>>...The real thing though. Not part time parenting. Shared taking the kids to the doctor and staying up all night with a sick kid, shared homework help, shared shlepping the kids around to all their activities, shared not being able to go on business trips or work late because you have to take care of the kid(s). The real deal, not fake weeke-end parenting. Let's require parents to SHARE real parenting and it may be that it is more practicle and sensible to just stay married...<<
AMEN! I'd go for that. (I'm a non-custodial father, by the way).
I just recently have heard about "Monday to Monday Visitation" where the children stay at mom's a week, then dad's a week, etc. I initially agreed to the usual "Dad gets every other weekend" deal because I didn't know any better. Now, that the divorce is near to being finalized, I'll attempt to get the "Monday to Monday" arrangement.
I believe in Quantity Time, not Quality Time.
(and for those who might say that I should never have left in the first place, I slept on the couch for 3 years in a "hostile work environment" in order not to be away from my children. The madness finally had to end, though)
God bless you for this article. The family courts and the corrupt child support system is killing off alot of fathers in more ways than one. It's a war against fathers/men, and boys. vet out