in the words of one much-discussed book of essays, as "bastards on the couch." After all, the argument goes, a father is just as much a parent as a mother. Except when we decide he's not, as did Ms. Suleman and her medical enablers...." Read the entire article: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123509636945029173.html By WorldNetDaily 2/19/9 "Sgt. Chris Walker, a police officer in Petersburg, Va., grew up without ever meeting his biological father – until he suddenly discovered his own co-worker fit the description. ...."There's no hard feelings from me because I knew he did everything he could to locate me. He's my dad, and I love him, and I look forward to a lot of years with him," Walker said. "God works in mysterious ways."" Read the entire article: http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=89414 by Joe Schatz, Fatherhood Examiner "I think many dads today, whether it is conscious or subconscious, have to face the pressures of role evolution. .......To say that dads have been under assault is an understatement. Single moms are revered in society almost to sainthood while single dads are questioned and often dismissed as being unable to handle the rigors of parenting children alone." Read the entire article: http://www.examiner.com/x-300-Fatherhood-Examiner~y2009m2d4-Dads-in-the-21st-Century-An-Evolving-Institution?comments=true By CAROL JOHNSON -- Times-Mail - Indiana "BEDFORD — In his new job as coordinator of the Fathers Forever Coalition, Kenny Bundy says fatherhood doesn’t come down to good dads and bad dads." Read the entire article: http://www.tmnews.com/stories/2009/02/03/home.nw-666790.tms
By RAQUEL MARIA DILLON, Associated Press "LOS ANGELES – The woman who gave birth to octuplets this week conceived all 14 of her children through in vitro fertilization, is not married and has been obsessed with having children since she was a teenager, her mother said." Read the entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090131/ap_on_re_us/octuplets Great Dad - California "Bill Cosby has been an outspoken advocate for strong and involved fatherhood for several years now. In a Martin Luther King Day speech in Peoria, Illinois..." Read the entire article: http://www.greatdad.com/tertiary/358/3453/cosby-touts-power-of-fatherhood.html FOXNews.com Tuesday, January 13, 2009 "Outgoing Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy may be looking for work -- and Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh's got just the job for him." Read the entire article: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/01/13/bayh-obama-recruit-dungy-promote-responsible-fatherhood/ BY: Anna Sale "Cosby speaks to legislature's Task Force on Fatherlessness. Bill Cosby brought his message of responsibility for fathers to the state Capitol. He spoke on Monday before the legislative Task Force on Fatherlessness. " Read the Entire Article: http://www.cpbn.org/article/bill-cosby-stresses-fathers039-responsibility-capitol From The Times "Motherhood is thought to make women brighter, faster and more spatially aware. Now scientists believe that the birth of a baby also gives men a welcome boost."
Read the entire article: http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article4962480.ece
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