Letter: Shared parenting the only solution

Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2000 | 10:35 a.m.

Here is another item to buy to help one litigate in custody cases. I will tell you how to litigate. Be fair to your ex-spouse and you will save thousands. Settle your case out of court, rather than litigate. Consider your children's emotions and desires and they won't need endless therapy.

We advocate shared-parenting for many reasons: the parents are the parents and no one deserves to be treated like the visitor unless that is their choice. They made the children together and should share parenting just as our law states.

These so-called psychobabbling experts are often part of the problem. Some are as nutty as some of the vindictive parents. The fact is that children need and deserve both parents, and extended family.

Common sense and mountains of research indicate the need for both parents. Unfortunately, too many parents are focused on what they can get rather than what their child needs and desires. This narcissistic thinking and behavior will keep the divorce industry intact and continue to make divorce attorneys and therapists wealthy.

AL DI CICCO

Coalition for Family Court Reform

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