Summer 2001 Vol. 16 No. 2 ISSN 1042-3559 Strengthening Families Assisting Children of Through Education Separated, Divorced, And Advocacy and Never-Married Parents
The Quarterly Newsletter of the Children’s Rights Council, Inc. 300 “I” Street N.E., Suite 401, Washington, D.C. 20002-4389 Email: [email protected] Phone (202)547-6227 Fax (202) 546-4272 Websites: gocrc.com and info4parents.com IN THIS ISSUE: The Myth of The Fading Family CRC View ...... 4 by E.J. Dionne Jr. Shared Parenting Washington Post columnist Conference Highlights... 5 Reprinted with permission from the Washington Post, Tuesday, May 22, 2001 Call Us Stepfamilies, not Blended Families ...... 5 Among households with children, according to E. J. Dionne, Jr. says the new Census Bureau figures, 71.8% are led by Elements of Non-Profit Fundraising ...... 6 Census Bureau finds 70 married couples. That’s down from 76.1% a de- Percent of Families with cade ago, and 93% in 1960. So, yes, the two-parent Welfare Reform ...... 7 Children are Headed by family has had its problems in the past 40 years. British Embassy Benefit But if a household includes children, the odds are Reception for CRC ...... 8 a Couple Rather than by early 3 to 1 that it will be led by a couple rather a Single Parent Conference Awards ...... 9 than a single parent. And the Census Bureau’s Current Population Book Nook ...... 10 Survey offers evidence that the decline of the two- Conference Snapshots . 12 You would think from reading the headlines parent family stopped in the mid-1990s. That is big, that the mom-and-dad-and-kids family is in a state Books, Videos, underreported--and heartening--news, especially if of total collapse in America. Those headlines are Buttons ...... 13–20 it is confirmed in the coming years. based on accurate reporting of certain data from Between 1990 and 1996, there was a continu- Addt’l Findings that the 2000 Census. ing decline in the proportion of households with Overnights by Infants with But the headlines are wrong. The two-parent Other Parent Are Fine 21 family is still the norm in America. Continued on page 3 Federal Campaign ...... 22 Audio Cassette Order Summer 2001 CRC College Student Interns Form ...... 24 Equal Parents’ Week... 25 Forgive Their Debts .... 26 Bush Issues Nat’l Child’s Day Proclamation ...... 27 Bills in Congress ...... 28 Family Facts ...... 29 National Affiliate Organizations and Chapters ...... 30 (l to r) Eleanor Zandstein, Susanne Bielaski, Natalia Swalnick, Jessica Brooks, Samantha Shapiro, Katherine Potter, Contributors ...... 31 Kelli Lydon, Ron Varga. Intern Patricia Lopez is seated at right. CRC is a member of
“Speak Out for Children” is published by the Children’s Rights Council, Inc. Editor: David L. Levy. Contributors to this issue: Julie Maggiacomo, Al Ellis, Paul Robinson, Ken Skilling, and college student interns Susanne Bielaski, Columbus School of Law at Catholic University; Jessica Brooks, Washington University in St. Louis, Patrica Lopez, University of California at Davis; Kelli Lydon, St. Mary’s College; Katherine Potter, University of New Hampshire; Samantha Shapiro, University of Central Florida; Natalia Swalnick, Syracuse University; Ron Varga, Bethany College;␣ Eleanor Zandstein, University of Connecticut, who is an Israeli. Layout by Sheila Holzberger. The CRC The Children’s Rights Council step-parents, and others who are Material in this newsletter authored (CRC) is an international, non-profit IRS part of the family fabric, working by CRC may be reprinted without per- 501(c)(3) children’s rights organization, as a team. mission, provided the source (“Re- based in Washington, D.C. • CRC envisions a society where printed from the Children’s Rights Mission laws, attitudes, and public opinon Council newsletter ‘Speak Out for Chil- • The Children’s Rights Council affirm that for children, “The Best dren,’ Summer 2001") is given. For non- (CRC) is an international non- Parent is Both Parents.” CRC material, obtain permission from profit organization committed to the copyright owner. For further infor- the loving, nurturing, protecting Formed in 1985 by concerned par- mation about CRC membership, publi- and education of children through ents who had more than 40 years collec- cations, cassettes, catalog, and services, both parents and extended family. tive experience in custody reform and write: CRC, 300 “I” Street N.E., Suite • CRC is dedicated to helping early childhood education, CRC has 401, Washington, D.C. 20002; phone children by promoting family chapters in 32 states and four national 202/547-6227 202/547-6227 (4272), fax 202/546-4272, formation, shared parenting, affiliate organizations: Mothers Without or email [email protected]@erols.com. CRC has two mediation, parent education, and Custody (MW/OC), The Stepfamily websites: www.gocrc.com www.gocrc.com (our main mitigating the effects of divorce Association of America (SAA), CRC site) and info4parents.com info4parents.com (for and relationship breakups of COMAMAS, and Parenting Coalition expanded parenting information). Speak children and parents. International, Inc. Out for Children is published four times Vision Prominent professionals in the fields a year and is sent free to members. Li- • CRC’s vision is a society where of religion, law, social work, psychology, brary Rate: $20. a year. brary Rate: $20. a year. Send letters, both parents play a significant child care, education, business, and gov- comments and articles for publication to parenting role in their children’s ernment comprise our Family Advisory Editor, CRC. lives. Children need grandparents, Board.
OFFICERS AND BOARD NATIONAL SPOKESPERSONS: ADVISORS Larry Gaughan,Larry Gaughan, Professional MEMBERS Gerald A. Boarman, Gerald A. Boarman, Ed.D., Rabbi Mendel Abrams,Rabbi Mendel Abrams, D.Min. Director David L. Levy, David L. Levy, Esq. President Academic Education, Former President, Board of Rabbis Family Mediation of Greater John L. Bauserman, Jr.,John L. Bauserman, Jr., Chairman Maryland and North Carolina of Greater Washington, DC Washington, D.C. Samuel A. Brunelli,Samuel A. Brunelli, CEO Judge Eugene N. HamiltonJudge Eugene N. Hamilton (ret’d), Eloise Anderson Jonathan M. Goodson, Jonathan M. Goodson, President Ingrid Bough-Bell the Judiciary, The Claremont Institute Mark Goodson Productions John L. Bauserman, Sr. Washington, D.C. Sacramento, California Los Angeles, California Teresa L. Kaiser,Teresa L. Kaiser, J.D. Judge Richard A. WaldronJudge Richard A. Waldron (ret’d) Elizabeth Hickey,Elizabeth Hickey, M.S.W., David Birney, David Birney, Actor Hon. Bob Graham Lee Yarborough Parenting Education, Santa Monica, California U.S. Senator (D-FL) Salt Lake City, Utah Hon. Sherwood Boehlert Jennifer Isham, Jennifer Isham, President HONORARY PRESIDENT Jayne A. Major,Jayne A. Major, Ph.D., U.S. Congressman (R-NY) Mothers Without Custody (MW/ Catherine Meyer,Catherine Meyer, author, Breakthrough Parenting, Jim Cook,Jim Cook, President OC) wife of the British Los Angeles Joint Custody Association Crystal Lake, Illinois Ambassador to the U.S. Dwight Twilley, Dwight Twilley, Pop Singer/Author, Los Angeles, California Joan B. Kelly, Joan B. Kelly, Ph.D. Tulsa, OK “Dear Abby” Vice-President, California Dispute GENERAL COUNSEL Resolution Institute, Corte Madera Michael L. Oddenino Wes Unseld, Wes Unseld, VP Washington (Abigail Van Buren) Arcadia, California Wizards, Member, NBA Hall of Los Angeles, California Elisabeth Kubler-Ross,Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D. Fame, Parenting Education, Karen DeCrow Author, Psychiatrist DIR. OF CHILD ACCESS Washington, D.C. Former President of N.O.W. Scottsdale, Arizona SERVICES Audrey Wise,Audrey Wise, Ed.D., M.A., Jamesville, New York Vicki Lansky,Vicki Lansky, Author/Columnist Alfred Ellis Family Counselor/Mediator, Elliott H. Diamond Deephaven, Minnesota New York City Co-Founder, CRC James Levine, James Levine, The Fatherhood OFFICE MANAGER Reston, Virginia Project Julie Maggiacomo EVALUATORS OF RESEARCH Phyllis Diller, Phyllis Diller, Comedienne The Family and Work Institute John Guidubaldi, John Guidubaldi, D.Ed. Los Angeles, California New York, New York CHILD SPOKESPERSON: D. Richard Kuhn Hadassah Luther, Hadassah Luther, age 13 Margorie Engel,Margorie Engel, Ph.D., President Hon. Debbie Stabenow U.S. Senator(D-MI) FAMILY ADVISORY BOARD Stepfamily Association of America GRANDPARENT Chairman, Warren Farrell, Warren Farrell, Ph.D., Author Hon. Fred Thompson SPOKESPERSONS: Clifton Alan Clark, Sr. former Member of the Board of U.S. Senator (R-TN) Ernie Ashworth,Ernie Ashworth, Member, Grand former CRC Director of Directors, New York City N.O.W. Ole Opry, and Bettye Ashworth Development Leucadia, California
Page 2 Speak Out For Children Summer 2001 Fading Family • In 1970, the proportion dropped the family.” My mother-in-law, one of to 38.8% the most family-oriented people I know, Continued from page 1 • In 1980, it was down to 30.8% lives in an apartment upstairs from one • In 1990, it was 25.6%. of her sons. Yet the word “household” children headed by couples. But there • In 2000, it was 23.5%. would be counted against the family, has been no decline since then. In fact, The much repeated line, entirely because technically, she lives alone. between 1999 and 2000, there was a true, is that for the first time, married- None of this should diminish our modest, though perhaps statistically in- couples-with-kids families represent less concern for the difficulties faced by chil- significant, increase in the proportion of than a quarter of all American House- dren in single-parent households. You households with children headed by two holds. don’t have to be a conservative to be- parents. But notice a few things about these lieve that on the whole, two parents are “When you look at just two points numbers. First, the married-couples- far better than one. As Jonathan Rauch in time,” says Jason Fields, a family de- with-kids homes did not constitute a argues in the current issue of National mographer in the Census Bureau’s majority of households even in 1960, the Journal, “children raised in single par- population division, referring to 1990 age of “Ozzie and Harriet” and “Fathers ent homes are at greater risk of poverty, and 2000, “you miss the fact that the knows Best.” That’s because kids grow school dropout, delinquency, teen preg- trends have leveled off in the late 1990s. up and move out. Our grandparents, if nancy and adult joblessness.” We can The increase in single-mother families they lived long enough, knew what it felt debate how to help those kids, but we has really leveled off. Divorce has really like to be “empty-nesters.” shouldn’t let ideology blind us to their leveled off.” Second, the big declines in the pro- problems. How does this square with what portion of households made up of mar- But it would also be wrong if ideol- you’ve been reading and hearing? ried couples with kids had already oc- ogy led us to exaggerate the problem with Among the typical headlines that turn up curred by 1990. The decline in the past the family in America. If the family has in a Web search of newspapers and ten years is quite modest. begun to come back together, at least a broadcasts: “Is the Traditional Ameri- little bit we need to figure out why, and can Family Heading towards Extinc- People Live Longer -- how to nurture the forces making it hap- tion?” and a cover line on Newsweek Many Households Don’t pen. read “Why the Traditional Family is Have Children It makes better copy and probably Fading Fast.” boosts talk-show ratings to say that the Most of these stories focus on the Third, part of the decline in mom- two-parent family is going the way of the decline in the proportion of all house- and-dad-and-kids households as a pro- Oldsmobile. The happier but more pro- holds that consist of two parents with portion of the whole has to do with the saic truth is that while the family does children. Here are the numbers: fact that people are living longer. There face large new challenges, most Ameri- • In 1960, 45% of American are not a lot of people over 65 whose cans still believe that kids need two par- households consisted of married kids still live with them. This fact of life ents. And most of them still try hard to couples with kids. has nothing to do with the “decline of behave as they believe. Behavior of Real-Life Dennis the Menace was not Tolerated from The Washington Post, June 1, 2001
Ketcham’s first son, who was talented at dismantled his bedroom, down to the Ketcham Father getting in trouble often with his ever mattress, springs and curtain rods. (pictured here) present slingshot. “Mischief just seemed Dennis’s frustrated mother declared to follow wherever Dennis appears, but her son a “menace” and a cartoon was and Son Never it is the product of good intentions, mis- inspired. Close After directed helpfulness, good hearted gen- The behavior of the real-life Den- Parents Sent Son erosity and, possibly, an overactive thy- nis was not tolerated, and the Ketchams to Boarding roid,” Mr. Ketcham wrote in his 1990 sent him off to a boarding school. The School autobiography, “The Merchant of Den- son and father were never close again. nis the Menace”. “Dennis has been out of my life for In real life, however, Mr. Ketcham a number of years”, Mr. Ketcham said was estranged from the son on whom a while ago. “it’s regrettable - there’s no Hank Ketcham, 81, who first drew the cartoon was based. On an autumn communication. it’s just one of those “Dennis the Menace” fifty years ago day in 1950, while Ketcham was work- things...” died May 31 at his home in Califor- ing on a drawing, his young son Dennis nia. Dennis was modeled after
Summer 2001 Speak Out For Children Page 3 The CRC View by David L. Levy, J.D. President, CRC
June 28, 2001 forcing or honoring their visitation sus Bureau first reported by CRC in rights.” Some of these parents walk-away the Children’s Rights Council news- The Honorable Wally Herger from their children, but as Sheehy stated, letter, “Speak Out for Children,” Vol. Chairman, Human Resources many are deadbolted out. Many di- 12, No. 4, Fall 1997/Winter 1998 is- Subcommittee vorced mothers are deadbolted out, as sue, available from CRC; later cited House Ways and Means well. in the Indiana Law Journal, Spring Committee CRC believes that much of this dis- 1998, Vol. 73, No. 2, by Margaret Washington, D.C. 20515 connect between children and previously Brinig and F. Buckley, law professors involved married parents occurs within at George Mason University, Fairfax, Hearing on Child Support and 2 to 3 years after the divorce, just as many Virginia. Fatherhood Proposals never-married parents disconnect from Shared parenting (joint physical Statement from David L. Levy, each other a few years after the birth of custody) is defined by researchers as J.D., President, CRC the child. at least 1/3 of the time spent between on behalf of the Children’s Rights RemedyRemedy: An understanding of what a child and a parent on a year round Council “deadbolted dads” (and moms) means, basis. The knowledge that parents will coupled with an expansion of federal have to continue to be involved with Our Children’s Rights Council has funds for mediation, counseling and each other for the sake of the child is been involved in proposals to other low-cost programs to promote ac- apparently the inducement that en- strengthen families since 1985. Our cess of children to their non-custodial ables some parents to avoid divorce proposals have led to legislative reform parents. in the years following the liberal (including the first ever block grants to $10 million a year was provided in awarding of shared parenting in their the states to promote child access/visi- the 1996 Welfare Reform Act for access/ state. tation to non-custodial parents), and visitation programs, and because these One of the first acts of President greater awareness, through 13 CRC activities have operated for the past four Bush when he became governor of conferences, evaluation of data, and years, a total of $40 million has been Texas was to sign a presumptive joint reports on why, for children, generally, spent in the states for these access pro- custody law on June 16, 1995 (see Vol. “The Best Parent is Both Parents.” grams. Each state receives about 10, No. 3 of “Speak Out for Chil- Our chapters in 32 states, Washing- $185,000 a year, the largest federal pro- dren.”) ton, D.C., Europe, Asia and Africa, gram to date to encourage contact be- One of the remedies to help re- have also been the catalyst for improve- tween children and non-custodial par- duce the number of divorces and to ments in children’s lives. ents. increase financial child support com- In announcing the hearing, Chair- And don’t forget that there are nearly pliance: man Herger, you said that “We also 3 million non-custodial mothers, many Increase contact between children will learn more about current propos- of whom (like many dads) are and their non-custodial moms and als to enhance the role of fathers in deadbolted out of their children’s lives, dads. Federal government data has their children’s lives.” unable to make phone or personal con- shown a correlation between financial The Children’s Rights Council sug- tact, access (visitation) interfered with or and emotional child support. gests the following: denied, the custodial parent moves far 3)3) A recognition that “Safe Ha- 1) A recognition that just as there away with the child, a child is given deni- ven” Child Access Centers are help- are “deadbroke dads,” there are also grating messages by one parent against ing children and families. “deadbolted dads,” a term coined by the other parent, etc. When parents appear before a noted author Gail Sheehy in a New 2) A recognition that the states with judge, they sometimes disagree as to York Times article June 21, 1998. the highest amount of shared parenting whether access (visitation) has taken “The newer reality is the (including Montana, Kansas and Con- place or not. So the judge will order Deadbolted Dad -- locked out of his necticut) subsequently had the lowest the transfer at a “Safe Haven” if one children’s hearts after divorce...,” said divorce rate. divorce rate. See data from the National Sheehy, with “little attention paid to en- Center for Health Statistics and the Cen- Continued on page 6
Page 4 Speak Out For Children Summer 2001 Shared Parenting -- It Makes Sense Theme for CRC’s 13th National Conference May 4-6, 2001
Child and family advocates, research- Parenting After Divorce, Support Net- provided by Ernie Ashworth, member ers, writers, teachers, lawyers, judges and works for Children and Families, Access of the Grand Ole Opry, and Hadassah other individuals from more than 30 Transfer Centers for Children, Research Luther, age 13, CRC’s first ever child states, Great Britain, Canada, Bermuda Developments, and New Policies and spokesperson. and Iceland, attended CRC’s 13th na- Initiatives. Ernie sang his 1966 Number 1 Coun- tional conference May 3-6, 2001, at the Audiotapes were made of all the ses- try Hit, “Talk Back Trembling Lips” and Holiday Inn, Bethesda, Maryland. sions. See the list of audiotapes later in Hadassah sang the new CRC song, More than half the people had at- this issue. If you couldn’t attend the con- “Hear the Cries of the Children.” tended past conferences, so it was a kind ference, audiotapes are a area a good way CRC thanks Mark Roseman, confer- of a friendly “reunion time” for them, to find out about various topics. Even if ence coordinator; Barbara Steinberg, and an opportunity to meet new people you attended the conferences, tapes can Ph.D., speaker faculty coordinator; Cliff working on family issues. Featured refresh your memory of important Clark, conference liaison, and all the themes of the 3 day conference included points. people who assisted in carrying out this Parental Alienation of Children, Entertainment at the conference was conference.
Some Conference Presentations (More presentations will appear in the next issue of this newsletter). Call Us Stepfamilies, not Blended Families by Margorie Engel, Ph.D. President, Stepfamily Association of America
and the professionals who work with Children actively balk at inferences Margorie Engel them. It is a catchy media phrase that that the stepfamily is to be considered says Stepfamilies does not describe either a family rela- their new family eligible to demand their tionship or what happens when at least full attention and loyalty. They know they do not Blend, one partner to a marriage brings children have divided loyalties. Consider the con- They ‘Combine’ from a prior relationship (marriage fusion when both parents remarry and the or ‘Fold Gently’ ended by death or choice of an unwed child is expected to be a full-time mem- parent). ber of TWO “blended” families. Stepfamilies do not “blend.” If one Parents must accept the reality that As a general rule, the term stepfamily is determined to use a cooking phrase, their children have lots of “parents” now is preferred because it is consistent with try “combine” or “fold gently.” Children and the nurturing no longer comes from the naming of all other family types. All in stepfamilies do not lose their individu- a traditional family structure, instead of other family types are defined by the ality or their connection and active at- trying to blend everyone. parent-child relationship (e.g. biological, tachment to the parent who is not part It seems far better to help all indi- foster, adoptive, single parent). of the remarriage of mother or father. viduals to understand the nature of the Because the choice of stepfamily A stepfamily does not recreate a first extended and expanded family with vari- (and any step attribution) is seen by some family (i.e. blend into something entirely ous segments having permeable bound- as negative (the wicked stepmother new with all prior connections severed aries. It is not helpful to anyone in a treated poorly as a stepchild, etc.), SAA and the former existence obliterated) stepfamily to pretend that they are and stepfamilies hope that, through edu- and therapists have learned (and re- blended. The concept itself precludes cation, the term stepfamily will acquire search confirms) that when stepfamilies working together with the expanded fam- a positive, or at the very least, a neutral expect to “blend,” they are typically ily members, and it is by working to- connotation. doomed to failure, because this is an gether that we create successful Referring to stepfamilies as blended unreal expectation. stepfamilies. families is troublesome to stepfamilies
Summer 2001 Speak Out For Children Page 5 Conference Presentations Three Frequently Forgotten but Necessary Elements of Non-Profit Fundraising (but only if you want to be a success!) by Kevin Gallagher, former Director of Development, the Heritage Foundation, who is now assisting CRC in Development.
worlds. Logically, this mentality carries 2) You need to treat Gallagher over into their philanthropic interests, as donors, or possible well. donors, with respect. Proposes Ways To get their support, you have to to Raise Funds market yourself, time and time again, as Without respect, even if they be- an organization with a product or ser- lieve in your cause, they will find an- vice that they will delight in. It means other organization that is doing similar that you must educate them. You must work and fund it. They are not walking take them from knowledge of a good checkbooks, but are partners in a com- 1) The number one cause to believe in this good cause. With- mon mission. Clearly this leads to the motivation for giving is a out question this is a time-consuming third point, which says relationships belief in the cause. work. You must be on-board for the matter. long-haul. (It is certainly a big help when You have to make sure that your the organization officers/developers are 3) Relationships matter. hoped for donor, whether a foundation, secondarily fundraisers and first and a corporation, or individual is on-board foremost convinced believers in the I don’t have a checklist of 10 things with who you are and what you do or organization’s cause!) to do each day to build donor relations, provide. You cannot assume that they You must have a good cause, be pro- for it is more of an attitude. The two already know this. They only know what ductive in bringing about that cause, and words that do come to mind are friend- you tell them. Your accomplishments you must communicate that productiv- ship and communication. Friendships and accolades are worthless if you don’t ity to your donors and possible donors. are hard work because they demand let each donor, or possible donor, know And watch the fine line between the pre- communication. Developing relation- of them. You must prudently prove that sumptuousness that tells them you are ships with donors is hard work as well, your organization is doing good work, doing it all for the false humility that for they are those new friends with which that it is worthy of their funding. Just causes you to say nothing about your we need to communicate. because they are known to be of means, accomplishments. Possible donors are Reflection shows that these two does not mean that they will fund you, intelligent and can see right through us. words should bring about a wealth of even if you are a good cause. The very Remember the definition of humility is information, particularly when studies fact that they are of substantial “means” “the truth before God.” show that as high as 80% of annual dol- typically means that they make respon- lar increases for an organization come sible and wise decisions in their business from previous donors.
Extended Overnights Some children are seeing their par- insulates the church from direct fund- ents for the first time because of these ing by the government, but the church Continued from page 4 sites. Even if CRC does not have a grant helps to deliver the family services. to manage a particular site, we do not Some sites are developing parent edu- exists, or possibly at a police station if charge the parents. We do not believe cation components. one does not exist. CRC operates 14 a parent should have to pay to see his or Remedy: Again, expand the access/ “Safe Haven” Child transfer Centers in her child. A surprising 40 percent of visitation block grants to the states to $40 6 states and Washington, D.C. They parents who use these sites are women, million a year; also provide funds in the are located in church day care centers. and about 40 percent are never-married “Fatherhood” bills to provide services At the sites, parents peacefully transfer parents. The churches often provide the such as these. their children from one parent to an- monitors, but any grant is supervised by Thank you for the opportunity to other for the weekend. CRC. Supervision of the grant by CRC present testimony.
Page 6 Speak Out For Children Summer 2001 Conference Presentations Welfare Reform by Ron Haskins (conference presenter), Isabel Sawhill, and Kent Weaver
black child poverty. In addition, after Although the 1996 welfare reform Haskins: increasing for decades, nonmarital births legislation has produced a number of Welfare Reform have leveled off; and teen births have positive outcomes, there are serious is- has Led to More declined significantly since the early sues facing the 107th Congress as it pre- Jobs and Less 1990s. Although the evidence of the pares to reauthorize the legislation by law’s impact on children is sparse, most October 1, 2002. This policy brief dis- Family Poverty researchers conclude that for young chil- cusses 13 important issues associated dren, the results are either neutral or with the legislation and the controversy slightly positive in areas such as school surrounding each of them. The issues Welfare Reform, behavior and school performance. Some include: funding of the Temporary As- An Overview of Effects of the good news must be attributed to a sistance to Needy Families (TANF) pro- to Date strong economy. gram, and whether states will retain the Executive Summary Moreover, the research shows that level of funding and flexibility in program there are problems associated with wel- design and operation they currently en- The 1996 welfare law produced nu- fare reform. For example, some unem- joy; the growing concern that some fami- merous, wide-ranging changes in state ployed families are financially worse off lies are worse off as a result of sanctions policies and practices. Greater empha- and some families who are eligible for or time limits, because they failed to find sis is now being given to job placement Medicaid and food stamps are losing or retain jobs after leaving welfare; and in welfare offices in most states. Employ- those benefits when they leave welfare the concern that too many children are ment by single mothers, a group which rolls. These and other problems merit being reared by single mothers. Also at in the past has been the least likely to careful attention and possibly action by issue for the new Congress is whether work and the most likely to be on wel- the 107th Congress during the upcom- there is enough money for child care, if fare, is on the rise. Increased employ- ing reauthorization debate. more assistance should be provided to ment has led to higher earnings and de- working poor families, and whether Welfare Reform more should be done to help mothers clining welfare payments to poor and Reauthorization: low-income families. qualify for better jobs. An Overview For more information, contact Similarly, starting in 1994, there have of Problems and Issues been substantial declines in overall child Haskins at the Brookings Institute, poverty and the largest declines ever in Executive Summary Washington, D.C. Own Your Own Ernie Ashworth CD What beautiful music! Order the CD “Ernie Ashworth and Friends Sing Out for CRC,” and if you are not completely satisfied, we will refund your money. The CD’s are only $12 each, including S/H. Order one for your friends and relatives. They make a delightful gift! Copies of the CD may be ordered online at www.gocrc.com, or by writing to the national CRC office at 300 “I” Street N.E., Suite 401, Washington, D.C. 20002. Bulk orders of 6 or more CD’s are $10 per CD, including S/H. For more information about the CD, contact Keith Bradford, owner of KMA Records, 256 East Old Hickory Kitty Wells Blvd, Madison, TN 37115, phone (615) 612-3899, or www.KMArecords.com Additional information may also be obtained from David Courson, coor- dinator, CRC of Tennessee, at www.TNcrc.com, or email to [email protected] Would you like to help sponsor a Grand Ole Opry country music bus tour that will visit your city? The “bus” will include Grand Ole Opry member Ernie Ashworth, 13-year-old child singer Hadassah Luther and other rising country stars. Contact CRC for information.
Summer 2001 Speak Out For Children Page 7 British Embassy Benefit Reception for CRC
The British Ambassador to the U.S. Sir Christopher Meyer, and his wife, Willee Lewis, Catherine Meyer, Catherine Meyer, sponsored a benefit David L. Levy (l to r) at British reception for CRC at the British Em- Embassy Reception for CRC bassy Residence and Gardens the evening of May 3. Attendees strolled in the lovely Embassy Residence Gardens and mingled in the stately Man- sion rooms. “It was a very diverse audience and a wonderful oppor- tunity for CRC. It showed that people from many backgrounds have a common interest in some of the important issues affecting chil- dren,” said CRC Board Chairman John L. Bauserman, Jr. “CRC thanks the Ambassador and Lady Meyer, and Mrs. Willee Lewis, a friend of Lady Meyer’s, for this event,” said CRC President David L. Levy. The Ambassador, Lady Meyer, Lewis, and Levy, all spoke at the reception. Hadassah Luther sang “Hear the Cries of the Children.” About 200 people attended; some were from the CRC conference which began that day, and others were repre- sentatives of Washington media, politics, society and philanthropy. They included members of the Sarnoff, Cafritz, Gildenhorn, Ourisman, Pillsbury, and Folger families, former Washington Post Executive Editor Ben Bradlee and his wife writer Sally Quinn, and Susan Eisenhower, granddaughter of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower. A number of prominent individuals took part in sponsorship of the Benefit. Below is a copy of the invitation to the Embassy reception that was mailed to more than 1,200 people prior to the event. CRC is grateful to conference spon- sors: The Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Freddie Mac Foundation.
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At the conference, CRC presented there was an inverse ratio between fam- A 2001 Volun- awards. They are: ily and poverty; that is, the states with teer of the Year the highest number of two parent fami- Award to Mark A 2001 Best in Media Award to CBS lies, had the lowest poverty rate. CRC Inzetta, Inzetta, J.D., for Evening News, Jim Stewart, correspon- has distributed that data to policymakers outstanding work dent and Mark Katkov, producerdent and Mark Katkov, producer for the ever since Burmeister uncovered the with the Children’s two-part series on Alternatives to Di- information. Rights Council of vorce Litigation January 22-23. Mr. Ohio on behalf of Stewart accepted the award on behalf A 2001 Wins Volunteer children and fami- of CBS Evening News. It was noted that Child Advocacy Award lies CBS Evening News and 60 Minutes, a Award to Ernie CBS News Presentation, have also cov- Ashworth, A 2001 Best in ered other topics of concern to CRC, member, Grand Parenting Award, to including the damage that international Ole Opry, and Kat Cooper, Kat Cooper, Direc- parental kidnapping does to children. Bettye tor, Maricopa Ashworth, County, Arizona, Third Annual Grandparent for its Educational Sonny Burmeister Ernie and Bettye Spokespersons Video Project En- Child Advocacy Ashworth for the titled “Family Ties Lifetime Achieve- Children’s Kat Cooper Wins and Knots” ment Award to Rights Council Parenting Award Ronald K. Henry, for service to chil- A 2001 Child dren and families in Advocacy Award to Ron Henry, separation and di- Hadassah LutherHadassah Luther, Advocate vorce. Henry is a the Children’s partner in the Rights Council’s Washington, D.C. law firm of Kaye, first-ever Child Scholer, Fierman, Hays and Handler; Spokesperson member, American Law Institute; and Advisor, National Conference of Com- A 2001 Best in Lyn and Bill Huerter Pioneers in Helping Families Hadassah Luther missioners on Uniform State Laws. Ron Media Award to has helped many custody law reform Channel 11, Toledo, Ohio, Channel 11, Toledo, Ohio, for being a A Lifelong Achievement Award to advocates across the country. friend to Children and the Children’s Lyn and Bill Huerter, Lyn and Bill Huerter, pioneers in help- The first Sonny Burmeister award Rights Council by publicizing The Gift ing children and parents, and for main- had previously gone to Candace Exchange Child Safety Center in Toledo taining CRC of Nebraska/Iowa, which Schooley, long time friend of Sonny, in has for several years been the largest of his name; the second Sonny Burmeister A 2001 Best in the Children’s Rights Council’s 38 chap- award went to CRC President David L. Media Award to ters Levy. Jerry Anderson, Sonny had been Anchorman, Chan- An Interna- the engaging, re- nel 11 Toledo, tional Child Advo- sourceful, head of Ohio for being a cacy Award to CRC of Georgia be- friend to Children Catherine Meyer, fore his accidental and the Children’s CRC’s Honorary death in February, Receives Best in Rights Council by President, for lead- 1996. He would Media Award publicizing The Gift ership in publicizing reach out to people Exchange Child the needs of chil- Award Presented in all cross the country Safety Center in Toledo Meyer Publicizes dren in the U.S. and name of late child who needed help. Plight of Kidnapped around the world advocate Sonny He also evaluated A 2001 Child Advocacy Award to Children Burmeister research. It was Nancy Beals, Connecticut State Repre- Burmeister who in a survey of Census sentative, for supporting children and the Bureau data in 1994 discovered that Children’s Rights Council Continued on page 10
Summer 2001 Speak Out For Children Page 9 Conference Awards A 2001 Volun- Continued from page 9 teer of the Year CRC held a press confer- Award to Walter ence on Capitol Hill July 25 A 2001 Volun- M. Kuckes, M. Kuckes, for teer of the Year dedication to chil- honoring 8 states for the Best Award to Paul M. dren and families in State Initiatives Helping Chil- Robinson, Robinson, for dedi- Minnesota by ob- dren and Families. cation to the cause Kuckes Publicizes taining state-wide of children and Information for availability of im- Parents in See our website at families, and for Minnesota portant court-ap- helping the proved access (visi- www.gocrc.com or the next is- sue of “Speak Out for Children” Robinson has helped Children’s Rights tation) information CRC for 16 years Council in many for details. ways for 16 years
Book Nook
Run to the Sun by Robert Davé
370 pages, and flees to San Francisco, the furious ticing in Hawaii. softback, pub- Michael follows, unaware that he’s be- The author is lished by Lost ing stalked by a single-minded murderer. married, and lives Coast Press, $17. In an attack aimed at Michael, Mona is in a stepfamily with ISBN 1-882897- slain, and eyewitnesses place Michael at the children ranging 59-5. Available the scene, making him the prime sus- in age from eight to Robert Davé from CRC (see pect. twenty-two. book catalog else- Santorini then goes underground One scene in the book is set at the where in this issue). with a close group of friends in order to 1993 CRC conference in Bethesda, unravel an international conspiracy of Maryland. The author and his wife also For fans of John LeCarre or other lies and secrets spanning epochs as well attended the 13th national CRC con- writers of adventure/suspense/intrigue, as continents. ference in May, 2001. you will love Run to the Sun. Not only Santorini recalls some of the horrors In the interests of full disclosure, is the book exceptionally well written, of this custody battle. One involves a we must mention that the back cover but custody and access problems form custody evaluation. If you have ever of the book says that a portion of the the core reason as to why the action been subject to an evaluation which was proceeds from the sale of this book will and suspense take place. based on assumptions, unproven facts, be donated to the Children’s Rights Never before has CRC seen a cus- and questionable data, you will love Council. tody dispute placed in the context of a Chapter 7 - where Santorini’s attorney Whether or not CRC receives any suspense novel. It is an ingenious way demolishes evaluator “Large Marge.” proceeds from sales, we would recom- to introduce readers who would nor- Marge had concluded that Santorini had mend the book anyway, because it is mally never read a custody book to not one, but two, personality disorders, an ingenious way to educate suspense learn about the topic within the con- based on her own flimsy assumptions. novel readers about the curse of an text of a fast-paced novel. The book is After the furious attorney cross-exami- attempted “Parentectomy” — the re- a page-turner! nation of Marge, the reader is left with moval of a loving parent from a child’s Psychologist Michael Santorini lives the possibility that Marge will never again life. in beautiful Hawaii, but there’s plenty unjustifiably try to remove a caring par- Call your local book store or li- of trouble in paradise. Santorini and his ent from a child’s life. Hired guns who brary, and ask them to order the book! estranged wife Mona are battling for will say anything, regardless of the truth That’s what some CRC people have custody of their young son and daugh- — beware, suggests the author, who is a done, and we have gotten several book ter. When Mona kidnaps the children clinical and forensic psychologist prac- stores and libraries to carry the book!
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This Child of Mine: A Therapist’s Journey by Martha Wakenshaw Reviewed by Jessica Brooks, CRC Staffer
187 pages, paper- children are often classified as having pain of her own childhood and the suf- back. $12.95. ISBN “ODD,”or Oppositional Defiant Disor- ferings of her patients, Wakenshaw fights 0967473608. Harbin- der and shuffled through a complex and to bring love and hope into the lives of ger Press. inefficient system of paperwork and red all of her patients, as well as into her own tape. They act out in their anger and life. Martha pain, often hurting themselves and oth- Despite the heartwrenching stories Wakenshaw’s novel ers. Wakenshaw attempts to understand within the book, Wakenshaw retains an chronicles both her the psyche behind her patients’ actions, optimistic attitude towards her work. She personal journey as and provide them with what they crave never loses faith in the children she sees, an adult and a mother, and her profes- most--love. or in the healing power of love. This sional journey as a child therapist. The As an abused child herself, simultaneously heartbreaking and uplift- stories Wakenshaw recounts of her pa- Wakenshaw can sympathetically follow ing book is written by a veteran psycho- tients--abused, neglected and trauma- her patients as they travel the road to therapist who has worked as a child tized children--are simply heartbreaking. recovery. In doing so, she discovers a therapist for fifteen years. Readers meet Jackson, Candy, Shelly need for healing deep within herself and Both books reviewed are available and a host of other children who have begins searching for her own path to from CRC. See Catalog of Books in this suffered unthinkable traumas. These spiritual recovery. Overwhelmed by the Issue.
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Page 12 Speak Out For Children Summer 2001 Children’s Rights Council 2001 CATALOG OF RESOURCES for parents and professionals MANY BOOKS DISCOUNTED! Buy at Discount and Sell Full Price to Your Group Make $$$ or Give Copies to Educate Judges or Policymakers Discounted Books Are in Bold Type
Book of the Month: Run to the Sun — A novel of Suspense, by Robert Davé, 2001. The story of parental kidnapping, conspiracy and lies. Special CRC CD Ernie Ashworth and Friends: Sing Out For The Children’s Rights Council .
BOOKS FOR KIDS The Divorce Workbook, by Sally Ives, David Fassler & Michelle Lasch, 1985. How to facilitate honest and open A Heart Full of Love, written by Bette S. Margolis, illus- communication between adults and children at the trau- trated by Christie L. Kline. A wonderful book for that spe- matic time of separation and divorce. Q and A for kids. cial 7- to 9-year-old in your life who is undergoing parental SB-108 ------$15.95 divorce. SB-101 ------$15.00 My Book, My Self for Boys, by Linda Madaras and Area Madaras, 1995. The “What’s Happening to My I Love You More Than..., by Elizabeth Hickey and James Body for Boys.” Cohen. Illustrated by Lynda Smart Brown, 1998. SB-109 ...... Reg. $11.95 ✶Discount Price __ $6.00 HB-102 ------$16.95
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I Think Divorce Stinks, by Marcia Lebowitz, 1992. Helps 50/50 Parenting, by Gayle Kimball, children recognize that it is appropriate to have negative Ph.D. Almost 300 co-parents and 83 children report on life feelings about divorce and to express those feelings. in married, divorced, and step-family situations. SB-105 ------$4.95 SB-201 ------$9.95
What am I Doing in a Stepfamily?, by Claire Berman, Divorce Book for Parents, by Vicki Lansky, 1987. 1994. A children’s book explaining how two families can be Warmly supportive and reassuring, this comprehensive better than one. guide speaks to all divorced and divorcing parents. SB-106 ------$12.00 HB-203 ------$6.00
It’s Not Your Fault, Koko Bear, by The Divorce Help Source Book, by Margorie Engel, Vicki Lansky, 1998. Koko Bear can help 1994. Combines sound advice with hundreds of po- children understand divorce and sends a tential sources of help to assist you in getting the re- good message. sults you deserve. SB-107 ------$5.99 SB-204 ...... Reg. $17.95 ✶Discount Price __ $7.00
Summer 2001 Speak Out For Children Page 13 Divorced Dads, Shattering the Putting Kids First, by Michael Myths, by Sanford L. Braver, Ph.D., 1998. Oddenino. A must read for caring parents The surprising truth about fathers, children and professionals, by CRC’s General Coun- and divorce. sel. Includes a children’s bill of rights. HB-205 ------$24.95 SB-215 ------$9.95
For the Sake of the Children, by Kris Second Chances, by Judith Kline and Stephen Pew, 1992. Discusses Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee, 1989. how to share your children with your ex- Based on ten year longitudinal study of spouse despite your anger. Kline is CRC’s Florida co- the effects of divorce on adults and children. ordinator. PHOTOCOPIES ONLY! HB-216 ...... Reg. $14.95 ✶Discount Price __ $5.00 HB-206 ...... Reg. $18.95 ✶Discount Price __ $9.00 Surviving the Break-Up, How Children and Par- Divorce: Crisis, Challenge, or Relief?, by David A. ents Cope with Divorce, by Judith Wallerstein, Ph.D. Chiriboga and Linda S. Catron, 1991. Addresses the and Joan Kelly, Ph.D., 1980. A classic that is still valid impact of divorce on children through different stages in discussing the problems of children being raised by of their lives. single parents. SB-207 ...... Reg. $22.50 ✶Discount Price __ $5.00 SB-217 ...... 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A practical, inspiring guide to com- HB-209 ------$12.95 municating values. ✶ A Hole in My Heart, by Claire Berman, 1991. A book HB-220 ...... Reg. $21.00 Discount Price _ $10.00 that will enable adult children of divorce to recognize the role they play in changing patterns in their lives. The Best Parent is Both Parents: A Guide to SB-210 ...... Reg. $10.00 ✶Discount Price __ $5.00 Shared Parenting in the 21st Century, the CRC book edited by David L. Levy. Order bulk copies (10 or more) Families Apart, by Melinda Blau, 1993. 10 Keys to Suc- for only $4 a copy, resell the copies for the list price of $10 cessful Co-Parenting. A blend of the author’s own re- each, and make a profit for you or your organization! Indi- search, and that of other experts, and rich in anecdotal vidual copies will continue to be available from CRC for information. $10 each, plus $4 for postage, as long as supplies last. If SB-211 ...... 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Negotiating Love: How Women and Men Can Re- HB-222 ------$25.00 solve Their Differences, by Riki Robbins Jones, 1995. , by Robert Bly, 1996, author of “Iron Points out destructive habits by both sexes which, when The Sibling Society John.” Describes our culture as one where adults re- realized, strengthen families and relationships. main children, and children have no desire to become SB-213 ------$14.00 adults—a nation of squabbling siblings. ✶ The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Surviving Divorce, HB-223 ...... Reg. $25.00 Discount Price _ $12.00 by Paula Weintraub and Terry Hillman, 1996. SB-214 ...... Reg. $16.95 ✶Discount Price __ $7.00 NEW! Business Dad, by Tom Hirschfeld. How Good Business- Ceasefire, by Cathy Young, 1999, syndi- men Can Make Great Fathers (and Vice Versa), 1999. cated columnist. Why women and men must Recommended by Stephen R. 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Drugs and Alcohol, by Robert Schwebel, 1989. ✶ What doctors aren’t telling you about the dan- HB-236 ...... Discount Price __ $5.00 gers of stimulants. HB-228 ------$25.00 Fathers, Sons & Golf – Lessons in Honor and In- tegrity, by Andrew Shanley, 1997. The experience of a The Assault on Parenthood, by Dana father who spent a memorable summer with his sons Mack, 1997. The author, a scholar at the playing golf and learning about integrity. Institute for American Values, describes HB-237 ...... ✶Discount Price _ $10.00 how our culture undermines the family. HB-229 ...... Reg. $25.00 ✶Discount Price _ $10.00 Mars and Venus in Love, by John Gray, Ph.D. 1996. From the author of “Men are from Mars, Women are Babyhood, by Paul Reiser, 1997. This from Venus”, An inspiring and heartfelt stories from is not a how-to-book. It contains humor- relationships that work ous stories by the star, co-creator and HB-238 ...... ✶Discount Price _ $10.00 executive producer of the NBC Series Mad About You. Reiser’s first book, Parent Power, by Roberta Kirshbaum, 1998. 90 Win- Couplehood, was a #1 New York Times ning ways to be involved and help your child get the bestseller list. most out of school. An inspirational handbook to help HB-230 ------Reg. $22.00 you take charge of your child’s education, from kin- ✶Discount Price ------$10.00 dergarten through high school! HB-239 ...... ✶Discount Price __ $5.00 Working Fathers, by James A. Levine, CRC Advisor, and Todd L. PIttinsky. A guide to help fathers as well as Like Father Like Son, by Hunter S. Fulghum, 1996. mothers, employees and managers, succeed in man- This book is about experiencing life even when you aging the competitive demands of home and work. feel there may not be much happening. A warm, witty HB-231 ...... Reg. $23.00 ✶Discount Price _ $10.00 and wise collection of stories on being a man at mid- life in America. The War Against Parents, by Sylvia HB-240 ...... ✶Discount Price _ $10.00 Ann Hewlett and Cornel West.Praised by CRC in a letter to the Washington Post Angry Marriage (Overcoming the Rage, Reclaim- Book World when the book was pub- ing the Love), by Bonnie Maslin, Ph.D. 1994. A book lished in 1998. that will help you understand how to turn the anger in HB-232 ------$24.00 your marriage into a positive force. ✶Discount Price ------$10.00 HB-241 ...... ✶Discount Price __ $4.00
The Divorce Culture, by Barbara Father’s Day – Notes from a New Dad in the Real Dafoe Whitehead (1996). Worth reading World, by Bill McCoy, 1995. A wonderful book for all for its insightful views of marriage and divorce, but new and not-so-new dads. deficient in not recognizing the phenomenon of the HB-242 ...... ✶Discount Price _ $10.00 “forced away” and “pushed away” parents. HB-233 ...... Reg. $24.00 ✶Discount Price _ $10.00 LIFE with Father, LIFE Magazine, Healing the Gender Wars – Therapy with Men and 1995. A wonderful gift book for men. Couples, by Samuel Slipp, 1996. In Healing the Gender 82 photographs collected from the ar- Wars, the author brings to bear his erudite and thoughtful chives of LIFE magazine, depicting analysis of male-female conflict, from a modern psycho- images of LIFE with father. analytic, object relations perspective, practical in applica- HB-243 ______tion. ✶Discount Price ______$10.00 HB-251 ------$10.00
Rookie Dad – Adventures In Fatherhood, by Rick Peace with Your Partner – A Practical Guide to a Epstein, 1992. A hilarious and tender memoir by a first Happy Marriage, by Cranor Graves. time father. A wonderful gift for the man in your life! HB-252 ...... ✶Discount Price __ $5.00 HB-244 ...... ✶Discount Price __ $5.00 Letters From Dad – Lessons and Love, by John Building a Marriage – 10 Tools for Creating, Re- and Jack Broome, 1996. The book is a moving collec- pairing, and Maintaining Your Lives Together, tion of the letters John Broome sent his son, Jack, in by Cranor Graves. an effort to remain a positive force in his development. HB-245 ...... ✶Discount Price __ $5.00 HB-253 ...... ✶Discount Price _ $10.00
Who’s On Top, Who’s On Bottom – How Couples Men on Divorce, edited by Penny Kaganoff and Susan Can Learn to Share Power, by Dr. Robert Schwebel, Spano, 1997. “A rare, unusually focused anthology of 1994. Women and men reveal their struggles with one original essays that both entertains and instructs” another. The core of each story is about people who (Publisher’s weekly). love each other, but are engaged in power struggles HB-607 ...... ✶Discount Price _ $10.00 and unable to share power as equals. The book pro- vides GOOD practical examples and solutions. BOOKS FOR STEPPARENTS HB-246 ...... ✶Discount Price __ $6.00 How to Win as a Stepfamily, by Emily Visher, Ph.D. Masculinity Reconstructed, by Dr. Ronald F. Levant. and John Visher, M.D., 1982. The co-founders of the Changing the rules of manhood-at work, in relation- Stepfamily Association of America answer questions and ships and in family life. give suggestions on how to make stepfamilies work. ✶ HB-247 ...... Discount Price _ $10.00 HB-301 ------$13.95
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CITY: ______STATE:______ZIP: ______Page 20 Speak Out For Children Summer 2001 Additional Findings that Overnights by Infants with the Other Parent Are Fine by Richard A. Warshak, Ph.D. author of book entitled, “Divorce Poison” to be published in October, 2001 This is a synopsis of an article by noted researcher Richard A. Warshak that appeared in the Family and Conciliation Courts Review, October, 2000 , a quarterly publication of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC). Reprinted with permission. It was the second article published by the AFCC in 2000 on this topic, reflecting the importance that the topic of overnights has become. The first article was by researchers Joan B. Kelly, Ph.D. and Michael E. Lamb, Ph.D. that said ex- tended overnights by infants with the other parent are o.k. (See “Speak Out for Children,” Spring, 2001). Warshak provides additional research on the importance of encouraging overnights with the other parent. We thank CRC member Barbara Steinberg for bringing this article to our attention.
Proponents of overnight restrictions ducted an extensive examination of the act with parents in a wide variety of con- generally cite certain theories and con- effects of day care on children. The re- texts. Overnight visits certainly provide cepts of child development and empiri- sults derived showed that “There was no a greater range of activities than just a cal studies to defend their recommen- significant differences in attachment se- day visit. dations. Concerns about the harmful curity related to child-care participation. High quality relationships are best impact of two different nighttime Even in extensive, early, unstable, or achieved when children experience each caregivers, or two different settings, are poor-quality care, the likelihood of in- parent participating in all aspects of daily most often voiced in the context of at- fants’ insecure attachment to mother did life such as morning activities, day care tachment theory (Bowlby 1969, 1973, not increase, nor did stable or high-qual- rituals, meals, bathing, and bedtime hab- 1980) and psychoanalytic theories of ity care increase the likelihood of devel- its. Overnights are crucial due to the development (Erikson, 1963, 1968, oping a secure attachment to mother opportunity for a wider range of involve- 1980, Mahler, Pine & Bergman, 1975). (NICHD Early Child Care Research ment. By contributing to the establish- Contemporary psychoanalytic theo- Network, 1997, p. 875). This research ment and consolidation of the parent- ries share the emphasis of the mother’s provides firm support for recommend- child relationship, this will benefit the role in early development. It is easy to ing that infants spend extended periods child’s long-term adjustment. appreciate how Bowlby’s conclusions of time with their fathers away from their Maccoby and Mnookin (1992) rea- about maternal deprivation, and subse- mother. son, “because our evidence suggests that quent interpretations of his ideas, would the probability of a father maintaining a lead to a general reluctance to separate Don’t Ban Overnights in connection with the child over time is infants from the person designated as the Custody Matters greater if there are overnight visits, we psychological parent. Such reluctance believe that visitation should ordinarily be would extend to separation at night. But Specifically, fathers should not be construed to permit overnight stays if that does this theory of child development banned from being granted access to is what the secondary parent desires.” hold in the court of empirical re- overnights in custody matters. Gender In conclusion, blanket restrictions search?.... bias plays a factor in refusing to allow requiring young children to spend ev- According to Michael Lamb (1994), non-primary custody fathers the oppor- ery night with the same parent after di- extended separations, including over- tunity to take care of their children over- vorce are inconsistent with current nights with either parent, usually do not night. The sex of the parent should defi- knowledge about the needs and capaci- stress infants when they are with the nitely not be the primary factor in de- ties of young children and their parents. other parent. ciding the specifics of a custody case. In particular, the opinion that children In terms of day care research, infants Countless studies have proven time can tolerate sleeping during the day in who are in paid child care facilities are and time again that children benefit the their father’s presence, and in the pres- able to develop and maintain deep and most from a relationship when they ence of hired attendants in day care secure attachments to their mothers. maintain a solid, involved relationship centers, but not at night with their fa- There is no reason to suggest that fathers with both parents following a divorce or thers, cannot be said to express a scien- would provide inferior attention and su- separation. All post-divorce custody is- tific judgement. It reveals a bias often pervision to their child than that of a paid sues should focus on what is best for the rooted in inaccurate assumptions about day care worker. Fathers should not be child; therefore they should maximize early child development. denied access to their own children on the opportunity for children to develop Experts who endorse blanket restric- these grounds. and consolidate relationships with both tions cannot provide adequate scientific In addition, the National Institute of of their parents. According to psycholo- justification for their opinions. Courts, Child Health and Human Development gists, the best way to promote deep at- attorneys, and parents should be aware (NICHD) study of Early Child Care con- tachments is to allow children to inter- of such limitations. Summer 2001 Speak Out For Children Page 21 IN THE COMBINED FEDERAL CAMPAIGN, CONTRIBUTE TO THE CHILDREN’S RIGHTS COUNCIL (CRC)
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The Children’s Rights Council works to assure that children of separation and divorce obtain as much emotional and financial support as children of intact marriages.
Some of CRC’s accomplishments:
❤ Credited with being the organization that convinced Congress, for the first time in history, to provide funds for access/visitation demonstration programs in 1988;
❤ The results of the above 1988 grants were so positive that in the 1996 Welfare Reform Law, Congress provided $10 million a year for all 50 states and jurisdictions to provide access/visita- tion programs;
❤ Publicized findings in 1998 from Census Bureau and National Center for Health Statistics that the states with the highest amount of joint physical custody in 1989–1990 had the lowest divorce rates in the subsequent years 1991–1995;
❤ Publicized findings that children with two parents generally have fewer problems with drugs and crimes than children with only one parent. Obtained changes in attitudes and laws in order to encourage a child’s bonding to two parents and extended family;
❤ Promoted the school-based “Banana Splits” program to help children of separation and divorce channel the transition in their lives into stronger academic achievement;
❤ CRC and its chapters established transfer sites for children, parenting education and other programs in MD, VA, IL, NY, NE, OH and Washington, D.C.
❤ Provided assistance to parents and professionals on how to get through the divorce process in the most peaceful, problem-free way, so as to take the stress out of divorce. Money that would be spent on battling between parents is available for the children.
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CRC01-1a The Perspective on Families: How Foundations, Gov’t. Agencies and CRC01-07 ACCESS TRACK: Establishing and Operating a Successful Access Non-Profit Organizations View Family Issues: Maurice Moore, Teresa Center: Frank Banner, Jr., Terry Cady, Lyn Huerter, Fred Wall, Kaiser, Malcolm Smith, Linda Mellgren, Kevin Gallagher, Moderator: Margaret Wuwert, Moderator: Alfred Ellis David L. Levy, JD (Part 1 of 2) CRC01-1b The Perspective on Families: (Part 2 of 2) CRC01-08 ACCESS TRACK: Assisting High/Chronically Conflicted Parents Share Their Children: Kim Boedecker-Frey, Carol Garges
CRC01-02 FRIDAY PLENARY SESSION: Parenting After Divorce: Philip M. CRC01-09 ACCESS TRACK: Why Supervised Visitation? Mary Olesh Stahl, PhD CRC01-03 LUNCH: The New American Family: What Was Wrong With the Old CRC01-10 The International Perspective: CRC Chapters in Africa, Asia, Europe One? (Kathleen Parker’s Material presented by Barbara F. Steinberg, and the UK: PhD) • The Disturbing Reality of Parental Abductions, Divorce CRC01-4a CREATIVE WRITING GROUP: Telling Your Story of Loss, Hope and and Custody in Japan: Walter Benda, Max Meadows Renewal: Mark Roseman, PhD • he Little Known Problems of Children and Parents CRC01-05 ADVOCACY: Playing a Responsible Role: Ronald K. Henry, JD Without Custody in the United Kingdom: Tony Coe CRC01-06 SATURDAY PLENARY SESSION: False Allegations of Parental CRC01-11 The Future of CRC: Questions and Answers: David L. Levy, JD; Alienation: Douglas A. Darnall, PhD John L. Bauserman, Jr., JD
WORKSHOPS
CRC01-12 Grandparents Are Parents, Too! Jean T. Castagno CRC01-25 Generative Parenting: Seeking Peace in the Mediation of Divorce: Mark A. Rogers, PsyD, Jeffery Leving, JD CRC01-13 Rebuilding the Bond: Pamela Stuart-Mills Hoch CRC01-26 Should Access Be Provided to Kidnappers After Children Have Been Recovered, and If So, Under What Circumstances? Maureen Dabbagh CRC01-14 Focused Thinking in Parenting: Teaching Children to Think & Solve CRC01-27 Alienation: How It Feels; What We Should Do About It! Ned Holstein, Problems Successfully: Stanley Posthumus MD CRC01-15 Gender Politics & Shared Parenting: Cathy Young CRC01-28 Alienation and Malpractice: A Case Study: Robert B. Gidding, JD
CRC01-16 Developments on Capitol Hill That Affect Children & Families: David CRC01-29 Caught in the Crossfire: Dispelling Myths About Child Abuse and L. Levy, Teresa Kaiser, Mark Veney Custody Cases: Dean Tong CRC01-17 Dads and Stepdads Parenting With Moms and Stepmoms: Margorie CRC01-30 In the Best Interests of Children & Families: Judge Larnzell Martin, Engel, PhD (Part 1 of 2) Judge Woodrow Lewis CRC01-17a Dads and Stepdads Parenting With Moms and Stepmoms: CRC01-31 The Politics of Parenting: Stephen Baskerville, PhD (Part 2 of 2) CRC01-18 Family Ties and Knots: Kat Cooper CRC01-32a Foundations for Parental Alienation: Judicial Restrictions of Shared Parenting / Cost Shares Child Support) Guidelines: Donald Bieniewicz; John Guidubaldi, PhD; R. Mark Rogers (Part 1 of 2) CRC01-19 Financial Child Support: Obligation or Burden? Teresa Kaiser, JD CRC01-32b Foundations for Parental Alienation / Cost Shares Child Support Guidelines: (Part 2 of 2) CRC01-21 Developmentally Effective Parenting Plans: Philip M. Stahl, PhD CRC01-33 Building Successful Partnerships: Parents – The Key to Success: Sue Gatton, National PTA CRC01-22 Healthy Men, Healthy Fathers, Healthy Families: Edward E. Bartlett, CRC01-34 Reunification Success Stories: Douglas A. Darnall, PhD Barbara F. PhD Steinberg, PhD CRC01-23 Interstate and International Custody Matters: Where Will a New CRC01-35 No One Is Immune: A Psychologist’s Encounter With the Tyranny of Administration Take Us? Richard Crouch, JD Conventional Wisdom: Robert Davé, PhD CRC01-24 Parallel Parenting Strategies: Keys for Success in High Conflict CRC01-36 Representing Single Custodial Fathers: Jeffery M. Leving, JD, Mark Divorces: Richard H. Mikesell A. Rogers PysD
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Topics: chapter develop- as a family, are civil and human rights inalienable to all families. ment, grant development, market- This message will be sent from the hearts of families across this country and ing. around the world, who will unite their voices through the simple act of tying purple For those interested, we will have ribbons. dinner Saturday evening, and have The EPW website can be found at http://members.tripod.com/epweek. a talk Sunday morning on a topic This year, the candlelight vigils will be held Tuesday, September 25, 2001 at 8:30 related to the training. The location p.m. (as the time occurs in each time zone) to avoid conflicts with Yom Kippur. will be at a hotel near the Baltimore The theme of the candlelight vigils, “A Moment In Our Hearts, A Moment Of Washington Airport (BWI). Hotel Solidarity” is expressed in the special “5 Candles Reading” for the vigils, which is rooms will be under $85 for one based on “The Grandparents Holiday Wreath of Love” and can be found at http:/ night. The hotel location will be /members.tripod.com/epweek/candlevigil.html. posted on a CRC website, Two types of candlelight vigils are being held. Persons can choose to hold a www.gocrc.com by Labor Day, or public candlelight vigil (usually held outside and/or in a public place). “Home Vig- contact the CRC office. ils” are held by lighting a candle in your home for at least 15 minutes. A “Home Vigil” can be held by anyone, by a single person living alone or with immediate Everyone is welcome. family, and can include as many people as you wish. “Home Vigils” are very easy to do! You don’t have to go anywhere or make any arrangements. Just stay home and reserve this special time to focus on the very personal feelings you have for your family, knowing you will be sharing this moment with people all around the world who are joining together to share the same focus and love for their families. Donors Are Persons who cannot attend a public vigil are urged to hold their own “Home Appreciated Vigil” to add their voices and strengthen the message of Equal Parents’ Week. Complementary Equal Parents’ Week buttons are being sent to people who sign CRC thanks everyone who con- up and commit to holding candlelight vigils. tributes to CRC in the charity drive In addition to the vigils, other activities can be held as part of Equal Parents’ that takes place in all federal govern- Week, including picnics, social gatherings, gatherings with or without guest speak- ment offices every Fall. CRC is part ers, and rallies. Any activity which includes tying and wearing purple ribbons can of Independent Charities of be used. People who are able to make large banners can also use these to attract America. We also thank those who public and media attention. “Just Say Yes to Shared Parenting,” “Shared Parenting contribute to CRC in the Washing- Is About Putting Children First,” “Shared Parenting Works When We Put Chil- ton, D.C., and San Francisco (Bay dren First,” which promote the JUST SAY YES! campaign are some examples of Area) United Way campaigns. slogans which help send our message. We also thank those who con- Sign up links for vigils and activities are available on the Equal Parents’ Week tribute to CRC through their United website. Way in some other part of the coun- Please contact the National Coordinator, Patti Diroff, at (909) 591-3689. try, where we are not listed, but where employers may sometimes Beat the Tax Man: Change of Address allow employees to designate CRC. Contribute to CRC CRC depends on volunteer help To keep newsletters and other and contributions for its existence. Keep working for children. If you materials coming, please notify wish to consider leaving a bequest CRC three weeks in advance of If you wish to make your tax-de- or property to CRC, please state the ductible contribution directly to any address change. Send old following in your will: “I hereby CRC, send it to CRC, 300 I Street, leave the following to the Children’s and new addresses to CRC, 300 Suite 401, Washington, D.C. 20002. Rights Council: ___(state your be- “I” Street N.E., Suite 401, quest)___.” Washington, DC 20002.
Summer 2001 Speak Out For Children Page 25 Forgive Them Their Debts Excerpted from an article by Cheryl Wetzstein in The Washington Times, June 13, 2001.
“Ray was a teen-age father when he championed by former Sen. Bill Brad- Geraldine Jensen. went to jail on a felony charge for 17 ley of New Jersey, judges are forbidden “The states were sort of piling on, years. By the time he was released two from retroactively reducing or forgiving billing unwed or absent fathers for the years ago, he owed the state of Maryland child-support arrears. Medicaid-paid costs of their children’s $14,000 in child support to defray the “While this law was intended to stop births, paternity tests and interest on the costs of welfare for his children and their judges from unilaterally wiping out debt debt,” she said. “The result was that mothers. based on parents’ sob stories, it also had many young fathers ended up with “Today, Ray, which is not his real the unintended consequence of creating $10,000 in debt and a lot of them would name, is part of a pilot program started a debt meter that couldn’t be stopped. just run and go underground,” she said. by Maryland child-support officials to This applies even to parents who are “That meant many families didn’t get ‘leverage’ his $14,000 debt. hospitalized for months, given long child support.” “Under the program, Ray had to prison sentences or taken hostage in a Editor’s NoteEditor’s Note: Debt-forgiveness pro- graduate from a community-based pro- foreign country. grams provide crucial outreach efforts to gram that teaches job readiness or re- There is widespread support for find- “deadbroke parents,” usually poor, un- sponsible fatherhood, get a job and make ing ways to help parents—mostly fathers— wed fathers. Children need the love and regular child-support payments for six become responsible for their children. support of both parents. Programs that months. Groups that worked with poor fa- provide training, support and education “In return, the state erased 25 per- thers, however, quickly realized that to parents in exchange for forgiving cent of Ray’s debt. child-support arrears were a major ob- arrearages that would probably never be “If Ray does this three more times, stacle. paid anyway —because of the impover- all his state debt could be gone,” said “Without a debt-leveraging program, ishment of the parents—is a great way to Teresa Kaiser, Maryland’s child-support “a lot of guys would go to their graves encourage involvement of both parents enforcement director. with arrearages,” said James Smith, a in the raising of their children, emotion- “The Baltimore debt-leveraging pro- case manager at CFWD. ally as well as financially. gram, which will be a year old in July, is “The Association for Children for We thank visionary Maryland Child being closely watched by state officials Enforcement of Support has been urg- Support Director Teresa Kaiser for be- and advocates. ing states to find ways to offer amnesty ing the first child support director in the “Child-support debt is supposed to for some of the debts owed by noncus- country to initiate a federally authorized be unforgivable. Under a federal law todial parents,’ said ACES President state debt-forgiveness program.
Letter to the Editor CRC Needs
Editor: ✵ Free or reduced rent office Clayton Giles, a 14 year old boy from Canada, has walked and ridden his space. Get a tax write-off as bike from Calgary, Canada to Washington, D.C. in order to increase awareness you help kids and CRC. of the injustice that Family Courts can inflict upon children of divorcing par- ents. 2,000 square feet or more He made stops in several U.S. cities, including cities in New York, Massa- anywhere in the Washing- chusetts, Maryland, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Dela- ton, D.C. area (Maryland, ware, and finally Washington, D.C. D.C. or Virginia). Clayton began his journey from Calgary at the end of May and was expected ✵ Volunteers to help with fil- to reach Washington by mid-August. You can read all about his trip at http:// legalkids.com/ ing, phone calls, and writ- I urge you to take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to share ing letters. this boy’s commitment to children and families. By giving this little boy your ✵ Our chapters need com- support, you will bring valuable publicity to your organization and to the terrible puters and office space. violation of civil liberaties that non-custodial parents and their children suffer. ✵ Lawyers to write CRC Am- Deborah M. Colerick, icus Briefs on appeal. Charlotte, NC
Page 26 Speak Out For Children Summer 2001 President Bush Issues National Child’s Day Proclamation for 2001
The U.S. is one of the few countries Each year for the past 6 years, either Lee Rechter, Kristie Schwartz, of Senator that do not celebrate a National Child’s the House or the Senate has passed a one- Graham’s office, Ruth Kidd of the Day. But that may be changing. time resolution. Earlier House resolutions Children’s Museum, and CRC officers. For the first time, a U.S. President declared Children’s Day in October. But Dr. Christine Brooks, a former has issued a proclamation declaring that for the past three years, Senator Bob Gra- staffer for Sen. Graham, is helping to the first Sunday in June is National ham (D-FL) has sponsored a Senate reso- make National Child’s Day a national Child’s Day. President Bush signed the lution declaring that National Child’s Day Holiday. proclamation marking Sunday, June 3, is the first Sunday in June. The way that Mother’s Day and 2001, as National Child’s Day. “This nestles it between Mother’s Father’s Day have been national holidays CRC and FOCUS, a group based in Day and Father’s Day, just where it for years is by presidential proclamation. Florida headed by Mrs. Lee Rechter, are should be,” said CRC President David “Ms. Rechter is the mother of Na- now asking the President to declare Child’s L. Levy. tional Child’s Day and David L. Levy is Day a permanent, national holiday. CRC held a press conference on Na- the father of National Child’s Day,” said “That way, Congress would not have tional Child’s Day at the National Capital a Capitol Hill observer. “Both have been to pass a resolution each year,” said Ms. Children’s Museum, attended by Wash- working on this project for a long time.” Rechter. ington, D.C. Councilman Harold Brazil,
Summer 2001 Speak Out For Children Page 27 Bills in Congress
Responsible in cases of child support. This bill au- English (R-PA), provides in Section 5 thorizes the Secretary of State to refuse, that a taxpayer shall be allowed alimony Fatherhood Act 2001 revoke, restrict, or limit use of a pass- and child support deductions for an S. 653 (Senate bill) and H.R. 1300 port if the applicant or passport holder amount equal to the alimony, child sup- (House bill). is a non-custodial parent who is the ob- port, or separate maintenance payments The Responsible Fatherhood Act ject of an outstanding State arrest war- paid during the taxpayer’s taxable year. provides for $77 million in fatherhood rant. The warrants are for nonpayment Under current law, the custodial parent programs. $25 million would be for of child support, where the amount in may claim the $2,000 child exemption. media campaigns, $50 million would be controversy is not less than $10,000. H.R. 86 does not change who can claim for block grants to the states for father- Referred to House Subcommittee on the child exemption, but encourages hood programs, and $1 million or $2 International Operations and Human parents to pay child support because it million would be for a national clearing- Rights, phone (202) 225-3345. CRC has provides some incentive to do so. Write house of information. The media cam- asked Rep. Andrews to provide a bal- to your representative letting them know paigns would include ads on fatherhood ancing amendment to this bill to deny that allowing a parent who pays child sup- during prime time viewing hours. passports to custodial parents who have port to deduct the payment from his/her It would be the responsibility for gov- been found to be in violation of any cus- taxes will encourage the payment of child ernors of the various states to allocate tody or visitation court order. Write to support . Send a copy of their response funds to state agencies, non-profit or faith- Rep. Andrews stating that parents are to CRC. based groups to run various programs to sometimes in contempt or other viola- encourage marriage and fatherhood. tion of court ordered custody or access, The address for all House members The Senate bill’s major sponsor is and that he should amend H.R. 407 to is House of Representatives, Washing- Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN), and the House’s provide for denial of passports for this ton, D.C. 20515. The address for all main sponsor is Rep. Julia Carson (D- reason. Ask your own representative to Senators is U.S. Senate, Washington, IN). The bills have bipartisan support, introduce such an amendment. Let D.C. 20510. The telephone number to and are expected to be passed by Con- CRC know the response. reach all members of Congress is (202) gress this Fall. 224-3121. CRC college student interns, led by Tax Interception intern Ron Varga, met with Bayh’s and Carson’s staff to make certain that Safe H.R. 869, introduced by Rep. Contact Other CRC Haven Child Access Transfer Centers, Michael N. Castle (R-DE), titled the Members by E-mail run by CRC and other organizations, Child Support Fairness and Tax Inter- would be eligible for funding. The staff ception Act of 2001. This bill amends Send and receive e-mail from said such programs could be funded by title IV part D (Child Support and Es- other CRC members around the the state under the block grants. tablishment of Paternity) of the Social country. Earlier this year, at the request of Security Act to provide for the use of If you are a CRC member, e- CRC, Sen. Bayh added a provision to the tax refund intercept program to col- mail the following message to the bill that said, in considering funding, lect past-due child support on behalf of Harry Prillaman, CRC Coordina- one of the factors should be programs children who are not minors. Referred tor for Georgia, who is supervis- that explain “the benefits of the involve- to House Subcommittee on Human ing this service. He can be reached ment of both parents in a child’s life.” Resources, telephone (202) 225-1025. at [email protected] Write to Rep. Castle to explain that The Senate bill was referred to the Dear Harry. I am a national Senate Finance Committee, (202) 224- sometimes parents will win a court award for another parent’s interference with CRC member who would like to join 4515 and the House version was referred the [email protected] custody or access, and that H.R. 869 to House Ways and Means Committee, distribution list. (202) 225-3625. Contact your House should also apply to those unpaid judg- Thanks, members and Senators and lend support ments. Write to your own representa- Your name, mailing address, to the bills. tive asking for such an amendment. Let phone number, and e-mail address CRC know the response. Call the CRC national office Denial of Passports at 202-547-6227 or fax 202-546- Simplified USA Tax 4272 to make sure your national H.R. 407, introduced by Rep. Rob- Act of 2001 membership is current. ert Andrews (D, NJ), establishes a de- nial of passports to non-custodial parents H.R. 86, introduced by Rep. Phil
Page 28 Speak Out For Children Summer 2001 Family Facts
Fewer Teen-Agers Pregnant Excerpted from a Washington Times article by Cheryl Wetzstein, June 13, 2001. “The teen pregnancy rate fell to a record low in 1997, reflecting a slide in pregnancy, abortions and birthrates that began earlier in the decade, the federal government said June 12, 2001. There were 872,000 teen pregnancies in 1997, said researchers with the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS). “The 1997 teen-pregnancy rate, which is the most recent figure available, was 94.3 pregnancies per 1,000 teens age 15-19. “This is 19 percent lower than the teen-pregnancy rate in 1991, when the rate peaked at 116.5 pregnancies per 1,000 teens, said NCHS researchers. This is also the lowest rate since 1976, when consistent collection of national pregnancy rates began, they said. “The news is ‘greatly encouraging,’ especially since teen pregnancy rates fell for ‘all racial and ethnic groups,’ Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy G. Thompson said. Young Singles Aim at Lasting Marriage Mr. Thompson urged parents to talk to their teens about pregnancy issues, as Excerpted from a Washington Times article they can have the greatest influence on by Cheryl Wetzstein, June 13, 2001. their children. “The White House is ‘dedicated to “Young single adults are intensely averse to divorce and want to marry a life- long ‘soulmate,’ says a study by the National Marriage Project. doing its part’ as well,” he said, listing budget requests of “$64 million to “They know who they want--Miss or Mr. Right--and they know what they don’t want--divorce,’ said Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, who runs the project with ‘strengthen the role of fathers’ in fami- David Popenoe, a sociology professor at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, lies, $33 million for teen maternity N.J. group homes, and equal funding for ‘abstinence education and programs “The hard part may be getting there--making the right choice, at the right time and sticking to it,’ said Mrs. Whitehead, who gained national attention with that teach about contraception use.’” In the NCHS report, Stephanie her 1993 Atlantic Monthly article, “Dan Quayle was Right.” J. Ventura and her colleagues cred- Young people’s aspirations for lasting marriages come at a time when mar- riage is weakening as a social institution, the two researchers said in their ‘State ited sexual abstinence and increased of Our Unions: 2001’ report, issued June 13, 1001. contraception use as reasons for the recent declines in teen pregnancy, Marriage has vanished as the normal rite of passage for sexual involvement, parenthood, economic growth and religious and public adulthood, they said. abortion and birthrates. “Other factors are the intro- “Instead, marriage is a “gaining popularity as a ‘super-relationship’--an in- tensely private, spiritualized union, combining sexual fidelity, romantic love, duction of long-lasting contracep- emotional intimacy and togetherness. tives, such as Norplant and Depo- Provera, and a good economy, “Ninety-four percent of never-married adults agree that when ‘you marry, you want your spouse to be your soul mate, first and foremost,’ the researchers which may have inspired more said, citing data from a Gallup poll taken this year of 1,003 adults ages 20-29. teens to avoid pregnancy so they could pursue educational and “An upside of the ‘soul-mate’ approach is that a high percentage of young people--86 percent--believe that marriage is ‘hard-work and a full-time job,’ said career goals, they said. Jennifer Manlove, a re- Mrs. Whitehead. This is ‘not a cavalier attitude’ about marriage, she said. searcher with Child Trends “A downside, however, is that couples who are highly dependent on each other for happiness are likely to struggle, especially under the demands of par- Inc., said tenn-pregnancy rates enthood. may continue to fall because abortion rates have been de- “Also, if couples set high expectations for their marriages, they may not handle turmoil well. Unless you have a very clear understanding about what daily life clining and teen birthrates fell with a soul mate is all about, there is a risk that someone will be extremely disap- in both 1998 and 1999.” pointed if that high level isn’t attained day to day,’ said Mrs. Whitehead. “In their study, Mr. Popenoe and Mrs. Whitehead found that 88 percent of young adults agreed that the divorce rate was too high.”
From Volume 16, Number 2, Summer 2001, Speak Out for Children, newsletterSummer of the 2001 Children’s Speak RightsOut For Council Children Page 29 National Affiliate Organizations and Chapters
International Arizona Iowa - See Nebraska/Iowa Nebraska/Iowa Rita A. Jones, president Conrad Greene, coordinator Lyn and William Huerter, Bill Clemens, treasurer CRC of Great Britain CRC of Arizona Kentucky coordinators CRC of Philadelphia Tony and Christine Coe, P O Box 454 Kevin O’Brien, coordinator Kevin Boston, president P.O. Box 11413 coordinators Scottsdale, AZ 85252-0454 Ann Swango, director CRC of Nebraska Philadelphia, PA 19111 Children’s Rights Council of the phone: 480/970-5903 CRC of Kentucky P O Box 45387 phone: 215/844-2372 United Kingdom fax: 480/970-5925 P. O. Box 534 Omaha, NE 68145-0387 38-40 Gloucester Road Florence, KY 41022-0534 402/330-3353 (voice and fax) Kurt Krusen London, SW7 4QU London, California phone: 859/647-2235 email: [email protected] CRC of Harrisburg/Capitol Region England Patricia Gehlen, coordinator email: [email protected] website: www.htmp.net/oma 15 Beaver Road phone: 011-44-20 7589 9003 CRC of California website: www.pacegroup.org Camp Hill, PA 17011 fax: 011-44-20 7584 4230 P.O. Box 163801 New Jersey phone: 717/763-0673 email: [email protected] Sacramento, CA 95816-9081 Maryland Eric Purasson, president fax: 717/763-7183 website: www.equalparenting.org phone and fax: 916/635-2590 Harvey Walden, coordinator New Jersey Council for Children’s email: [email protected] CRC of Maryland Rights South Carolina-see North Carolina CRC of Japan 417 Pershing Drive (NJCCR) Walter Benda Colorado Silver Spring, MD 20910-4254 P O Box 195 Tennessee P.O. Box 583 Mark Entrekin, coordinator 301/588-0262 Old Bridge, NJ 08857-0195 David Courson, coordinator Max Meadows, VA 24360 CRC of Colorado email: [email protected] phone: 201/434-7938 CRC of Tennessee 540/637-3799 4715 Ranch Circle website: http:// email: [email protected] 2120 Griffintown Road email: [email protected] Colorado Springs, CO 80918-4118 members.tripod.com/~mdcrc/ website: www.njccr.org White Bluff, TN 31708-5207 website: www.geocities.com/ phone: 719/548-8798 phone and fax: 615/952-2498 crcjapan fax: 719/597-2218 Rob and Sandra Snow, chairs New York email: [email protected] and email: [email protected] CRC of Greater Baltimore Rafee Kamaal and Elizabeth David Brian Thomas 2 West 39th Street Schnee, co-presidents Texas 4-18-15-903 Connecticut Baltimore, MD 21218 CRC of New York City Diana Buffington, coordinator Kamiki TazawaSetagaya-Ku Mark Roseman, coordinator phone and fax: 410/889-9404 4 West 105th Street CRC of Texas Tokyo, Japan 156 CRC of Connecticut email: [email protected] New York, NY 10025 18959 Dallas Parkway, #723 phone: 011-81-3-5317-0357 48 Shepards Knoll Drive hotline: 212/431-7724 Dallas, TX 75287 Hamden, CT 06514 Massachusetts 212/864-0318 phone: 214/485-1518 CRC of Sierra Leone phone: 203/288-7827 Carolyn Brumber, coordinator email: [email protected] fax: 214/630-1143 Yottro Kargbo fax: 203/281-1425 16 Union Street email: [email protected] 3505 Covered Bridge Lane email: [email protected] Holiston, MA 01746 Marlin Pierce, website: Woodbridge, VA 22192 website: www.ctcrc.org phone: 508/429-5282 CRC of Albany community.dallasnews.com/dmn/ phone and fax: 703/897-7845 and e-mail: [email protected] 13 Campagna Drive crctx Esther Kargbo Delaware Albany, NY 12205 7 Sanai Abacha Street James A. Morning, president Steve Carrier, president phone 518/459-8474 Children’s Rights Coalition Freetown, Sierra Leone CRC of Delaware CRC of Massachusetts (affiliate) phone: 011-23-2-2222-8682 P O Box 1311 511 Main Street North Carolina/South Carolina P,.O. Box 12961 Dover, DE 19901 P.O. Box 904 Fred Wall, Jr. coordinator Capitol Station 302/734-8522 Sturbridge, MA 01566 4701 Wrightsville Avenue, Austin, TX 78711-2961 email: [email protected] phone:508/347-5960 Building #1 fax: 215/499-8056 National Affiliate Fax: 508/347-9870 Suite 1 email: [email protected] Organizations District of Columbia Email: [email protected] Wilmington, NC 28403 Frank Banner, coordinator phone: 910/350-0688 Vermont Mothers Without Custody CRC of the District of Columbia George Kelly, chairman fax: 910/350-0844 Contact CRC office (MW/OC) Hillcrest Children’s Center Concerned Fathers of email: [email protected] Jennifer Isham, coordinator 1325 “W” Street N.W. 3rd floor Massachusetts, Inc. Virginia website only: http: www/ Washington, D.C. 20009 P O Box 2768 Dan Carrigan, Director Murray Steinberg, president motherswithoutcustody.org phone: 202/232-6100 Springfield, MA 01101-2768 Center for Children of Separation CRC of Virginia, Richmond fax: 202/483-4560 phone: 413/736-7432 and Divorce chapter Stepfamily Association of America fax: 413/732-3867 4950 Park Road 9244 Royal Grant Drive (SAA) Florida Charlotte, NC 28209 Mechanicsville, VA 23116 Margorie Engel, Ph.D., president Kris Kline, coordinator Michigan 704/522-1331 phone: 804/559-7090 Larry Kallemyn, executive director CRC of Florida Barbara Toth, coordinator fax: 804/559-7072 650 J Street, Suite 205 355 Shore Drive CRC of Michigan Ohio email: [email protected] Lincoln, Nebraska 68508 Ellenton, FL 34222 P O Box 653 Margaret Wuwert, coordinator 402/477-7837 phone: 813/635-0633 Edmore, MI 48829-0653 CRC of Ohio Paul Robinson, president 1-800/735-0329 fax: 813/620-9068 517/427-5774 4069 West Sylvania Avenue Fathers United for Equal Rights Joint membership in SAA and email: [email protected] Toledo, OH 43623 and Women’s Coalition CRC: $35.00 for the first year Minnesota phone: 419/473-8955 P O Box 1323 Georgia Bruce Kaskubar, coordinator toll free at 1-866-473-8957 Arlington, VA 22210-1323 Parenting Coalition International, Harry A. Prillaman, coordinator CRC of Minnesota email: [email protected] phone: 703/451-8580 Inc. CRC of Georgia 5905 Chateau Road N.W. Or contact: fax: 703/451-9321 Belinda Rollins, president 808 Springharbor Court Rochester, MN 55901 Kevin O’Brien, director email: [email protected] 1025 Connecticut Avenue N.W., Woodstock, GA 30188-5509 phone and fax: 507/289-5745 CRC of Southern Ohio Suite 6156 phone: 678/643-5924 (call before faxing) P O Box 8805 Washington State Washington, D.C. 20036 fax: 678/643-5923 email: Cincinnati, OH 45208 Jamaica Filgo phone: 202/530-0849 email: [email protected] [email protected] phone: 513/624-7223 CRC of Washington website: parentingcoalition.org fax: 513/624-3703 10011 33rd Avenue, S.E., Apt. A Illinois Missouri email: [email protected] Everett, WA 98208 CRC of Great Britain Terry Cady, coordinator Scott Field, chair website: www.pacegroup.org phone: 425/379-9666 CoMamas CRC of Illinois CRC of Eastern Missouri email: [email protected] Louise Oxhorn and Lynne 905 Wayne Avenue P.O. Box 220661 James Welty, president Ringwood-Oxhorn Deerfield, IL 60015 Kirkwood, MO 63122 CRC of Northeast Ohio P.O. Box 231304 phone 847/374-0461 314/963-4668 2804 E. Center Stgreet West Virginia Encinitas, CA 92023 fax: 312/322-3553 alt. phones Scott 314/838-7092 North Kingsville, OH 44068 Ginger Thompson McDaniel, Phone: 760/942-4572 email: [email protected] Mark Holdenried 314/772- ophone: 440/224-0694 CRC of West Virginia email: [email protected] 1169 109 North Arthur Drive Indiana email: [email protected] Oregon Charleston, WV 25312 Bob Monday, coordinator website: http://hometown.aol.com/ Roy Nolan, coordinator phone: 304/744-6534 State Chapters CRC of Indiana crceasternmo/myhomepage/ CRC of Oregon fax: 304/744-8657 P.O. Box 2348 index.html P O Box 2095 email: [email protected] Alaska Indianapolis, IN 46206-2348 Portland, OR 97208 Gary Maxwell, coordinator phone: 317/685-4656 Jim Moore, president phone: 503/232-8630 Wisconsin CRC of Alaska email: [email protected] CRC of Southwestern Missouri fax: 503/233-9390 contact CRC office P.O. Box 92083 David Dinn, coordinator emeritus 619 E. Silsby Anchorage, AK 99509-2083 Springfield, MO 65807- Pennsylvania phone: 907/277-3980 Grandparent Rights in New phone: 417/889-2121 Michael Nieland, M.D. president fax: 907/276-3980 Strength (G.R.I.N.S.) email: [email protected] CRC of Pittsburgh email: [email protected] Kay and Ray Berryhill, co-directors 1400 Inverness Avenue 0689 CR 5 Pittsburgh, PA 15217 Corunna, IN 46730 412/621-0222 phone: 219/281-2384 The email address for Family Law Attorney John L. Bauserman, Jr., CRC Board Chairman, is [email protected] CRC General Counsel Michael L. Oddenino’s email address is [email protected]. His website is www.oanglaw.com Page 30 Speak Out For Children Summer 2001 Thank you, Contributors!
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