Free Republic

FULL TITLE: Missing fathers and America's broken boys - the vast majority of mass shooters come from broken homes My most recent article about the Parkland school shooting and its connection to fatherlessness prompted a tsunami of emails. In one of those emails, a man named Fritz asked what I considered to be the root of fatherlessness. I decided to write a follow-up article to answer that question. The subject of “The Desperate Cry of America’s Boys” is a difficult one. To point out that boys need their fathers is to shine a spotlight on divorce and single mothers; and...

Israel Fathers Target Gender Bias Family Court Custody Judges (photo)Israeli dads are allowed to carry M-16's to protect Israel, but not allowed to carry their own children. By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency Ra'anana ----- February 25, 2008 ....... Divorced fathers came from Tel Aviv, Hafia and Jerusalem to protest in Kfar Sava and Ra'anana, Israel. Over 40 single dads were targeting Israel family court judges whose decisions on child custody appear to have been influenced by gender bias discrimination. "We are coordinating peaceful, non-violent protests directly against family court judges, child welfare departments in Ra'anana and Kfar Sava and...

A misguided collection of federal and state officials, divorce attorneys and women’s advocates have all united to oppose a simple proposition: children need both parents. The North Dakota Shared Parenting Initiative is based on the belief that all parents have a fundamental liberty interest in the care and custody of their children, and that no fit parent can lawfully be denied custody of his or her children. Under the Initiative, when family law courts adjudicate a divorce, unless there is clear and convincing evidence that a mother or father is unfit, all parents will have joint legal and physical custody...