Mothers who deny fathers access to the couple’s children after a break-up could be jailed
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One in five
children from a broken home loses touch with the parent that leaves the family
home within just three years and never sees them again. Many more lose contact
with a parent, most often with fathers when mothers are awarded custody, as
they grow older. This is one of the reasons that ministers have decided that reform
is necessary. Separated parents who fail to allow their partners to maintain a
proper relationship with their children could be stripped of driving licenses
or passports, hit with curfews, ordered to do a period of unpaid work or even
jailed.
I think it’s
a good thing that children from broken homes stay in touch with both the
parents, and that the parents shouldn’t keep their children away from their
other parent. I come from a broken home too, and my mother always encouraged me
to go and visit, or at least call, my dad as often as I could. I think this is
very important for the child, because both his parents love him and he should
know that. I do think being jailed for it is a little overboard, but that there
should be punishment for withholding your child of a proper relationship with
the other parent is a good thing.
It is a good thing that the ministers have decided this reform. When my parents devorced I did not see my dad for a year, this was because my mother had custody over me and she did not wanted me to see him.
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