Hooligan Harry
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http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25269411-421,00.htmlTWO children have been sent to live with their father after a court ruled the mother encouraged "negative" feelings about their dad.
The two children - a girl, aged nine, and a boy, aged seven - had been struggling with "change overs" between parents, saying things such as "I don't want to go" and "I don't have to go" when their father arrived in Tasmania from Melbourne to collect them for access visits, The Australian reports.
The Family Court found the mother did not discourage them from saying these things, and did not encourage a positive relationship between the children and their father.
This made a national headline. This is how uncommon it is.
The great thing though is it shows that perhaps the tide is turning a little. Surprisingly, the amount of comments that followed this article which were in support of the decision was also nice to see. I hope we begin to see more of this.
What I am thinking though is that a lot of the judges coming through were once young married men who went through similar situations. Considering how high the divorce statistics are its inevitable to think that many would have gone through the same thing.
Maybe the law will start to favour men more as men who have been exposed to double standards and ridiculous laws age and become decision makers.