An excellent resource for all to read. "Shared Parenting Facts and Fiction" by Dr. Linda Nielsen Professor of Women Studies and ACFC President.
Well researched and the layout is excellent. Download or print your copy now via the link above. Hand this out wherever you can.
Fiction:
Most children are satisfied with the amount
of time they spend (or spent) with their fathers
after their parents divorce.
Fact:
The vast majority of children say they want –
or wanted - more time with their fathers after
their parents stopped living together. Kids
want more shared parenting. 1-16 (See references in pdf file above.)
Fiction:
Shared parenting is less important than good
mothering because fathers know so much
less about raising kids than moms do.
Fact:
Fathers contribute as much as mothers to
children’s well-being, even if their ways of
parenting are different. 12, 17, 29-31
Fiction:
Children dislike shared parenting if they actually
have to live part time in both parents’
homes, moving back & forth.
Fact:
Kids who live part time with each parent after
divorce prefer this to living only with one
parent.2, 10, 40, 41
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