Essays

These can be contributed by anyone, just send your article (as Word Document, plain text mail message, or HTML) to wemaster@akidsright.org. Make sure to check Our Approach for other guidelines!

Just remember — no copyrights for any material you publish on this site. You may require your credit line by maintained, but the article is free to be copied, distributed, etc… Please remember, even we don’t agree with all the ideas presented here, but they are worth thinking about.

• Recent Submissions

  • The Fathers’ Crusade  – Susan Dominus,  Published in the New York Times

  • The Politics of Family Destruction  – Prof. Stephen Baskerville.  An article from Crisis Magazine.

  • Why wasn’t daddy there? – Angie S. Some nice thoughts about a child missing any parent.

  • The Politics of Fatherhood – Prof. Stephen Baskerville. An article from the December 2002 issue of PS: Political Science and Politics, a journal of the American Political Science Association.

  • Protecting Parents & Children  – Carolynn J. Middleton B.Sc. Let’s better protect our families from government interference.

  • Meet a Dead Beat  – Nicole L. Weyant. Welcome to our home — maybe you will feel different after you leave!

  • Children’s Rights  – Tony Blizzard. Be careful what you ask for in the way of Children’s Rights!

  • Judge, Why Don’t You Listen?  – Linda Carnahan. A parent wonders why the system can’t help.

• NonViolent Action

  • Non Violent Action  – An article which presents a study of both the philosophy and actions which guided both Mahatma Gandhi & Dr. Martin Luther King.

  • Report from Jail on Non Violent Action  – A member comments on his current experiences in jail.

  • Faith and Non Violent Action – Why it takes faith.

  • Why NonViolence?  – Why put yourself in jail?   Isn’t it a waste of public time and money?

  • The Light’s Better Here  – A serious look at what it takes to change things.

  • NonViolence & Family Law Reform  – If the issue is our “Civil Rights” then this is the fast track to change.

• Civil Rights

  • Moral v. Secular Law  –  A sensitive description of a dialog within the Amish Community on moral responsibility.

  • How Much Child Support?  – Based on what you want, or what you need?

  • Recent Supreme Court Decision on Grandparent’s Rights  – The start of recognition that family’s have rights?

  • Where was my Jury ?  – Surprised to find out, we can take your child , and a lot more, without a Jury trial.

• Personal Messages

  • Mr. Doubtfire  – What it “feels” like to be stripped of your children – a poet-essay.

  • The Benefits of Joint Custody – Submitted from France. A positive look at the way things can be.

  • Letter to a Judge  – Your honor, with all due respect — I can’t do what you say.

  • My Long-Distance Life  – A kid should not have two parents available (and nearby), after Divorce. (A Newsweek Article)

  • Just Want Money for Support?  – It so often seems that all they system cares about is money . . . so much easier to measure than love.

• Sound Advice

  • Rights of Children of Divorce – A common sense list of items which provide a sound basis for all concerned.

  • Single Parenting through the Holidays – With the approach of the holiday seasons, some timely advice!

  • Sing a Psalm – A series of Psalms you can probably relate to.