divorce rate Both mothers and fathers have become, in the words of one pediatric psychologist, "executive parents" - more parental care managers than direct caregivers. What Every Woman Should Know About Divorce and Custody is available in the DOL bookstore. 31. As we've noted previously, the average visitation order gives a father fifty days a year with his children. FBI statistics indicate divorce rate that a missing father is a more reliable predictor of criminal activity than race, environment, or poverty. Life, like law, is often in subtle shades of grey -- not black and white. Bear in mind that a lawyer will be unable to accurately quote a fee without some preliminary investigation and research. The belief that fathers can't handle the rigors of child care divorce rate is another. * The absence of a biological father increases by 900 percent a daughter's vulnerability to rape and sexual abuse (often these assaults are committed by stepfathers or the boyfriends of custodial mothers). With both parents working in so many modern families, child rearing often involves day care, baby-sitters, or an infinite array of creative scheduling choices. All kinds of fathers from divorce rate all walks of life find separation from their children to be a torturous, devastating experience. The father might be a glib advertising exec or a quiet factory foreman. More and more fathers are fighting for custody, and they are winning. * Children whose fathers are absent consistently score lower than the norm in reading and math tests.