Making Divorce more Humane for Children

With a presumption of shared parenting, it is not possible for either parent to deny shared parenting without grounds.

When a father wants to stay actively involved in his child’s life, he doesn’t have to prove that they he is more fit to be a parent than the mother. There is no need to argue whether or not a man can be as nurturing as a woman. If the mother does not want shared parenting, she has to prove that the father is actually unfit (instead of just relying on the perception that, if the court has to choose one parent, the mother is the natural choice).

Why it’s good for children

Children indeed want to keep both parents. Writes Charles of his 3-year old daughter:
She loves us both and is very sensitive. She knows when we have a problem between us. She takes her mother’s hands and my hands and puts them together, or takes her mother’s face and my face and puts them together, or else she takes one of our hands and she holds the other hand and she is in between.