Parenting

“Father deprivation is a more reliable predictor of criminal activity than race, environment or poverty. Father-deprived children are 72% of all teenage murderers, 60% of rapists, 70% of kids incarcerated, twice as likely to quit school, 11 times more likely to be violent, 3 of 4 teen suicides, 80% of the adolescents in psychiatric hospitals, and 90% of runaways.” — Canadian Children’s Rights Council 

EQUAL SHARED PARENTING

• Men face strong legal biases in awards of child custody. A survey in 37 North American and European countries found that joint physical custody was awarded in less than 5% of cases.
• Fathers also face discrimination in their parental requests to relocate.
• The World Health Organization report on Nurturing Care for Early Childhood Development repeatedly highlights the essential role of fathers.
• Articles:
  • Why Two Parents are the Ultimate Privilege
  • U.S. Economy Needs More Two Parent Families
  • The Effects of Fatherhood on the Health of Men: A Review of the Literature
• Child Abuse: Compared to two-parent families, children in single-parent households face a much higher risk of abuse and neglect:
  • United Kingdom (Source: Broken Homes and Battered Children):
    • 14-fold higher risk of experiencing serious child abuse
    • 7-fold higher risk of suffering fatal child abuse
  • United States (Source: National Incidence Study, page 162):
    • 77% greater risk of being harmed by physical abuse
    • 87% greater risk of being harmed by physical neglect
    • 74% greater risk of being harmed by emotional neglect
• Shared Parenting Reduces Domestic Violence:
  • Spain: Bargaining under Threats: The Effect of Joint Custody Laws on Intimate Partner Violence
  • USA: Shared Parenting Law Having a Positive Effect on Domestic Violence
• Videos:
  • Evidence Supports Presumption of Shared Parenting
  • False Allegations in Family Courts
• Press Releases:
  • July 17, 2025: Growing Wave of Support for Shared Parenting Around the World
  • July 10, 2025: To Protect Our Children’s Futures, Equal Shared Parenting Must Become the Norm
  • June 12, 2025: Diversity of Global Father’s Day Observances Underscores Contributions that Fathers Make
  • February 16, 2024: UN Meeting on ‘Importance of the Family’ Highlights Essential Role of Fathers

Strategies and Solutions:

• • Participate in International Shared Parenting Day, which is held each year on April 26.
  • Video: Adopting Model Legislation for Equal Shared Parenting
  • All-Party Parliamentary Group: Better Outcomes for the Children of Separating Parents