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AUSTRALIA |
30/06/2008 |

Dads
on the Air |
OPEN
LETTER TO AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER, KEVIN RUDD
Peter van de Voorde 2008
Dear
Prime Minister,
I would be delighted if you
would please consider the following carefully, in the interest
of the many thousands of dispossessed parents and children
of Australia.
Sooner or later the tide is going to turn. It took many years
for us to recognize the injustices perpetrated against our
Indigenous populations, Slavery, Apartheid, Civil Rights etc,
etc.
These injustices were ignored for many decades due to community
ignorance. Unfortunately we are repeating the same injustices
under another name on our own people, due to the same ignorance.
Saying SORRY to one deserving dispossessed group, while at
the same time completely ignoring the dispossession taking
place right under our noses, smacks of hypocrisy and ignorance.
I fully applaud your part in bringing about a long overdue
apology to the stolen generation and the Indigenous population.
The fact that it took 200 years for us to realize the damage
we inflicted on this vulnerable group and denied them their
fundamental human rights for so long, is an indictment of
our level of compassion and empathy. Unfortunately during
the 200 years of community ignorance, the voices of reason
were ridiculed and brushed aside.
I plead with you to please take a look at what is happening
today with compassion and empathy.
It is estimated that the stolen generation numbered approximately
50,000 children. We now know the horrendous ramification of
this "Best Interest of the Children" policy debacle,
ironically administered by someone with the offensive sickening
title of "PROTECTOR OF ABORIGINES"
Sadly the figure of 50,000 children representing the Stolen
Generation, pales into insignificance when compared with the
current figures of forcible separation of children from their
parents.
The latest ABS figures show that:
1.
There are now almost 700,000 Australian children who no longer
have any meaningful contact with their biological non custodial
parents.
2.
There are now 312,000 biological non custodial parents who
no longer have any meaningful contact with their children.
These figures do not include the extended biological family
members such as grandparents, uncles, aunties, cousins, etc,
who are estimated to add a further 1.5 million people, who
are also denied their ties of kinship with their much loved
members of their families.
This is an estimated total of 2.6 million of the nations citizens
now reduced to a "GENERATION OF THE DAMNED". This
human horror, is administered by the current so called protector
of the Best Interest of the Children, THE FAMILY COURT OF
AUSTRALIA.
Contrary to what is promoted by those who wish to continue
with the current failed policies, no scientific evidence has
ever been produced anywhere, to show that large numbers of
non custodial parents are voluntarily abandoning their children.
While individual examples can always be found of any reprehensible
behaviour, these should never be allowed to be promoted as
representing the behaviour of the majority group.
The voices of reason, who are endeavoring to bring these gross
violations of human rights to the attention of the community,
are again ridiculed and brushed aside.
It comes as no surprise that so many children are neglected
and abused in our community. It occurs because checks and
balances have been removed by allowing the forced removal
of hundreds of thousands of loving parents from their children.
Perhaps you could explain to an anxious community, how responsible
parents are supposed to meet their duty of care and responsibility
obligations to their children, when the State is permitting
the illegal removal of children from their non custodial parents
with impunity ???
I respectfully ask that you please consider the above together
with my previous correspondence, and in the interest of all
the disenfranchised members of 'THE GENERATION OF THE DAMNED'
of this great country, hope that you are able to help bring
about some relief to all those affected.
Our failure to act will undoubtedly produce a similar outcome
for our community, as was the fate of the Indigenous community
before us.
I very much look forward to a reply of my concerns.
Kind Regards
Peter
van de Voorde
Presenter and Researcher
DADS ON THE AIR, AUSTRALIA
www.dadsontheair.net
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UNITED
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13/06/2008 |

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GERMANY |
12/06/2008 |

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UNITED
KINGDOM |
10/06/2008 |

Fathers 4 Justice |
10
June 2008
TWO members of Fathers 4 Justice launched a protest on the
roof of Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman’s home
on Sunday.

Read
more on The Sun
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BELGIUM |
7/06/2008 |

Centre des Droits Parentaux - Justice Parentale
Collectif La Vie de Pères

J'aime Papa et Maman
|
Fête
des Pères - 8 juin
2008
BRUXELLES
PLACE
DE LA MONNAIE
de 14 à 15h30
«PERES
EN VOIE D'EXTINCTION»
pour attirer l'attention de l'opinion publique
sur sur le problème
de renouvellement des générations

«En
Belgique de 200.000 à 400.000 enfants sont privés
de vivre avec leur père ou mère. Quand...
cela va-t-il cesser ? »
Communiqué
de Presse - Action Fête des Pères 2008
Cette
année, peu de pères furent présents
à la fête. Vous vous demandez pourquoi ? Les
raisons sont très simples !
Tout d’abord, la justice de Liège vient de
convoquer, en référé, Adrien et Robin
(et leur Papa) -- en pleine période de blocage scolaire
-- pour qu’ils ferment leurs Blog --- et leur site
--- alors qu’ils disent qu’ils aiment leurs
papa et maman… mais… qu’ils sont privés
de vivre avec leur maman et leurs frère et sœur
!!!...
Oui, quand on connaît leur histoire (depuis plus de
9 ans) on constate que le système judiciaire maltraite
vigoureusement des familles sur le plan psychologique !
Cette forme de maltraitance, de mère la justice,
détruit plus encore un enfant que la traditionnelle
claque aux fesses !
Adrien se rend très bien compte qu’il n’a
plus rien à perdre et qu’il n’a pas peur
de clamer ces formes d’injustices et de violences
inhumaines. Il est lui-même insoumis à l’aliénation
parentale, ainsi que son frère Robin (13 ans) et
ses jeunes collaborateurs et collaboratrices de J’Aime
Papa et Maman.
Ensuite, il y a des pères (et aussi des mères)
qui doivent « marcher sur des œufs »…
car ils sont tous aux prises avec la « justice »
qui les privent aussi des liens familiaux.
Ils ne voient donc plus du tout leurs enfants ou n’ont
plus de réels contacts avec eux.
L’un d’entre eux… pour pouvoir obtenir
un droit de visite de son enfant, d’un jour par mois,
il fut obligé par le juge de supprimer son BLOG où
il décrivait ses souffrances causées par des
situations inhumaines et intolérables – dans
un État de Droits – alors qu’il n’avait
rien fait pour mériter une telle situation.
Personnellement, privé de vivre avec mes 5 enfants,
depuis plus de 14 ans, et alors qu’ils m’aimaient
tant au cours de leurs existences… après le
divorce, ils m’ont craché à la figure
(comme à Alain, Anne, Jean-Pierre et aux autres pères
et mères…) avec la bénédiction
de la justice. Cela, en raison de cette manipulation de
leur mère, dont la forme la plus importante est l’«
aliénation parentale », forme de syndrome comme
le « syndrome de Stockholm » qui lui est plus
connu, et reconnu.
Dernièrement, un papa * (privé lui aussi de
vivre avec son enfant) s’est froissé avec moi
car je lui ai fait remarquer qu’il était indécent
d’utiliser un grand calicot, pour la fête des
pères, avec ce slogan : « Noyez vos enfants
avant qu’ils ne vous crachent à la figure…
». Il m’a traité de donneur de leçons
et n’est pas venu à la fête des pères…
Si vous ne comprenez pas la raison pour laquelle des êtres
humains refusent de procréer… alors, vous le
comprendrez lorsque vous ou vos propres enfants connaîtront
les mêmes souffrances et les mêmes horreurs
d’existence lors du naufrage de leur couple. Je sais
de quoi je parle, car j’ai connu trop de pères
qui se sont suicidés parce qu’ils ne pouvaient
plus vivre sans leurs enfants. Et d’autres pères,
morts misérablement dans des squats, en hiver, ou
dans leurs misérables chambrées… par
overdose d’alcool… pour oublier leurs souffrances.
Ceux-là ils y sont parvenus. Qui s’inquiète
des souffrances de ces papas et de ces mamans privés
de vivre avec leurs enfants ? Parce que la justice a posé
son grand cul sur leurs droits de pères et de mères.
Ça n’arrive pas qu’aux autres
!!!... Ça vous pend au nez !!!...
Vous risquez aussi que vos enfants vous crachent au nez
avec la bénédiction de la justice… si
vous-même ne réagissez pas !
Tant qu’il n’y aura pas des hommes et des femmes…
des pères, des mères, des futurs pères,
des futures mères, des grands parents, des futurs
grands parents, des enfants,… brefs, d’un plus
grand nombre de citoyens à réagir contre ces
injustices, la situation s’aggravera encore plus…
et des avocats s’enrichiront encore plus… avec
la bénédiction de la justice ! Car c’est
là la clé de la solution : ce n’est
pas simple à comprendre et c’est difficile
à prononcer…
Est-ce la raison pour laquelle cette CLÉ, forgée
depuis 1994, n’ouvre-t-elle pas la « PORTE DE
LA JUSTICE » afin de rendre une justice équitable
et surtout mieux équilibrée ! Car la balance
de la justice penche toujours aux avantages des femmes et
très rarement aux hommes, lors des conflits conjugaux
et famillaux.
Il faut que ça cesse !!!... Nous devons réagir
si nous sommes humains.
Je lui dédie cet article *
Michel
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UNITED
STATES |
06/06/2008 |

Glenn Sacks
Men's and fathers' issues
newspaper columnist,
radio commentator, and blogger |
FATHERS
DAY 2008 DEMONSTRATION - U.S. CAPITOL

Saturday
June 14th - Sunday June 15th / Fathers Day 2008
US Capitol - west side overlooking The Mall.
OUR organizations, Fathers-4-Justice/Families-4-Justice
have been diligently working to put together OUR rally.
A rally where we as a nation, will gather to petition our
government for reform. A rally where an injustice which
is being perpetrated against OUR children can be addressed
in a NATIONAL forum. We have decided that on Friday, the
13th of June, two days before Father's day we are going
to gather at all 50 State Capitols/Statehouses UNITED. On
this date from the hours of 12:00pm till 3:00pm UNITED we
will DEMAND a change to the manner in which our nations
family courts are currently conducting business.
This is OUR time, This is OUR opportunity, We are UNITED!
The following organizations have UNITED with us to support
in our efforts: American Coalition for Fathers & Children
(ACFC), United Civil Rights Councils of America (UCRCoA)
and Children Need Both Parents(CNBP).
JOIN US! In OUR efforts to affect change! I have attached
our NATIONAL FATHERLESS DAY RALLY flyer. Please send this
announcement far and wide. Post it on your websites, your
MySpace pages, your blogs, send it to all of your groups
but most importantly send it to our employees, the legislators
that have turned a deaf ear to our plea's for a change,
we are now UNITED and DEMANDING A CHANGE!
more
informations on F4J-USA web site |
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UNITED
STATES |
05/06/2008 |

Blog
Parental Kidnapping - Mona Lena |
NANCM
| The National Association of Non Custodial Moms, Inc.

The
National Association of Non Custodial Moms, Inc. is recognized
as a 501(c)(3) Non Profit by the Internal Revenue Service.
NANCM is an association which believes that children have
a right to BOTH fit and loving parents as EQUALLY as possible
in their life.
When both parents are fit and loving, 50/50 joint custody
(as close as possible) should be the standard arrangement,
with "move aways" being illegal.
A court of law may make a move away legal, but it certainly
doesn't make it right.
NANCM, Inc. provides emotional support to all non-custodial
parents, including:
- Long distance moms
- Mothers who are victims of a "move away"
- Mothers who have lost custody for any reason
- Mothers who are victims of court travesties & injustice
- Mothers who willingly relinquished custody of their children
for the children's best interest.
- Any parent who does not have full custody of their children
and needs emotional support dealing with the aspects of
being a non-custodial parent.*
According to the most recent census bureau statistics, 2.2
million women lack custody of their children in the U.S.
An even greater number of fathers are non-custodial. What
is more staggering is a large percentage of these parents
are needlessly "shut out" of their children's
lives. They are denied visitation ordered by the courts
repeatedly, with no recourse. They are denied phone calls
and letters as well. The custodial parent does not keep
the other parent informed of changes and activities in the
children's lives. These parents are serving a severely minimized
or non-existent roll in their children’s lives, but
not by choice. Some custodial parents move their children
out of state, and the non-custodial parent is hindered or
completely blocked from the ability to nurture their relationship
with their children.
Read
more on Mona Lena's blog |
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UNITED
STATES |
04/06/2008 |

Glenn Sacks
Men's and fathers' issues
newspaper columnist,
radio commentator, and blogger |
A
Divorced Dad Song from the 1950s
"The last time I saw Marie she was waving me goodbye
/ With hurry home drops on her cheek that trickled from her
eye / Marie is only six years old, information please / Try
to put me through to her in Memphis, Tennessee"
I'd
been hearing the song "Memphis, Tennessee"
by Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and others for decades without
ever realizing what Berry, the song's author, was talking
about. It's actually a divorced dad song about a father's
severed relationship with his 6-year-old girl, Marie. Ned
Holstein of Fathers & Families pointed it out to me
the other day, and I felt stupid for not having realized
it before.
The lyrics to the song are below, along with a video of
Chuck
Berry performing it.
If
you prefer Elvis, you can hear that by clicking
here.
We'll add it to our list of divorced dad songs which includes:
Craig Morgan's Every Friday Afternoon, Trace Adkins' I'm
Tryin', Doug Supernaw's I Don't Call Him Daddy, Toby Keith's
Who's That Man?, Tim McGraw's Do You Want Fries With That?,
and Sting's I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying, which was
also later recorded by Toby Keith.
Memphis, Tennessee
(Words & Music by Chuck Berry)
Long distance information give me Memphis, Tennessee
Help me find the party trying to get in touch with me
She could not leave her number but I know who placed the
call
My uncle took the message and he wrote it on the wall
Help me information to get in touch with my Marie
She's the only one who'd phone me here from Memphis, Tennessee
Her home is on the Southside, high upon a ridge
Just a half a mile from the Mississippi bridge
Help me information more than that I cannot add
Only that I miss her and all the fun we had
But we were pulled apart because her mom did not agree
Tore apart our happy home in Memphis, Tennessee
The last time I saw Marie she was waving me goodbye
With hurry home drops on her cheek that trickled from her
eye
Marie is only six years old, information please
Try to put me through to her in Memphis, Tennessee
All
the news from Glenn Sacks Newsletter
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AUSTRALIA |
04/06/2008 |

Dads
on the Air |
MORE
FALSE HOPE, FOR PARENTS KEPT FROM THEIR CHILDREN
Peter van de Voorde
In Australia, the Family Law
Council, which is the Federal Government’s advisory
body on family law matters, has called for the establishment
of a Child Orders Enforcement Agency, along similar lines
to the Child Support Agency.
Aggrieved non custodial parents who have been denied court-ordered
access to their children, since the inception of a Draconian
Family Law Industry, some 35 years ago and who have been calling
for such measures to be taken for more than three decades,
do not hold their breath. They have long ago lost faith in
a system in which the scales of justice are tilted firmly
in favour of custodial parents. Any suggested changes to what
has been shown to be such a gross travesty of justice for
so long, is viewed with great skepticism.
Alarm bells ring immediately when it is noted the council’s
report, “Improving Post Parenting Order Processes”,
was prepared by a committee of eminent judges, magistrates
and legal academics who wrote the report under Patrick Parkinson,
professor of law at the University of Sydney, whose term as
council chairman has expired.
Hundreds of thousands of the nation’s victims of the
Family Law Industry, both parents and children, have witnessed
at first hand how the odds are stacked against them from the
moment a parent becomes a Non Custodial Parent.
Where have the above judges, magistrates and legal academics
been for the past 35 years? Why has there been such a deafening
silence all these years from the above committee members?
Were they not aware of what was going on or were they too
busy plundering the family wealth from separating families?
Did the eminent members of the bench not hear the cries of
anguish from the non custodial parents and their children
all these years, while they turned a blind eye to the forcible
removal of children from non custodial parents by vindictive,
and in many cases disordered and dysfunctional Custodial parents.
Why for the past 35 years, have members of the bench refused
to use the punitive measures at their disposal, in order to
ensure that non custodial parents and their children remain
connected following parental separation. Their failure to
do so is a crime against humanity and an abuse of the rights
of our Nation’s children.
For the past 35 years we have witnessed the mockery of a Family
Justice System pretending to uphold the principle of equality
and impartiality in what can only be described as a mal- administration
of Family Law matters. Millions of the nation’s parents
and children, who have had the misfortune to become victims
of this Industry, have for the past 35 years protested against
the way the scales of justice in Family Law are tipped heavily
one way, in order to help maintain the frenzy of the Law profession
and their mercenaries, in the pursuit of plundering the family
wealth from unsuspecting separating parents.
The Laws governing Family law matters were drafted by Lawyers,
with the main beneficiaries being the law profession and associated
mercenaries, who have now joined in a growing melee to capture
a share of these ill-gotten spoils. The law profession’s
success depends on how much conflict and animosity is present
or can be created, for them to mount an economically successful
case. The sole custodial parent model following separation
has provided them with a guaranteed high level of ongoing
conflict, and by definition it has provided them with a lucrative
economic outcome.
Family Laws which were drafted in the early seventies were
supposedly designed to help solve the problems associated
with the highly emotive issues of parental separation, especially
the issue of child custody and the right and need, to ensure
ongoing contact of non custodial parents with their children,
unless it was unsafe for them to do so.
However whether by accident or by intent THE RELEVANT SOLE
PARENT CUSTODY MODEL WAS ADOPTED, SO AS TO GUARANTEE FAILURE,
with the resulting horrendous ramifications for all those
who incorrectly believed that justice would prevail, and that
by using the family justice system, at least enduring contact
with their children would be ensured.
This effectively means that any Court Orders you may have
obtained, mostly at great expense, have a totally different
meaning depending on whether you have been made a custodial
parent or a non custodial or contact parent. So there are
two totally different outcomes for one set of Court Orders.
1. From the moment you are made a custodial parent, you have
effectively been given absolute power and control over every
aspect of your children’s life, can ignore the Court
Orders with impunity, and can eliminate the other parent and
extended family members out of the children’s life with
ease. The methods used have been well documented for decades.
2. From the moment you are made a non custodial or contact
parent you no longer have any say in any aspects of what happens
in your children’s life. You are no longer able to protect
them, love, support and care for them and you can be totally
eliminated from your children’s life with frightening
speed and ease. To add insult to injury, you can then be accused
of abandoning your children and subsequently labeled a deadbeat
parent.
The adverse impact of such injustices are further highlighted
by the fact that if a non-custodial parent contravenes articles
of the Court Order, such as not returning the children on
time from a contact visit, the CUSTODIAL PARENT simply picks
up the phone, calls the police and the offending parent is
immediately labeled a kidnapper, hostage taker or child abductor,
and set upon by various federal and local police agencies.
The only cost incurred to the Custodial Parent is the cost
of the phone call.
By sharp contrast if the CUSTODIAL parent decides to ignore
and contravene the same set of Court Orders, and refuse to
let a child have anything further to do with their non custodial
parent even if they live in the same street, the non custodial
parent’s only recourse is to take the matter back to
the very Court which failed them so miserably in the first
place. No simple phone call for them, but rather further expensive
legal proceedings which ultimately lead to nothing, if a recalcitrant
Custodial parent decides to ignore the directions of the Court.
In their twisted logic the Industry reasons that to upset
the Custodial parent would be detrimental to the “Best
Interest of the Child”.
This is what the Family Justice Industry sees as an equitable
outcome.
Following 35 years of silence, these eminent members of the
Family Law Council committee, have now recommended that a
“small, independent (enforcement) agency with offices
in each capital city” would be the best way to respond
to serious breaches of contact orders. They have suddenly
decided that serious and willful disregard of parenting orders
was a matter of public interest and that a child’s best
interest was at stake when a parent breached an order that
a court had deemed beneficial to the child.. They also belatedly
consider that such breaches brought the Family Court into
disrepute.
With their collective tongues firmly planted in their cheeks,
they suggest these enforcement agencies would encourage parents
to resolve disputes without litigation. But then true to form
and making sure to protect the lucrative status quo of their
Industry and in order to maintain the standard of living of
their fellow members of the Law fraternity, they recommend
litigation should be instituted against the offending parent
in the Family Court with the aggrieved parent able to instruct
a Lawyer provided by the agency.
The committee acknowledges their recommendations would be
an expensive exercise, and therefore propose that extra funding
be made available to legal aid commissions in order to help
parents fund enforcement matters before the Family Courts.
To all those who have been a victim of this badly flawed system,
it would appear to be nothing more than an attempt to create
a growth in public funded ineffectual pursuits of enforcement
of contravention orders in the Family Court. Perhaps there
is a downturn in the numbers of aggrieved parents seeking
justice from this farcical institution.
You don’t have to be a brain surgeon to recognize that
a court which refuses to punish habitual offenders for contravention
of their own orders, is going to do anything different just
because the aggrieved parents are represented by legal aid
Lawyers.
The eminent members of the Family Law Council Committee suggest
that such legal actions in the Family Court as they recommend
would ensure compliance. With all due respect eminent members,
could you please explain how you see your recommendations
ensuring compliance?????
This is all smoke and mirrors gobbledygook, designed to make
it look as if they are a caring Court with “The Best
Interest of the Children” at heart. However all the
available evidence would suggest otherwise.
If this committee was even remotely serious at trying to resolve
the ongoing flagrant contraventions of Court ordered Contact
Orders, it would have been better to consider the proposal
by Family Law campaigner Simon Hunt, of a “CONTACT RECOVERY
ORDER” or (CRO)
Unfortunately all the available evidence shows that when practical
commonsense suggestions are made to resolve this travesty
of justice against non custodial parents and their children,
it is either ignored or ridiculed by all those engaged in
maintaining the status quo for their own self interests.
The following is an explanation of the CROs by Mr Hunt. I
believe this would also be a practical and effective low cost
mechanism to enforce Court Ordered Contact Orders
The Recovery of Contact Order (RCO) mechanism is a simple
way of protecting children facing the separation of their
parents and will prevent most custody cases from even starting
(because there is no aggrieved party to initiate litigation).
Immediately enforceable Recovery of Contact Order (RCO)
POLICY
Protecting children from having of their parents removed by
the other upon separation.
THE MECHANISM
That any parent denied equal parenting time of their child
or children can apply for immediate relief by way of a Recovery
of Contact Order (RCO) protecting the child's relationship
with both its parents. The excluded parent would obtain the
RCO from the police or the magistrate or district court clerks
office. Like an AVO or Intervention Order the Recovery of
Contact Order (RCO) would be effective immediately and immediately
enforceable by the police. It would provide the applicant
up to a maximum of seven days of contact with their child
per fortnight (or less by agreement).
Like an AVO or Intervention Order the application would go
to court within days so that the respondent party, the parent
withholding the child or children, has the opportunity to
oppose the order.
If he RCO is not opposed it stays in force.
If the RCO is opposed, the arguments and evidence of the respondent
parent will be assessed by the court and a decision made to
either;
i) dismiss the respondent's case,
ii) refer the matter to the Family Court or Federal Magistrates
Court whilst making an interim order for the contact requested
by the Applicant Parent up to 50% ie: 7 days a fortnight (or
less as agreed), or partial or complete exclusion of the applicant
parent. The court may also order that allegations of child
abuse or neglect are investigated by an appropriates child
protection agency.
Prior to hearing the RCO would be effective immediately and
immediately enforceable by the police unless the withholding
parent lays criminal charges of abuse or serious neglect with
the police, in which case the matter would be heard by the
Magistrate or District Court before restoration of contact
(50% or less by agreement) can be enforced.
VERY YOUNG CHILDREN
RCOs would not be effective immediately or immediately enforceable
when the child is less that one years old or is being breast
fed but would none the less be promptly adjudicated by the
Magistrates court.
FAMILY VIOLENCE Allegations of violence, be they genuine or
contrived, would not be grounds to exclude one the child's
parents when third party change over arrangements can be made.
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SPAIN |
02/06/2008 |

Plataforma por la
Custodia Compartida |
Discriminado
por ser hombre
La custodia compartida se abre paso
como la mejor opción para los hijos de separados -
Pero el 97% se concede a la madre - ¿Queríamos
igualdad?
PERE RÍOS 27/05/2008
Hace
décadas eran vistos como bichos raros, pero ahora son
legión. Más de 110.000 menores ingresan cada
año en el ya saturado club de hijos de divorciados.
Niños que tendrán que habituarse, una de dos,
a la ausencia de un progenitor, casi siempre el padre, o a
vivir a caballo entre dos casas. Los expertos creen que suele
ser mejor para ellos lo segundo, la custodia compartida, pero
los jueces siguen decidiendo lo primero. El 97% de las separaciones
acaban con los hijos bajo la custodia de la madre. Una inercia
difícil de romper. ¿Está discriminado
el varón en las separaciones? Muchos creen que sí.
¿Es
la custodia compartida lo más beneficioso para los
niños? |
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UNITED
STATES |
02/06/2008 |

BSI-International |
The
Most Memorable Moment With My Father Writing Contest
What do our children -- our bridge to the future -- cherish
most? If given the opportunity, what would our children tell
us about the person or persons that matter most in their lives?
What memories will leave an indelible imprint on our children
as they make the journey from childhood to adulthood? Children
throughout the United States from Grades 1 through 5 received
an opportunity to tell the world what they cherished most
when they participated in an essay contest sponsored by Just
Us Books (www.justusbooks.com)
entitled, The Most Memorable Moment With My Father
Writing Contest.
The inspiration for The Most Memorable Moment With My Father
Writing Contest emanates from a children’s book published
by Just Us Books – One Million Men And Me -- which is
authored by Kelly Starling Lyons and illustrated by Peter
Ambush. One Million Men And Me provides a view of the 1995
Million Man March through the eyes of a young girl who attended
the event with her Father. When I learned about The Most Memorable
Moment With My Father Writing Contest, I immediately contacted
Ms. Katura Hudson at Just Us Books and expressed my interest
in publishing the contest’s winning essays in a future
issue of IN SEARCH OF FATHERHOOD®. Thanks to Ms. Hudson
and her colleagues at Just Us Books, the essays of the winning
contestants of The Most Memorable Moment With My Father Writing
Contest – Jahbril Porter-Ollavria; Marquez Morrow; Denarius
Woods; and Fatherlessness is a universal issue. It transcends
the boundaries of geography, economics, culture, politics,
language, religion, and ethnicity. A dominant male presence
in the lives of our children as well as the lack of a dominant
male presence has a dramatic influence on the decisions that
children make once they reach adulthood. These decisions involve,
among other things, career paths, parenting styles, and the
selection of a spouse. Fatherlessness is an issue that is
explored in a powerful and riveting documentary – Father
Figure – which is co-written and co-produced by two
rising stars in the Fatherhood Movement – Professor
Eleanor Earl, an Assistant Professor of English and Cinema
Studies at Hampton University and Odetta Tamu Wright, a playwright
with 30 plays to her credit, poet, author and actress. You’ll
find out how these multi-talented young women through their
documentary – Father Figure -- have energized the Global
Dialogue on Fatherhood in our Father Figure Movement section.
Once upon a time we were a village. The village raised its
children. Fathers, Mothers, husbands, wives, grandparents,
great grandparents, uncles, aunts, neighbors, schools and
churches shared and utilized their key pieces of the puzzle
to create and implement plans that moved families forward
and worked as a team to positively shape the minds and souls
of its children – its future – its bridge to the
future. Neighbors helped neighbors. Grandparents and great
grandparents were the Elders in the village. The Elders in
the village were protected and respected. Children were the
heart and soul of the village. There was an unspoken and unwritten
understanding that each child in the village was everyone’s
child and that everyone in the village was responsible for
protecting, mentoring, and loving each child and that every
home, school and church within the village would be a safe
haven for the children – the bridge to the village’s
future -- as they made their journey from childhood to adulthood.
Much has changed. There are some who say that the village
is fragmented, unnecessary, powerless and voiceless. Yet,
vestiges of the village still exist. If you listen closely
you can hear inspiring and instructive Voices From The Village.
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CANADA |
02/06/2008 |

Yvon
Dallaire |
"La
réelle fonction du père"
Bonjour à tous et à
toutes,
Le 15 juin (8 juin en Belgique) 2008 aura lieu
la Fete annuelle des pères. A cette occasion, j'aimerais
vous offrir le texte ci-joint et ci-dessus intitulé
La réelle fonction du père. Vous avez l'autorisation
de le publier et de le diffuser à votre guise à
la condition d'en citer la référence.
Source
et références En
cette journée de la fête des pères et
dans un contexte social où de plus en plus de pères
veulent s'impliquer dans l'éducation de leurs enfants,
il serait peut-être bon de se poser la question :
" En quoi consiste réellement la fonction paternelle
? " En quoi sa fonction est-elle complémentaire,
et non similaire, à la fonction maternelle ? Quelle
est la mission réelle du père ? Voici quelques
éléments de réflexion que j'ai glanés
au cours de mes lectures et de ma vie de père et
qui m'ont servi à écrire le chapitre Un père,
pour quoi faire ?
1
Il existe une différence fondamentale entre rôle
sexuel et fonction sexuelle. En résumé, le
rôle désigne des comportements, des actes ou
des attitudes conscientes, volontaires, concrètes,
interchangeables et relatifs comme les tâches ménagères
ou de pourvoyeurs. Ces rôles évoluent au gré
du temps et des modes et peuvent être indifféremment
remplis par la mère ou le père (identité
de genre). La fonction est à l'inverse des rôles
car celle-ci est inconsciente, psychologique (non volontaire),
unique, spécifique et absolue (identité sexuée).
Aucune mère, malgré sa bonne volonté,
ne peut remplir la fonction paternelle ; elle ne peut remplir
que " sa " fonction maternelle. Et vice versa
!
La fonction maternelle est d'abord une fonction de matrice,
de source nourricière, d'enveloppe, de réceptacle
de vie, de rétention. La mère représente
l'abri, la sécurité, la protection, la chaleur,
l'affection, la fusion, la compréhension La mère
représente l'amour. La fonction du père en
est une de séparation, d'expulsion du sein maternel,
de distinction, de différenciation. Le père
doit éduquer ses enfants dans le sens étymologique
du mot " educare " : faire sortir, tirer dehors,
conduire au-dehors avec soin.
La
fonction du père est de séparer l'enfant de
la mère. Il doit s'interposer entre la mère
et l'enfant pour permettre à l'enfant de développer
son identité en dehors de la symbiose maternelle
et rappeler à la mère qu'elle est aussi une
femme, une amante, un être de plaisir, non seulement
un être de devoir généreux. Si la mère
représente l'amour fusionnel, le père représente
les limites, les frontières, la séparation
psychologique.
L'enfant a besoin de sentir toute l'attention de la mère
pour découvrir sa puissance. Mais il a aussi besoin
des interdits de son père pour connaître ses
limites et apprendre à faire attention aux autres.
L'enfant apprend, par sa mère, qu'il est au centre
de l'univers, de son univers ; il doit apprendre, par son
père, qu'il existe d'autres univers avec lesquels
il devra collaborer pour survivre et s'épanouir.
L'enfant doit apprendre à se situer à mi-chemin
entre l'attitude du chat et du chien. Le chat se croit le
maître en voyant tout ce que son " esclave "
fait pour lui, alors que le chien perçoit son propriétaire
comme son maître parce qu'il est capable de tout faire
pour lui.
D'après les psychologues, la fonction paternelle
se manifeste dans cinq secteurs précis :
1. La protection. Auparavant, grâce
à sa force physique, cette protection était
surtout limitée aux dangers physiques extérieurs
: l'homme des cavernes devait protéger les siens
de prédateurs de toutes sortes. L'homme du XXIe siècle
sera de plus en plus appelé à assurer, en
plus, une sécurité émotive non seulement
pour ses enfants, mais aussi pour sa femme (c'est d'ailleurs
là l'une des principales demandes de la femme moderne).
Sa femme et ses enfants veulent pouvoir compter sur lui.
Pour ce faire, il doit évidemment être présent,
physiquement et psychologiquement, et être valorisé
dans cette fonction.
2. L'éducation. Le père doit
faciliter à ses enfants l'apprentissage du contrôle
de soi ; il doit leur apprendre à renoncer à
la satisfaction immédiate de ses besoins et désirs
; il doit leur apprendre la patience. Il doit surtout les
aider à canaliser leur agressivité vers une
expression positive et constructive de celle-ci. Il est
évident que, ce faisant, il apprend lui aussi à
mieux gérer ses propres besoins et sa propre agressivité.
Mais n'est-ce pas en enseignant qu'on apprend à enseigner
?
3. L'initiation. Le père a aussi
comme fonction d'humaniser l'enfant à la frustration
et au manque afin de pouvoir l'intégrer dans le monde
adulte et le monde social, comme cela se faisait dans les
rituels initiatiques des tribus dites " primitives
". Le père initie l'enfant aux règles
de la société, sinon aucune vie sociale n'est
possible. La démission du père à ce
niveau est probablement en grande partie responsable de
l'augmentation croissante de la délinquance juvénile.
Les enfants deviennent délinquants parce qu'ils continuent
de croire que tout leur est dû et que les autres sont
à leur service (comme l'était maman).
4. La séparation. La femme moderne
demande à l'homme du XXIe siècle de l'accompagner
dans toutes les étapes de la grossesse, de l'accouchement
et des soins de l'enfant et je crois que cet accompagnement
constitue une excellente façon de développer
le sens de la paternité. Mais, j'insiste pour réaffirmer
que la fonction du père est de séparer l'enfant
de la mère et la mère de l'enfant et non pas
de former une " sainte trinité " où
chacun perd son identité. Ainsi, le père permet
la survie et l'épanouissement de l'enfant ; ainsi,
l'homme permet la survie et l'épanouissement de la
femme qui existe dans la mère.
5. La filiation. Peu importe le nom de famille donné
à l'enfant, celui-ci a besoin de savoir qu'il a un
père et qui est ce père. Il a aussi besoin
de savoir qu'il s'inscrit dans une lignée qui possède
une histoire. Il a besoin de se sentir relié à
l'humanité, qu'il fait partie de la grande famille
humaine. Traditionnellement, la filiation était patrilinéaire
; elle assurait au père qu'il avait un fils ou une
fille et elle assurait à l'enfant, fille ou fils,
qu'il avait bien un père, ce père.
La maternité ne fait pas de doute : la mère
sait que c'est " son " enfant parce qu'elle l'a
porté. La paternité, elle, doit parfois être
prouvée et c'est la raison principale pour laquelle,
ne l'oublions pas, la filiation patrilinéaire et
la monogamie se sont développées. L'homme
peut ainsi être assuré qu'il est vraiment le
père de ses enfants et qu'il peut consacrer ses ressources,
sa force de travail et son affection à leur survie
et leur développement. C'est une attitude extrêmement
paranoïde de croire que les hommes ont inventé
ces institutions pour asservir les femmes. Ils l'ont fait
pour protéger leurs droits, leur paternité,
ce qui m'apparaît un mobile tout à fait légitime.
Sinon, l'homme serait encore plus esclave de la femme en
ce sens que sa fonction serait réduite à son
rôle de pourvoyeur : améliorer les conditions
de vie de n'importe quel enfant et il devrait probablement
prendre en charge de nombreux enfants qui ne sont pas les
siens.
2
Déjà, en juillet 1966, Margaret Mead proposait
dans un article de Redbook le mariage en deux étapes.
La première consistait en un lien légal sans
véritable engagement et sans conséquences
advenant un divorce : le mariage individuel ou amoureux.
La deuxième étape légalisait la relation
à long terme avec des garanties concernant les enfants
en cas de divorce : le mariage parental. Ce mariage unirait
les partenaires à vie. La première étape
a donné naissance au foisonnement des unions libres
des années 70 et 80. Mais la deuxième étape
n'a jamais pris forme. Les enfants n'ont aucune garantie
que leurs droits seront respectés dans le cas de
divorce. Les mariages basés sur le sentimentalisme,
le non-engagement et l'absence de sens pratique responsable
deviennent évidemment explosifs et traumatisants
pour toutes les parties en cause au moment du divorce, et
les enfants sont souvent l'enjeu des disputes entre ex-amants.
Les alternatives du père
Devant la situation actuelle, l'homme devenu père
se trouve face à une alternative que l'on peut présenter
de différentes façons :
1. Il délègue toutes ses responsabilités
à la mère et lui laisse tout le pouvoir ou
bien il s'approprie la partie du pouvoir qui lui revient
et fait partie intégrante du triangle familial.
2. Il reste le pourvoyeur de nourriture qu'il a été
depuis le début de l'humanité ou bien il s'implique
en plus au plan relationnel et émotif pour éviter
d'être le père manquant à l'origine
des enfants manqués (Guy Corneau) parce qu'ils ont
eu trop de mère et pas assez de père.
3. Il démissionne et ne sert que d'épouvantail
au service de la mère ou bien il se tient debout
et se bat pour remplir sa fonction de père.
Comme
l'a si bien fait ressortir le sociologue québécois
Germain Dulac, 3 les études faites sur la paternité
l'ont été autour des quatre paradigmes négatifs
suivants : la passivité, l'absence, la violence et
l'abus. On s'est plutôt penché sur les conséquences
de l'absence ou de la passivité du père et
sur les effets négatifs des abus paternels de pouvoir
plutôt que chercher à étudier la paternité
pour elle-même, ses caractéristiques intrinsèques,
ses apports à l'éducation et l'évolution
des enfants ou les façons de mieux l'exercer.
Il serait temps que le discours des pères et
partant celui des hommes soit enfin entendu pour ce
qu'il est : une réelle volonté de participer
à l'éducation des enfants et à l'évolution
de l'humanité.
Yvon
Dallaire M. Ps.
Psychologue et auteur
http://www.yvondallaire.com
1
Extrait du livre Homme et fier de l'être. Un livre
qui dénonce les préjugés contre les
hommes et fait l'éloge de la masculinité,
publié aux Éditions Option Santé (Canada)
en 2001.
2 Certaines études rapportent que 2 à 3 %
des enfants sont élevés par un père
qui n'est pas le leur, à l'insu du père.
3 Dulac, Germain, La configuration du champ de la paternité
: politiques, acteurs et enjeux, in Lien social et politique,
no 37, printemps-été 1997. |
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UNITED
KINGDOM |
02/06/2008 |

Grandparents Apart |
The
1st in Britain’s Mobile Family Information and Education
Centre created by Grandparents Apart UK will be setting off
on Monday 9th June 2008 on a tour of Scotland.
The (Investing in ideas section) of the Big
Lottery has awarded the group a grant of £10,000.00p
to develop the project further. The idea for the project came
from Jimmy Deuchars the founder of the group in Glasgow.
Our groups were involved along with the Scottish Government
in the creation of 'The Charter for Grandchildren' and 'The
Parenting Agreement' which we will be promoting along with
other family literature everywhere we go.
With balloons attached and blowing in the wind we will be
leaving Sunny Govan Radio Station, 249 Govan Road Glasgow
around 9.30am proceeding to George Square for 10.am where
millions will be seeing us off. Scottish
Media crews will be welcomed to record and interview Jimmy
and Margaret Deuchars along with dodgy their Star pet rabbit
who is going along with them rather than upset him by putting
him into care. You can view Dodgy’s rise to fame on
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=ag5if22n0WE
Grandparents Apart UK is a Scottish Registered Charity staffed
completely by volunteers and has another group in Kilmarnock.
A group in Chorley and one in Plymouth have asked us to assist
them in a similar set up and we have in the past helped other
groups in setting up. Jimmy
Deuchars
Grandparents
Apart Self Help Group Scotland
22
Alness crescent
Glasgow
G52 1PJ |
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BELGIUM |
30/05/2008 |

"Access Denied"
Pascal Gallez
Sabine Vander Elst
nell'ambito
degli eventi promossi per il 25/04/2008

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"access
denied, accès interdit" - "accesso
negato"
Thanks
to Thilo Muehlberger for this video
http://1777.lapetition.be
Petition
will close on 7 February 2009. |
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AUSTRALIA |
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30/05/2008 |

Lone
Fathers |
"THE
NOOS" the Lone Fathers Association Australia official
newsletter
I would ask you to take the time to read
it as it contains many articles pertaining to the role of
'Fathers' in today's society.
The Lone Fathers Association has no bias towards any faith,
non faith, gender or position in society.
Our primary concerns are for the welfare and rights of the
children caught up in the breakdown of 'the family unit'
and how as fathers we can assist, fathers, mothers, grandparents
but most importantly our children to maintain a meaningful
relationship with all members of their family.
Family Law and Child Support are issues that can tear apart
that relationship.
The LFAA has for many years fought for fair and equitable
agreement through consulting with government departments,
The Family Law Court and the CSA.
Some of these initiatives have been taken on board and adopted.
As fathers that have gone through the damage this has had
on our children and as their 'dads' we are asking you to
have an open mind and consider the ongoing effect it has
on our future society. Our children, and their children
should not have to go through what we have had to endure.
Regards
Mathew L. Richards
LFAA Newsletter Editor.

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