Man Over pays Child Support, And visits his son too much, Sentenced to 180 Days in Jail

[Major Nikon]

237. Anecdotal evidence is shit and you either already know it or should know it

For every example you give I can give one under the current dynamic that is equally wrong. Do we really need to go there? Sounds like a fool's errand to me.

All things being equal, shared parenting is what's good for the child. Now perhaps you have a different idea, but I have no idea what you are basing that on other than your own opinion and worthless anecdotal scenarios.

Shitty parents already have the edge in court. Women are more likely to abuse and neglect children according to the CDC and other state government agencies. Now certainly this reflects the reality that women are the primary caregivers most of the time and thus have more opportunities to be abusive. Were the gender roles reversed I'm quite sure those statistics would be reversed, however a shared parenting arrangement protects against one parent who is abusive who is actually more likely to be the primary caregiver than not. An abusive parent is going to think twice about abusing their child if they know they are going to be living with the other parent half the time. This is just one benefit to shared parenting. There are several more. Not only is the idea that the primary caregiver is always the best choice for the child not a good one, it also removes other benefits that having two fully functioning parents provide. You have offered no evidence (other than anecdotal) as to why it's in the best interest of the child to have one primary and one non-primary parent as the default, and it's not as if there isn't ample evidence to show why this isn't so.