Children's Rights Initiative for Sharing Parents Equally

Written by:   Melissa Hathaway

 

It can often be a struggle for a child with separated parents during school as their timetable and scheduled visits to see and stay with both parents can leave them with a lot of lost time, and often left in a situation where they spend much more time with one parent than the other. Summer holidays and vacation periods from school are an ideal time for a child in a divorced or separated situation to spend time with both their parents; however this can often clash with pre-decided terms of custody on behalf of the parents. This can cause issues as a child gets older, especially if they want to spend equal amounts of time with both parents – a natural feeling and need for most children.

Being Fair to the Child

As parents you may have made agreements with your ex-partner upon separation about who will have the child or children and how often they will visit the other parent. This is fine for school months where a regular schedule is needed to keep the child focused on school without an extra hassle and without long travelling times to get to school; however the summer holidays or other vacation periods can make this arrangement a little unfair on both the child, and the parent who spends less time around the child during school months if this is the pre-made agreement. Also, as a child gets older they may actively decide they wish to spend more time with both parents, and thus arrangements must be organized to keep a child or children satisfied.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Vacations for the Child with Both Parents

This can be a very tricky situation; both parents wish to take their child or children on vacation but understandably do not wish to go on vacation together. Often this can cause arguments and issues as both parents need to find different times to schedule in vacations without overlapping the times they plan to spend away on vacation. If you find yourself in this situation, discuss with your child the available options so as they understand what is happening, and approach the other parent in a calm, collected manner, with planning for the discussion written down so as it can easily be talked about. Insurance for the child or children may be an issue that needs to be addressed if both parents wish to take the child abroad on vacation, or even just on an adventure type holiday where accidents can sometimes occur. The best way to approach a conversation about insurance for your child is to suggest a split in the cost of the insurance, with the actual policy being confirmed by the parent that looks after the child for the majority of the year.

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Children Come First

Although you may have a strained relationship with your ex-partner, it is important to remember that your children come first and that sometimes you will need to communicate between each other to ensure your children have the best childhood possible, without their relationship with one parent not blossoming due to bad communication between both parents. Always put your child or children first; seeing them happy with both of their parental relationships will allow you to feel happier and much more at ease around your child and your ex-partner as there will be no hard feelings between the two of you. Remember, in a situation where there has been a divorce or separation a child may be scared to talk to you as a parent about how they are feeling for fear of you not understanding or not being willing to listen. Ensure your child knows they can talk to you about anything they are feeling without the need to be scared or worried about how it may affect your feelings; explain to them that you are always willing to hear their opinion as this will allow you to have open channels of communication at all times with your child, regardless of whether they are staying with you, or their other parent.

Having a happy, healthy relationship with your child is one of the most important and special things you can have within your lifetime. Giving your child the opportunity to bond with both their parents is important as it helps them remain well-balanced as an individual, meaning you can be proud of the person they grow-up to become. Vacations are an ideal time to further this special bond, so it is essential that you let your child experience this where possible with both of their parents.

Posted on June 7th, 2013 by Melissa Hathaway
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Reprint from Nanny State:

http://www.globalwealthprotection.com/nanny-state-mission-creep-parental-rights/

Government wants to push parents to the sidelines – not for harming their children, but for not complying with the state-prescribed notions of child rearing.

Is it possible that we are moving toward “socialized parenting”, where the state arbitrarily decides what is best for ALL children?

“We have to break through our kind of private idea that kids belong to their parents or kids belong to their families and recognize that kids belong to whole communities. Once it’s everybody’s responsibility, and not just the households’, then we start making better investments.” ~ Melissa Harris-Perry (MSNBC Lean Forward Promotion)

These words in isolation of anything else, could easily be dismissed as being “misunderstood” or “misconstrued”. But they are not isolated. They are connected. The stories linked by the sentiments of these words should scare ANYONE who has children.

The staunch fiscal conservative will glean some sort of expansion of the welfare state from that statement. The social conservative will glean some sort of government control over beliefs and values. The liberal should also be concerned, because while they MAY want the subsidies for children, and while their intentions might be to keep the public forum secularly pure, the civil liberties required as payment for these things are expensive.

Consider for a moment the parents who simply had the gall to seek a second opinion about their baby’s condition… only to have their child confiscated by Child Protective Services! The doctor who offered the first opinion was the member of this noble “community” who basically narked on these parents to CPS, giving them the impression that the child was somehow being put in harm’s way.

Taking the word of the doctor over the parents, CPS took the child first, asked questions later. The Nikolayevs had to PROVE to the courts that they were NOT severely neglecting their son. Let me rephrase: CPS didn’t have to prove the Nikolayevs were neglecting their son… the Nikolayevs had to prove they WEREN’T. There isn’t even a vestige of the whole “innocent until proven guilty” sentiment! Not even a little lip service.

The parents are reunited with their son… conditional that the state may spy on them. The Nikolayevs were not deemed “fit” to take custody of their son. Rather, they were given a court mandate and social workers will be visiting on occasion to ensure the safety of their child. The punishment for seeking a second opinion, and NOT giving their child an unnecessary surgical procedure, is a lifetime supply of government surveillance. Actually, that sound like the punishment for simply residing in the United States! But they get regular and scheduled visits from the state specifically to look for something wrong in the home.

This has nothing to do with welfare or the imposition of one belief or another. This IS “community” upbringing. THIS is the community Harris-Perry speaks of. We can project all the utopian ideals upon her statement, but in practice, it railroads parental rights. This “community” is really just the state, and the state rides roughshod over the citizenry at every turn in the name of safety and civility, law and order.

Is this just conjecture? Well, consider the German couple Uwe and Hannelore Romeike. They removed their children from public school and began homeschooling their children in 2006. In Germany, it is illegal to homeschool… or more accurately put, it is illegal NOT to allow the government to educate your child. They were fined close to $10,000 and at one point had their children forcibly taken from them.

They were reunited with their children in 2010, and immediately fled to the United States. A federal court in Tennessee granted them asylum as he believed this couple had a “reasonable fear of persecution for their beliefs”.

Enter Eric Holder and the Justice Department. Holder sided with the German government. He believes the government is justified in using force to make parents comply with government sanctioned schools. The Romeikes are still fighting to keep asylum here in the US.

As mentioned in the last post: not feeding a starving man has a moral distinction from preventing a starving man from eating. In the case of the Romeikes, the US is guilty of the latter. We are not obliged to go to Germany to free the families of the oppressive policies of the German government. We ARE obliged to open our borders to those seeking to flee that oppression.

In both situations, the fashion in which “community upbringing” manifests itself is terrifying for any parent to imagine much less experience. That the “community” can be justified in interfering, then justified in taking the children from their parents’ custody, is sickening. That anyone would advocate or defend state force be used upon parents, making them conform to a certain government-approved child rearing regime drips with totalitarianism!

I am a huge proponent of mutual aid. I believe in helping those who need it, in a way which is both feasible for me and useful to them. But the words “community” and “state” are NOT interchangeable on ANY level. The former will always be voluntary association. The latter is forced association. This act of linguistic fraud should be obvious to any liberty loving individual. This is not parents taking turns watching the kids play in the street. This is introducing a third party and legitimizing their interference and forcible acts under the guise of “community”.

While these are examples of basic parental rights being trampled, something else is happening here. Sentiments like the ones shared by Harris-Perry provide a certain absolution for parents. No longer are parents responsible for their children’s education. No longer are parents responsible for their children’s health. With responsibility comes authority, and that’s all but stripped away from the parents. The state wishes to cripple the parents, assume an overriding supremacy in each household, but offers no indemnification for the parents. Rather, it punishes them. Not for actually HARMING a child, but for not complying with the state-defined parameters.

What’s even more disturbing is that we would allow our system to get congested with victimless – and actually LOVING – acts such as these… while real acts of abuse and neglect are taking place! This trivializes the sad reality of REAL acts of child abuse, neglect and depraved indifference. It would seem that the state’s priority is to flex its might and keep us in line, more than it is to keep us safe and protect us from real harm.

Parenting is one of our last remaining forms of peaceful activism: that we could bring a new generation into this world with the courage to challenge and defy the status quo, and the intellect to be self sufficient and self governing. Regardless of political persuasion, there should be common ground in the defense for parental rights.

Posted on June 1st, 2013 by Semper Fi
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Bill Windsor will begin filming in California on or about June 2.  First stop is San Diego.

 

California will be a zoo.  This is the last chance for folks to request to be interviewed.

 

I will film only those who provide all of the requested information not later than May 31, 2013.  If you have not previously been interviewed and you have provided your name, address, phones, email, link to your Facebook page (if you have one), and a summary of your story, you are set.  If you haven’t provided this, you have until May 31 to reply to this email with the requested information.

 

If your interview was filmed previously and you want to have California locations that are important to your story filmed, I must have a list of names, addresses, and significance not later than May 31.  If I do  not have a list of locations from you  by May 31, then I WILL NOT be able to consider filming at any of your locations.

Rather than set time appointments, I will schedule folks at one arrival time on a specific day.  I will then film in order based upon first-come, first-serve.  I plan to do a lot of this at courthouses, CPS offices, Anaheim Police Department, etc.

 

Due to their support of a hate group and women who have stalked, harassed, and threatened me, I must decline to film anyone who is associated with the Center for Judicial Excellence, California Protective Parents Association, American Mothers Political Party, Claudine Dombrowski, and/or Lorraine Tipton.  If you support any of these, please advise so I may remove you from our database.  Those filmed will be asked to sign a sworn affidavit stating they are not involved with the organizations or people or any other hate groups.  I’m sorry to have to do this, but it’s the way it is.

 

All the best,

 

Bill

 

William M. Windsor

nobodies@att.net

Phone: 770-578-1094

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http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/i-support-honesty-in-government-and-the-rights-we-were/sign.html

Posted on May 28th, 2013 by Semper Fi
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http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/story/22265374/investigators-parent-alienation#at_pco=cfd-1.0

Here is an example of an alienator that loses her children.  Please take note that the children in most of these cases the damage is already done and is very difficult to undo.  Please watch the video.

 

 

Posted on May 21st, 2013 by Semper Fi
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Please support the North Dakota Shared Parenting Initiative 2013

Walsh Shared Parenting Initiative in North Dakota PASSES! On November 6th North Dakota just passed the first Equal Custody Initiative! It was passed by the voters in Walsh County by 66.2%!

North Dakota Equal Custody Initiative in Walsh County passes by 66.2% November 6th 2012. Please support our efforts and donate to help fund Our State wide Shared Parenting Initiative in North Dakota.

We work to educate the public and others on Shared Parenting and how it helps children and both parents and that forcing one parent out of a childs life harms the children.

Contact: Mitchell Sanderson 701-331-0410
mitchell_sanderson@hotmail.com

Please visit for more info:

https://rally.org/sharedparenting

Posted on May 9th, 2013 by Semper Fi
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