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Where's Daddy [Hardcover]

K. C (Author)
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Publication Date: 2000
If you think you're a father, you're in for a shock should your wife divorce you.

At the same time, many women wish their ex-husband would be more involved with the children. Why are they not and what can you do about it? What drives men?

Where's Daddy? is the only book that answers "Why?" Why are our divorce practices so far removed from human nature and a child's needs? It shows what you are really up against as a parent, what has been driving our practices, and what can and should so easily replace them. The problem goes well beyond Victorian gender roles. It has as much or more to do with notions of family, authority and equality.

All the "How-To" books on divorce won't mean much until you know what you are really dealing with, and what to strive for.

Richard McCall, PhD, Psychologist, Zen Master -- "Where's Daddy? cuts right to the heart of one of the most pivotal and controversial issues in today's society. Children unquestionably need the influence of both parents in their lives to be balanced. Hopefully, Where's Daddy? will finally open eyes to many of the unfair biases that exist in our legal systems today. As a divorced father, having dealt with these issues personally, I applaud K.C.'s insightful treatment of this life-shaping issue."

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For me, the pivotal chapter is the one on equality. For, despite our rhetoric, the concept confuses us greatly.

If Where's Daddy? is about anything, it is true social equality. My fondest hope is that this comes to be seen as its principle contribution.

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Are you fed up with our inhumane divorce practices?

When 50 percent of marriages end in divorce and 43 percent of children are left with one parent, everyone is affected: uncles, aunts, grandparents, and friends, but mostly, the children. The devastation from our divorce practices is our most public secret scandal. Everyone whispers it, the whispers never acknowledged. It seems that as long as a villain can be created, society is content.

After three decades of research universally pointing to more productive options, why does Custody-Access-Support remain? Why are the facts ignored? Why do so many still insist it is natural or obvious?

Where's Daddy? examines our divorce customs in the context of our culture as a whole. In this light, the distortions become clear, as do the answers, which are much closer at hand than most think.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Total Junk Jan 3 2004
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover
Waste of money. Divorce is a sin. Tell that to a five yr old little girl that her dad refuses to see on her birthday, christmas, etc, unless it is at his house. What about those types ?
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5.0 out of 5 stars Recalls the importance on the father's role Feb 9 2003
By Midwest Book Review
Format:Hardcover
Where's Daddy?: The Mythologies Behind Custody-Access-Support is a stinging indictment of the Custody-Access-Support oriented judicial system, attacking the five most commonly employed myths to defend this legal code interpretation resulting in the estranging of divorced fathers from their children. More than that, Where's Daddy? calls upon a society that vilifies divorced fathers and separates them from their children to reexamine itself, and recall the importance on the father's role, one that is currently all too easily pushed aside both by legal practice and by the popular culture. Where's Daddy? is a strongly worded and highly recommended clarion call for reform that needs to be heard for the sake of today's children, and the children of generations to come.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Current research on child custody issues Oct 20 2002
By Harold McFarland
Format:Hardcover
"Where's Daddy" looks at the current situation in child custody, access, and support. An extensive exposition, it examines the historical factors that brought us to where we are now as well as the myths and assumptions that are part of that history. The author also examines current research in the area and how that information points to both the fallacy of many of our assumptions as well as a direction to a more positive approach for the child(ren).

The book is written in an easy to read style and the arguments are presented well. With such a complex subject and so much evidence to present, if the author had included it all in the text it would have rendered it a burdensome book to read. To overcome this the book is heavily referenced and annotated at the bottom of the pages with some pages having more area denoted to annotation than to the actual text itself. In addtion, there are several appendices in the back with verious reports and studies.

This is a book that should be read by all of those involved in the family practice area of law - judges, lawyers, psychologists, social workers. If you are really concerned about the children of a broken marriage and not driven by vendictiveness then this book deserves a solid read.

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