{"id":466,"date":"2019-08-02T10:09:18","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T17:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.parrotworks.com\/walkforlostkids\/?p=466"},"modified":"2019-08-07T09:04:39","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T16:04:39","slug":"deadbeat-mythology-ends-here-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.parrotworks.com\/walkforlostkids\/deadbeat-mythology-ends-here-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadbeat Mythology Ends Here. Now."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.parrotworks.com\/walkforlostkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1in8jpeg-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-475\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.parrotworks.com\/walkforlostkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1in8jpeg-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.parrotworks.com\/walkforlostkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1in8jpeg-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.parrotworks.com\/walkforlostkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1in8jpeg-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.parrotworks.com\/walkforlostkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1in8jpeg-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.parrotworks.com\/walkforlostkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1in8jpeg-1600x1601.jpg 1600w, http:\/\/www.parrotworks.com\/walkforlostkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1in8jpeg.jpg 1845w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>#1IN8DADS<br><br>For decades since the first man burned himself on the family court stairs (<a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2011\/06\/man-literally-sets-himself-on-fire-on-the-courthouse-steps\/\">Thomas James Ball<\/a> is a more recent example), the media has perpetuated the myth that fathers are <em>deadbeats<\/em>.\u00a0 The injustice of the media-parroted label has lingered for three main reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Many people profit from the propaganda<\/li><li>Media channel fears of repercussions from the legal system <\/li><li>Lack of credible data that unjust father removal is an epidemic<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Spoiler Alert: Item number three just dissolved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Family courts have kept data at bay for years repeatedly\nsighting protection of children.&nbsp; Even\nthough common sense states, aggregating court data doesn\u2019t reveal a thing.&nbsp; Other than corruption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How much money goes through any family courthouse in America?&nbsp; No one can quite say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Powerful interests even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2015\/05\/11\/census-bureau-decides-to-keep-marriage-questions-on-survey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">attempted to get divorce questions<\/a> dropped from the census.&nbsp; 1361 complaints quashed that angle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now the data dam has finally burst.&nbsp; The great American secret in out: The\ndeadbeat label is a myth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1 in 8 fathers in the US is being blocked from their kids.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No.&nbsp; That\u2019s not a\ntypo.&nbsp; Blocked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While anyone over the age of 30 knows this to be true, somehow our generation has been self-stupified to requiring statistical proof to <em>do<\/em> anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to recent Pew Research, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2018\/01\/08\/most-dads-say-they-spend-too-little-time-with-their-children-about-a-quarter-live-apart-from-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">six in ten dads report<\/a> spending too little time with their kids.&nbsp; And one in five of that group reports the reason is because they don\u2019t live with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s 9 million dads who want to be in their children\u2019s lives more and <em>can\u2019t<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And we wonder why eliminating children\u2019s natural protectors\nhas resulted in an extreme upswing in national child sex trafficking?&nbsp; It\u2019s not rocket science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For years, the media has gleefully showed <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lQDRDOMQMlE\" target=\"_blank\">law enforcement<\/a> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rm-BH0-zApA\" target=\"_blank\">doing their job<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-Y-ilZiGBDc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">imprisoning fathers<\/a> for child support.&nbsp; Now we can statistically extrapolate a large portion of these men are blocked from their kids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s unlikely that anytime soon we\u2019ll see a televised round up of the 9 million mothers who are denying custody.&nbsp; That is legal, acceptable behavior.&nbsp; Except it\u2019s not.&nbsp; It\u2019s called parental alienation and more and more studies are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/co-parenting-after-divorce\/201304\/the-impact-parental-alienation-children\">defining it as child abuse<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remind me again why we need<em> studies<\/em> to prove removing a parent from a child is abuse?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Male suicide rates continue to climb off the charts.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"950\" src=\"http:\/\/www.parrotworks.com\/walkforlostkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/male_suicides.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-471\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.parrotworks.com\/walkforlostkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/male_suicides.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.parrotworks.com\/walkforlostkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/male_suicides-300x285.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.parrotworks.com\/walkforlostkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/male_suicides-768x730.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Females outliving men is somehow shrugged off as normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The facts are in.  Men are forcibly kept from their kids.  How many more will die before we collectively drop the deadbeat designation?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>___<br>More figures from:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/us-census-bureau-facts-for-features-fathers-day-june-18-2017-300475271.html\">https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/us-census-bureau-facts-for-features-fathers-day-june-18-2017-300475271.html<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>___<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Facebook Logo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.parrotworks.com\/walkforlostkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1in8circle_jpeg-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-482\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.parrotworks.com\/walkforlostkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1in8circle_jpeg-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.parrotworks.com\/walkforlostkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1in8circle_jpeg-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.parrotworks.com\/walkforlostkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1in8circle_jpeg-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.parrotworks.com\/walkforlostkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1in8circle_jpeg-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.parrotworks.com\/walkforlostkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1in8circle_jpeg-1600x1601.jpg 1600w, http:\/\/www.parrotworks.com\/walkforlostkids\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/1in8circle_jpeg.jpg 1845w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Other research I happened upon in writing this blog&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/content\/dam\/Census\/library\/publications\/2016\/demo\/P60-255.pdf\">https:\/\/www.census.gov\/content\/dam\/Census\/library\/publications\/2016\/demo\/P60-255.pdf<\/a><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2015\/05\/11\/census-bureau-decides-to-keep-marriage-questions-on-survey\/ft_15-05-08_censusquestions\/\">https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2015\/05\/11\/census-bureau-decides-to-keep-marriage-questions-on-survey\/ft_15-05-08_censusquestions\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-pew-research-center\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"pgIT4cwioV\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2018\/04\/27\/about-one-third-of-u-s-children-are-living-with-an-unmarried-parent\/\">About one-third of U.S. children are living with an unmarried parent<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;About one-third of U.S. children are living with an unmarried parent&#8221; &#8212; Pew Research Center\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/fact-tank\/2018\/04\/27\/about-one-third-of-u-s-children-are-living-with-an-unmarried-parent\/embed\/#?secret=aXhGKGA5Gx#?secret=pgIT4cwioV\" data-secret=\"pgIT4cwioV\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-pew-research-centers-social-amp-demographic-trends-project\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.pewsocialtrends.org\/2018\/04\/25\/the-changing-profile-of-unmarried-parents\/\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#1IN8DADS For decades since the first man burned himself on the family court stairs (Thomas James Ball is a more recent example), the media has perpetuated the myth that fathers are deadbeats.\u00a0 The injustice of the media-parroted label has lingered for three main reasons: Many people profit from the propaganda Media channel fears of repercussions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.parrotworks.com\/walkforlostkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.parrotworks.com\/walkforlostkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.parrotworks.com\/walkforlostkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.parrotworks.com\/walkforlostkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.parrotworks.com\/walkforlostkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/www.parrotworks.com\/walkforlostkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":508,"href":"http:\/\/www.parrotworks.com\/walkforlostkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466\/revisions\/508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.parrotworks.com\/walkforlostkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.parrotworks.com\/walkforlostkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.parrotworks.com\/walkforlostkids\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}