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Monday 27 August 2007

Archive for the 'Fathers' Category

Communities without fathers are likely to become enclaves of their own

Monday 27 August 2007 @ 6:58 am

This has been a week dominated by murder and children. It began with a furore and fury over the future of Learco Chindamo, who as a 15-year-old gang member stabbed Philip Lawrence to death outside his school in 1995, and it ends with the immense collective grief felt for the parents of Rhys Jones, an 11-year-old boy shot dead while playing football. He was almost certainly killed by a child of a similar age to Chindamo when he committed his crime. Children killing adults is an appalling enough event. Children killing children in this callous fashion is yet more numbing still.

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Child support or court-ordered robbery?

Wednesday 22 August 2007 @ 1:08 pm

It’s that time again; my stress level is rising and my wallet is getting robbed of what little was there to begin with. Must be time to update the info for my child support payment.

Comments (0) | Posted in Activism, Fathers, child support, counterPULSE, government, sex and metropolis

Activist fathers held at gunpoint

Saturday 18 August 2007 @ 12:25 pm

Two British Fathers 4 Justice activists were arrested at gunpoint by a Swat team at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, said the campaign founder.

Comments (1) | Posted in Activism, Fathers, counterPULSE, sex and metropolis

It’s time to change child custody laws in Oklahoma

Wednesday 15 August 2007 @ 11:20 pm

Men, fathers, don’t get a fair hearing in child custody and divorce cases. And it’s time for a change.

Comments (0) | Posted in Fathers, child support, counterPULSE, government, sex and metropolis, sex politics

Women in Business: Your E-Mails on Dads, the Grassroots Mentors

Friday 10 August 2007 @ 12:54 pm

“My dad is the number one biggest influence I have had in my life. When he passed away three years ago, there was a spark within me to pass on his legacy of all those values I had picked up on growing up. I am now a proud business owner and if my dad was alive to witness it, life would be that much sweeter.”

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Had sex? State of Virginia wants to know

Tuesday 7 August 2007 @ 2:50 pm

The General Assembly established the Virginia Putative Father Registry in the 2006 session, and it went into effect July 1.

Comments (0) | Posted in Fathers, government, outrage, sex and metropolis, sex politics

Daddy database: Virginia’s new law will penalize fathers and children

Tuesday 7 August 2007 @ 2:48 pm

You just wish there was video. Because you can’t fathom how someone could utter this line with a straight face: “If you have sex, you should register” with the state Department of Social Services.

Comments (0) | Posted in Fathers, bias, child support, government, outrage, sex and metropolis, sex politics, xY

Virginia seeks to “register” dads

Monday 30 July 2007 @ 2:58 pm

The state Department of Social Services wants any man who is not married to a woman but could be the father of a child with her to voluntarily fill out a one-page registration.

Comments (0) | Posted in Fathers, Feminista, bias, government, men + women

Federally-funded program aims to help fathers ‘reconnect with kids’

Thursday 26 July 2007 @ 7:50 pm

Children who grow up without their fathers are far more likely to fail in school, engage in criminal activity and abuse alcohol and drugs, according to human services department and numerous studies.

Comments (0) | Posted in Fathers, government, sex and metropolis

Paternity fraud: DNA proof doesn’t always affect child support

Monday 23 July 2007 @ 10:30 am

Not being child’s father might not matter in court

Comments (0) | Posted in Fathers, bias, child support, government, paternity fraud, sex and metropolis