I believe that children should have equal time with both parents,The unfair treatment by the NC childsupport system is a growing threat to the american life.I believe they are going against the American Constitution, by the way we are thrown in jail and our rights are just bein taken away with out trial ,
Amendment 5 - Trial and Punishment, Compensation for Takings. Ratified 12/15/1791.
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
Gender isn't the issue - equal parenting is. Children need both parents.
Let's take a look at the facts:
According to US Census bureau data, 84.4% of non-custodial parents are men. Approximately 9% of these men did not want to be fathers when their children were born. A smaller percentage were abusers either of the children or the mothers, as abusers they should be convicted and imprisoned for their crimes.
The rest of them - NOT ABUSERS!
Clearly we can't apply a law depriving children of their fathers based on the exception rather than the rule.
Numerous studies also show that children from fatherless homes are more likely to be poor, become involved in drug and alcohol abuse, drop out of school, and suffer from health and emotional problems. Boys are more likely to become involved in crime, and girls are more likely to become pregnant as teens.
Here are some more interesting facts straight from the floor of the US Senate:
Source - Senate Concurrent Resolution 121
(1) in approximately 84 percent of the cases where a parent is absent, that parent is the father;
(2) if current trends continue, half of all children born today will live apart from one of their parents, usually their father, at some point before they turn 18 years old;
(3) where families (whether intact or with a parent absent) are living in poverty, a significant factor is the father's lack of job skills;
(4) committed and responsible fathering during infancy and early childhood contributes to the development of emotional security, curiosity, and math and verbal skills;
(5) an estimated 19,400,000 children (27 percent) live apart from their biological fathers; and
(6) 40 percent of the children under age 18 not living with their biological fathers had not seen their fathers even once in the past 12 months, according to national survey data;
90% of homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes. U.S. D.H.H.S., Bureau of the Census.
80% of rapists motivated with displaced anger come from fatherless homes. Criminal Justice & Behavior, Vol 14, p. 403-26, 1978.
60% of repeat rapists grew up without fathers. Raymond A. Knight and Robert A. Prentky, "The Developmental Antecednts of Adult Adaptations of Rapist Sub-Types," Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol 14, Dec., 1987, p 403-426.
71% of pregnant teenagers lack a father. US Dept. of Health & Human Services press release, Friday, March 26, 1999.
63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes. US D.H.H.S., Bureau of the Census.
85% of children who exhibit behavioral disorders come from fatherless homes. Center for Disease Control.
90% of adolescent repeat arsonists live with only their mother. Wray Herbert, "Dousing the Kindlers," Psychology Today, January, 1985, p.28.
71% of high school dropouts come from fatherless homes. National Principals Association Report on the State of High Schools.
75% of adolescent patients in chemical abuse canters come from fatherless homes. Rainbows for all God`s Children.
70% of juveniles in state operated institutions have no father. US Dept. of Justice, Special Report, Sept. 1988.
85% of youths in prisons grew up in a fatherless home. Fulton Co. Georgia jail populations, Texas Dept. of Corrections, 1992.
75% of prisoners grew up without a father. Daniel Amneus, The Garbage Generation, Alhambra, CA: Primrose Press, 1990.
Fatherless boys and girls are: twice as likely to drop out of high school; twice as likely to end up in jail; four times more likely to need help for emotional or behavioral problems. US D.H.H.S. news release, March 26, 1999.
43% of US children live without their father. US Department of Census.
Two years after divorce, 51% of children in sole mother custody homes only see their father once or twice a year, or never. Guidubaldi, 1989; Guidubaldi, 1988; Guidubaldi, Perry, & Nastasi, 1987.
42% of fathers fail to see their children at all after divorce. Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr. and Christine Winguist Nord, "Parenting Apart," Journal of Marriage and the Family, vol 47, no. 4, November, 1985.
90% of father disengagement is caused by obstruction of access by a custodial parent anxious to break the father-child ties. Kruk, 1992, cited by Prof. John Guidubaldi in his Minority Report and Policy Recommendations of the US Commission on Child & Family Welfare, US Code Citation: 42 USC 12301, 1996. Same cause identified by Braver, Wolchik, & Sandler, 1985, without incidence values.
