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To: Penelope Leach
Public appology needed by Penelope Leach for views against fathers.
Dear Penelope Leach,
You have recently attacked fathers (and to some degree some mothers) for whom children stay with maybe once or twice a fortnight.
You suggest that children spending the night away from their mothers 'reduces brain development' and that children under 4 should especially not reside with the so called non-primary carer.
This view and attidue is wholly unacceptable and an insult to parents who try there utmost to provide for their children in the short time they live with them each week or fortnight (if they haven't been brainwashed by the primary carer)
Children need both parents, and you and society as a whole need to recognise this.
I request a full and public appology to be made to the children and parents that you have deeply offended with these draconian and outdated views.
Regards
Jason Spurgeon (Loving father to my children)
Why is this important?
I've been in the unfortunate position of being a weekend Dad for a long time, and have felt nothing but discrimination as a result.
Having recently tried and passionately fight for custody of my children through the farcical family courts, I cannot begin to imagine what must be going through my children’s minds as to why Dad is no longer available to them every day.
As the primary carer due to being self-employed and at home; all the routines, bedtime stories, school runs, meals etc. that were in place prior to being made homeless by my wife a few years ago, were suddenly non-existent, and a family unit destroyed by the mother, yet people like Penelope Leach clearly feel mothers are perfect and that fathers cannot provide the same level of care, compassion, love, discipline. Having read her views I'm absolutely livid.
A couple of months ago just prior to Mother’s Day I sat with my two boys (5 & 6) and they painted up two empty wooden jewellery boxes and decorated them with various craft bits and pieces. They then each made a homemade Mother’s Day card. They were both very proud, as was I of what they had done, and only too eager to give these to their mother.
Yesterday was Father’s Day, and I received only a wonderful card made by one son at School. My oldest commented that he was hadn't been able to make one.
While I don't expect any gifts, the fact that each year, on birthdays, father’s day etc., my children’s mother cannot be bothered to ensure that my children at least give me a card it shows how poor this particular mother is in thinking about the best interest of her children.
There are some fantastic fathers out there and some extremely poor mothers and Penelope Leach does not recognise this.
