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

[Major Nikon]

245. How progressive of you

You seem to be making a convoluted case for this law by stating that women are child abusers, and that would not happen if more men had shared custody.

Kindly back that up.

That's not the case I am making. In fact, I specifically said if the gender roles were reversed I thought the statistics would be reversed. Please read what I write more carefully.

What I am saying is that the primary caregiver is not always the best parent and that kids are served best by equal parenting because both parents have distinct contributions to offer the child.

If you want evidence of this, you can start with what the APA said on the subject:

Best Interest of the Child Standard
The research that included child adjustment criteria concerning the study of joint custody will be used relevant to this issue. The two studies with the best methodology (Buchanan, Maccoby,&Dombush, 199 1; Burnett, 199 1) indicated that joint custody versus sole maternal custody was associated with adolescents’ positive adjustment. This finding was replicated for children by Abarbanel(l979). Greif (1979), and Luepnitz (1986) but not Johnston, Kline & Tschann (1989) and Kline, Tschann, Johnston & Wallerstein (1989). It is concluded that the present research supports joint custody for facilitating children’s adjustment. The above conclusion is supported by the more generalized research with optimal methodology concerning children’s divorce adjustment. Several studies found that increased and reliable visitation by the noncustodial parent (usually the father) predicted positive adjustment of children (e.g. Guidubaldi, Cleminshaw, Perry
& Nastasi, 1984; Hetherington, Cox & Cox, 1982; and Wallerstein & Kelly, 1980).

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Conclusions
The research reviewed supports the conclusion that joint custody is associated with certain favorable outcomes for children including father involvement, best interest of the child for adjustment outcomes, child support, reduced relitigation costs, and sometimes reduced parental conflict. Kelly (1994) recommended joint custody for increasing the access of both parents which has consistently been shown to promote positive adjustment of children. Kelly (1994) also noted
that misinterpretation of research conclusions could be due to political distortion as reflected by the following statement:

The current practice of feminist writers and fathers’ rights groups to use a particular research finding to bolster a political or gender-linked point of view while ignoring other data makes it difficult for legislators, judges, attorneys or parents to obtain a balanced, informed view. (p. 128)
It is hoped that this report provides the Commission with a ‘balanced and informed view’ based on the empirical research evidence. The need for improved policy to reduce the present adversarial approach that has resulted in primarily sole maternal custody, limited father involvement and maladjustment of both children and parents is critical. Increased mediation, joint custody and parent education are supported for this policy. Comprehensive research on these topics with
effective methodology is also critically needed.

American Psychological Association. (1995). Preliminary summary: Empirical Research Describing Outcomes of Joint Custody.