Originally posted by mcdreamy
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A capable parent with a good parenting plan with good supports who wants 50/50 to children whom they provided half the genetics for shouldn't be an issue. 80/20, 70/30 and 60/40 is not the answer for every family.
I feel all unemployed parents should be out looking for work during the other parents access time, not sitting at home preparing documents proving the other parent has no time and shouldn't get 50/50.
Getting to 50/50 - Facts
Working moms find time for kids – it needs to be possible for working dads to do the same
- NICHD data shows that working mothers spend 80% of the hours interacting with their kids that non-employed mothers do. (Huston and Rosenkrantz Aronson, Child Development 76, no. 2 (March– April 2005))
- 2/3 of kids say they get enough time with their moms – equally true whether or not the mother is employed. However, 40% of kids feel they have too little time with their fathers. Galinsky, Ask the Children (William Morrow and Company, 1999))
Fathers provide unique benefits to kids – helping men be active fathers significantly improves outcomes for kids
- A DOE study of 20,000 children found that, after controlling for parental education, income and maternal involvement, high levels of paternal involvement drove significantly better results in both academic performance and behavior.
50/50 isn't for every family, I agree. But it in my view it would be more beneficial to the children in more families than not.
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