UK: Giving divorced dads more rights could be 'dangerous', Ken Clarke says

Submitted by anthony on Thu, 2012-02-09 17:57

Article here. Excerpt:

'Under plans unveiled by the Government on Monday, the law would be changed to stress the importance of children having contact with both parents.

Similar changes in Australia led to delays in resolving custody disputes, Mr Clarke cautioned, adding that there were "dangers" associated with doing so.

The move, confirming a report in Friday's The Daily Telegraph, will mean that children are for the first time to be given the legal right to have a proper relationship with both their parents after a divorce. stops short of the guarantee of equal access demanded by some fathers' rights groups.

But it contradicts one of the main findings of the family justice review by former Whitehall mandarin David Norgrove.
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According to the Office for National Statistics, one in three children, equivalent to 3.8million, lives without their father. Ministers are particularly concerned about boys growing up without a strong male influence. Eight per cent of single parents in Britain are fathers.'

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Fathers do make a huge difference in raising children because they help guide young men into becoming men and offer daughters a positive experience with a man.

But a boy also needs something to aspire to. Being a "deadbroke dad" who sees his children every other weekend is nothing to aspire to. Currently, society seems to believe boys need nothing to aspire to and blame them if anything goes wrong. Boys need a dream to go for, a life worth nothing, a role to play in society--and our modern society is taking that away from them.

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Submitted by el cid on Fri, 2012-02-10 03:06