Category: NPO in the media

Gov. Rick Scott holds the power to vastly improve the lives of millions of Florida’s children at no cost to taxpayers by signing Senate Bill 668 into law. This bill, which also makes needed reforms to alimony in the age of the two-earner couple, better allows children of divorce to receive what they want and need — equal time with both parents. A large and growing body of research validates their wishes, and I strongly urge our governor to waste no time in signing SB 668, recently passed by the Florida Legislature.

The bill allows mothers and fathers an equal starting point in the time-sharing discussion when first walking into Florida’s divorce courtrooms. Specifically, the bill holds that approximately equal time with each parent is in the best interest of children when parents divorce. Assuming the parents haven’t already agreed on an alternative arrangement, it also requires judges to produce written findings of fact to justify a parenting plan that does not require close to equal time between parents. This is a reasonable and necessary move that will encourage all judges to follow the overwhelming research on what’s best for kids.

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DataCenter.KidsCount.org Whether you’re relocating or need info about your own community, this site has the economic and education data you’re looking for, says Ned Holstein, M.D., founder of the National Parents Organization. Eye-opening feature: how much money your school district spends per student compared with others in the state.

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More than two million fathers consider themselves “stay at home dads.”

Don Hubin is on the board of the National Parents Organization.

He says 47% of the workforce is women and one third of wives out earn their husbands.

So in a lot of families this makes good economic sense.

It also can teach kids that parenting or a marriage is not a competition.

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Divorce can be one of the most stressful things a person can go through in life, and although oftentimes older kids have an easier time handling it, divorce can shake every family member up. According to a recent study, nearly 45% of marriages end in divorce, leaving quite a few kids confused and upset.

Regardless of the nature of your divorce, there are ways to help kids cope with the fact that mommy and daddy won’t be together anymore.

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Don Hubin is on the board of the National Parents Organization, he says 47% of the workforce is women and one-third (1/3) of wives out earn their husbands.

So in a lot of families this “stay-at-home dad” setup makes good economic sense.

It also can teach kids that parenting or a marriage is not a competition. 

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With International Women’s Day recently passing and Women’s History Month coming to a close, it’s important to remember all throughout the year that not only are women an important part of American society, but also, women and men together are indispensable to our country’s most valuable treasure: our children.

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“No loving and fit parent should ever lose the inherent right to spend significant, meaningful time with his or her child,” said Dr. Ned Holstein, the organization’s founder and board chairman.

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For the last four years, Gilbert Tso has been fighting to prove he is a fit parent after he and his wife divorced and he began seeking custody of their daughter, but the battle over how much time each parent should get wasn’t cheap.

“We basically spent a tremendous amount of families’ assets on lawyers and psychologists,” said Tso.

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National Parents Organization applauds Colorado legislators who are acting on numerous U.S. Supreme Court decisions that have established parenting as a fundamental right and liberty interest.

Colorado legislators joined the national movement to reform the family courts and support shared parenting – a flexible arrangement in which children spend as close to equal time as possible with each parent after separation or divorce – with the filing of the Parent’s Bill of Rights, HB16-1110. The bill establishes parental rights as a fundamental liberty interest and a fundamental right, which encourages family courts to make shared parenting the norm when parents divorce or separate.

The move could be a significant change, considering shared parenting occurs less than 20 percent of the time after separation or divorce, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

“Thank you, Colorado legislators, for standing up for the crucial yet all-too-often violated rights of parents,” said Dr. Ned Holstein, MD, Founder and Board Chair of National Parents Organization. “No loving and fit parent should ever lose the inherent right to spend significant, meaningful time with his or her child — as research, and common sense have told us many times over.”

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Maybe it’s for financial reasons or personal but more and more fathers are staying home.

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