The Working Mom and Custody Issues

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The Working Mom and Custody Issues
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Mon, 11-30-2009 - 8:24pm

There was an article in this month's Working mother magazine about wrking mom's losing custody to SAHD's.

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Sun, 01-10-2010 - 11:32am

edited.

 

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Sun, 01-10-2010 - 11:32am

I graduated HS and went on to college.


Ex was 20.



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 &n

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Sun, 01-10-2010 - 11:33am
Mentally ill mother. My father took custody. He is awesome. But I was legally responsible for myself at 16.

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 &n

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Sun, 01-10-2010 - 11:59am
Sorry to hear that.
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Sun, 01-10-2010 - 10:26pm
i think you make your decision based on maturity, physical and emotional, not gender. the latter of your post confirms that.



She did say the risk she's concerned about is her daughter being a victim of a sexual offender, a random kidnapper or a rapist. Those criminals do seek out girls more than boys. The size/look of the girl might make a difference in whether she is at greater risk, the size of the boy might too, but gender is the main reason girls are raped and sexually assaulted more than boys.

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Mon, 01-11-2010 - 7:34am

That was kinda my point tho I made it poorly. When talking about kids and genders, esp siblings (unless they are twins), gender is rarely the only deciding factor.

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 &n

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Mon, 01-11-2010 - 7:36am
Agreed. But a smaller boy may be at higher risk for a sexual prediter also. So really gender isnt the main factor.

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 &n

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Mon, 01-11-2010 - 8:23am
I would agree it's not the only factor, size is a factor for me too. But when it comes to sexual assault and predators, girls are many times over more likely to be a victim. So for me that's the main risk, size can mitigate that risk to make some girls less at risk than other girls, some boys at more risk than other boys, but girls are still at more risk than boys.

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Mon, 01-11-2010 - 10:53am

I am pretty sure I said in my post that those things can happen, but not that it does happen to every kid.

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Mon, 01-11-2010 - 11:21am

i'm chiming in late here, but i wanted to say that my kids' middle school is like this. dd has stayed after school for her own sports and jazz band practices and sports games, and there has always been at least some gap between the end of the school day and such things and the late bus--time when even kids who are participating in a strictly structured activity are on their own. kids are also encouraged to use the school computers and library, both of which are supervised after school, but neither of which involves check-in and check-out type overseeing. and they are allowed and encouraged to watch practices and games, and to otherwise spend time on campus. i understand that several kids routinely

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