Posted on 07/18/2005 1:34:28 PM PDT by gleckles
Shared Parenting does work
My Ex and myself are prime examples of how it CAN and DOES work.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but it's not a myth.
What did it say?
FReepmail.
OK
Let me see...You have someone who posts are only about one subject.
Does not or rarely replies to questions...
You can see why this may attract attention.
Now, We see you are calling people names...
Not a good way to make friends
As with family, friends are better in theory, than reality; and more illusive.
Cute pictures though.
Too, besides the obvious personal trauma this poster is suffering, this is a national crisis, and the populace should be alarmed at all the programs our Federal government is funding that undermine, and provide monetary incentive to state governments to harm, families and children.
One recent program that is just beginning to get legs and will be layed at GWB's door is the New Freedom Initiative that he put into place by Executive Order. Wait until you see what this is going to do to children, families and individual rights.
Most shared parenting is not quite as bad as the Lohstroh-Geisler example, but they're close.
BTW, do your kids live with you this week or next? Or do they bounce from your home to the ex's home on a monthly basis? Or do you have a different schedule that keeps them here 50% of the time and there 50% of the time?
Do you pay or receive child support? If so, why? A true example of equal/shared/50-50 parenting is where no one pays support to either party. And of course both you and your ex earn the same salaries. There can be no equality if the kids have to spend 50% of their time living with a parent who earns, say $20,000 less annual income.
And how lucky for you that neither you nor your ex wants to move away. Moving out of state, or even out of town blows the success rates for shared parenting all to pieces.
I could go on and on and on with real life examples of how shared parenting DOES NOT work. But if you say it works for you, then, hey, I'm glad you feel that way.
Actually my boy spends half the day with me and the evenings with my ex.
I pick him up from school when he gets off and then I take him to his mother at 7:30 at night. Wash repeat the next day.
Weekends are staggered.
We work things out between us and altho it's not the best condition in the world, it's better than us fighting over it.
Right now Child Support hasn't been determined, but I am pushing for nobody pays.
Otherwise I'm going to get custody and she'll be required to pay, but I'm going to kick the money back to her in her bank account.
I don't want her money, all I want is for her and I to continue to raise our boy as best we can in a bad situation.
No worries on the lateness of the response, glad you were able to finally tho :)
JFYI...Glenn Eckles,Jr. who wrote all of the shared parenting threads in July 05, was killed in an auto accident in Aug. 05. Thus, his inability to respond to all of the blogs. He left behind 4 daughters: 2 from frist marriage, and twins (4yr old) from second marriage. I came across this blog while googling my husbands name, and just felt compelled to give this info. Andrea Eckles
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