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2 Action Alerts, Fathers & Families Supporters Help Move Comparable Parenting Bill Forward March 17, 2009     NPR Covers Fathers & Families' Child Support Lawsuit, Two Members' Cases “Holstein has made a chart to show how the new guidelines apply to various income levels. In the vast majority of cases, support orders went up, sometimes substantially. He looks at what would happen if both parents earn $50,000 a year. “'And the increase in the child support order in the current guidelines compared to the old guidelines is a 59% increase,’ Holstein says, ‘just as we go into a recession.’” NPR station WBUR in Boston did a nice piece today on Fathers & Families’ recent challenge to the Massachusetts Child Support Guidelines. The story discusses the cases of two Fathers & Families members, Andrew Pelser and Simon Peffers. New Column: Media Trashes Breadwinning Dads over Parenting Magazine's 'Mad at Dad' Survey "Most moms have no reason to be mad at dads, and there’s no evidence that they are. Unfortunately, such a finding doesn’t play to the mainstream media’s anti-family 'woman good/man bad' drumbeat. It also doesn’t make for catchy headlines." My new column, Media Trashes Breadwinning Dads over Parenting Magazine's 'Mad at Dad' Survey (World Net Daily, 3/6/09), co-authored with Robert Franklin, criticizes a flawed new anti-father study and the media's uncritical reaction to it. Fathers & Families' Holstein Discusses DV Restraining Order bill on Ron Smith Show in Baltimore Fathers & Families' Dr. Ned Holstein discussed a bill regarding domestic violence restraining orders on The Ron Smith Show on WBAL AM 1090 in Baltimore on Wednesday. A recent vote in the Maryland House of Delegates upheld by a narrow margin a law that keeps recipients of Temporary Restraining Orders in a computer registry even though a judge has dismissed or denied the TRO. Holstein explained the effects of the law--people who had been cleared are being denied jobs and/or housing because they're being kept in the computer registry. Join Fathers & Families Fathers and Families is a family court reform organization with a comprehensive strategy, an impressive history of fundraising success, and the largest reach of any advocacy group of its kind: Get Involved Give a Gift Become a Member of the Fathers & Families Action Squad Action Alert: Tell Nationally-Syndicated Talk Show Host Neal Boortz That Dads Aren’t Deadbeats Massachusetts Action Alert--We Need Activists to Attend MA. Democratic Party Platform Hearings Success--Fathers & Families Supporters Help Move NH Comparable Parenting Bill Forward Standing Room Only at Fathers & Families’ General Meeting The DV Conference of the Decade--'From Ideology to Inclusion 2009' Jim Cook Helped Win Joint Custody for Millions of Dads, but Was Never Allowed It Himself (Audio) Call Out Boston Herald on Misleading, Anti-Father Child Abuse Story      Country Music Star Barbara Mandrell Honors Her Father I talk and talk and talk, and I haven't taught people in 50 years what my father taught by example in one week. --Mario Cuomo, governor of New York, 1983-1994 © 2009. Fathers & Families. All Rights Reserved.