The New York courts must send out a clear message to couples seeking divorce or separation, that raising children is a team effort. With divorce, children need the cooperation of their parents more than ever before. The responsibility of the mother or father in child rearing cannot end with divorce. I strongly believe it would. It sends a message to parents that cooperative parenting is required.
Most people are law abiding.
They will obey the law. Fathers, in increasing numbers, have been joining support groups in their localities. But perhaps they also need a larger group of both men and women who believe children need both their mothers and fathers. A fatherist movement in New York, could be just as effective as the feminist movement, and visible enough for the governor and state legislature to see and hear. It is certainly about time.