Suicide among males is four times higher than among females and represents 79% of all U.S. suicides. More people now die of suicide than in car accidents, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2010 there were…
Author: Clayton Craddock
I am a dedicated father to two wonderful children, a consultant for divorcing fathers, a thought provoking blogger, and a social reformer who is intent on seeing positive cultural change for boys, men and fathers in the 21st century. Oh, I also play drums too! Follow me on twitter @claytoncraddock.com www.claytoncraddock.com
Victims have rights. Here, the victim also has responsibilities
Victims have rights. Here, the victim also has responsibilities. A 34-year-old woman seduces a 15-year-old boy and becomes pregnant. She gives birth to a daughter and thereafter applies for Aid to Families with Dependent Children. Is the child’s father obligated…
The Secret Increase Of The Private Child Support Collection Company
By Vicki Turetsky Center for Law and Social Policy Over the last decade, an unregulated industry related to the alternative financial services industry has grown rapidly, primarily around the internet, to aggressively and sometimes deceptively market child support collection services…
Moynihan of the Moynihan Report
This was written in 1966. What has changed since? Have things improved in the black community with the government’s assistance? Moreover, the Moynihan Report noted that first-graders without fathers in the home have I.Q.’s 7.5 per cent lower than those…
TV Star Jon Cryer Must Pay Child Support for Son in His Custody
If more people knew this could happen to them, do you really think they would get married and have kids? Child support laws are outdated and need to be updated to reflect modern life in America. Fathers do not need…
The Best “Financial” Interests Of The Child…or State
Senator Rick Jones….”People should be more responsible… shouldn’t father children outside of marriage.” Blaming the victim is fine in our society, provided the victim is a man. It does not matter who the biological father is, only what’s in the…
Feminism and the Disposable Male
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Female Predators
Interesting article: Don’t excuse female predators of children BY LAUREN BOOK LA****@LA*********.ORG http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/08/02/3539486/dont-excuse-female-predators-of.html Any parent can relate to the fear of a sexual predator lurking in the shadows near a playground, looking for the next victim. And while bad-intentioned strangers…
Domestic Violence Against Men
Yes, it happens more than we want to admit: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhCyJORPmwY&w=560&h=315]
Happy Father’s Day, MOM!
Originally posted on June 12, 2013 on A Voice for Men Father’s Day cards for mothers. Yes you read this correctly. At first I thought it was a joke, but I learned that it was all too real. This line of cards…
Hate Male
http://www.fathers-4-justice.org/our-campaign/our-mission/
The End of Marriage?
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The Stigma of the Stay At Home Dad
Listen to the NPR broadcast of “the Changing Lives Of Women” HERE: Well, well, well. Now we have a discussion about what life is like for stay at home dads. I find it very interesting how the discussion is focused…
Harassing Free Speech
Take some time to read the article below and also watch THIS video. There are some truly disturbing things happening on our college campuses: U.S. rule makes every student a sex harasser MAY 11, 2013 BY JOANNE John asks Mary…
The War Against Women?
Listen to what she is saying. It might change the way you think. She is brilliant: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqOTj9NDv80&w=420&h=315]
Christina Hoff Sommers on “The Tyranny of Niceness”
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Winners and LOSERS
If this is true, what are you going to do about it?
Relationships Are So Difficult
Stop Penalizing Boys for Not Being Able to Sit Still at School
More news that points out the obvious. by Jessica Lahey – The Atlantic Magazine Something is rotten in the state of boys’ education, and I can’t help but suspect that the pattern I have seen in my classroom may have…
WHY FATHERHOOD MATTERS
Fatherhood is also classically aspirational. It’s a marker of class, pure and simple. Fatherlessness is a real crisis even as fatherhood gains this wild significance. In 2008, 41 percent of births involved unmarried women compared with 28 percent in 1990.…