Hey! Fathers are nurturing parents, too

Article here. Excerpt:

'Maybe I'm misremembering, but I don't think so. I still recall the spew of misandry and the cold, machine-like chewing out I received from family court judges who had little if any use for divorced dads. Mine was a mild dressing-down by comparison. As a trustee for my children's estate I was only reprimanded with a black glare and a coarse word or two for not filling out my guardianship papers properly, or for daring to (gasp!) question a judge's faultless insight.
This went on for 10 years, my annual accounting sandwiched between heated child custodial battles and sad fathers pleading for time with their children. There was always a sense of utter powerlessness in the courtroom, a creepy sense of resigned doom that came from the judge's sharp-edged, vitriolic comments. Like the other men, I was just another untrustworthy dad who needed to be taken down a few notches.

I always left the courthouse feeling torn apart, as though I had just tussled with a school of sharks.

Here's the problem: There is a distinct pro-mother bias in our family law system. Fathers have little if any rights. They are blindsided by the courts on a daily basis. It's a cruel and painful cycle that deters many good would-be fathers from ever trying.

It's 2014 and men are still considered to be unqualified and unfit to care for their children. They are the acceptable casualties of divorce, the collateral damage. It's falsely believed that when a man loses a child, his life doesn't change at all. Not one bit. Dads are discriminated against in custody decisions across the nation. It even carries over into their jobs. Corporate America frowns upon fathers taking paternity leave./