UK: Poll reveals a third of family break-up children lose contact with fathers

Submitted by Matt on Tue, 2009-11-17 05:40

Article here. Excerpt:

'One in three children whose parents separated or divorced over the last 20 years disclosed that they had lost contact permanently with their father.

Almost a tenth of children from broken families said the acrimonious process had left them feeling suicidal while others later sought solace in drink, drugs or crime.

They complained of feeling “isolated” and “used” while parents admitted having used children as “bargaining tools” against each other.

Lawyers said the study showed that the court system itself was making family break-up more acrimonious with children used as "pawns".

They warned that so-called “no fault” divorces were encouraging warring parents to channel their “bloodletting” into disputes over contact.'

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"Lawyers said the study showed that the court system itself was making family break-up more acrimonious with children used as "pawns"."

Every single lawyer, judge, social worker, marriage counsler, etc. knows this is happening. And they know that women are the main antogonists! THEY DO NOTHING.

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Submitted by champ1 on Tue, 2009-11-17 22:42

"Every single lawyer, judge, social worker, marriage counsler, etc. knows this is happening. And they know that women are the main antogonists! THEY DO NOTHING."

Not true. Every single (family law) lawyer, (family court) judge, social worker, marriage counselor, etc keeps their job and makes a good living off this pattern. And they contribute to the politicians who help keep the process going and growing. If you want it to stop, make it worth their while and it will stop. Otherwise, you pretty much have to get rid of them.

If you want to change society, you basically have only a few choices. You can collect all those who perpetrate the offending social construct and hang them higher than up - and most likely, become their replacements and the new oppressors of people "for their own good". Or you can find a way to make it worth their while to use a different social construct that offers more just solutions, at which point they will claim it was their idea all along and keep things going for you, in order to protect their profits. Follow the money to see why people do things, then show them how to make more money doing new things.

Anyone have any other approaches?

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Submitted by TomP on Wed, 2009-11-18 00:48