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06/15/2026

The Mothers and Fathers Truly Matter Challenge.
Here is how it works:

Go to the link in bio.
Find your county.
Print 25 brochures.
Show up at your local family courthouse.
Pass them out.
Tag us.

That is it. Six steps. One morning of your time. A real ripple in your community.

We want to know where you went. We want to see the brochures going out. We want to amplify what is happening in your county and help if we can. Most importantly, we want this movement showing up in courthouses across the country at the same time, in the same way, with the same message.

Children deserve reasonable access to both parents whenever it is safe and possible. That message belongs at every family courthouse in America. You are the person who can put it there.

Tag us when you do.

06/15/2026

Standing in front of Suffolk Family Courthouse in Boston.

This is what showing up looks like. Brochures in hand. Voices loud enough that the building cannot pretend it does not hear us. Eyes on the doors so the parents walking in know they are not alone, and the people inside the system know there are people outside watching.

We stand here because children cannot stand for themselves. They are not in the room when their custody is being decided. They are not the ones writing the motions. They are not signing the orders. They do not get to vote on the laws that shape every part of their childhood. Someone has to be the voice for them. Today, that voice was us. Tomorrow, it is whoever decides to show up next.

Children deserve reasonable access to both parents whenever it is safe and possible. That is the line. That is the mission. That is what every brochure, every conversation, every protest, every legislative push comes back to.

Family court has to be reformed. Not patched. Not adjusted. Reformed. Until 50/50 shared parenting is the legal starting point. Until parental alienation is no longer treated as a strategy. Until false allegations carry consequences. Until the billable hour stops dictating the timeline of a child's life.
Suffolk County. Boston. Massachusetts. We were there today. Find us at the next one.
Children are voiceless. We are not.

Every child deserves a father. As a shadow when they are young to support them.. to guide them.. to nourish them.. and ...
06/13/2026

Every child deserves a father. As a shadow when they are young to support them.. to guide them.. to nourish them.. and to not just protect them.. but to show them how to protect themselves.

06/13/2026

June 28th in Washington, DC.

The shared parenting community is coming together for an important summit from 2 PM to 9 PM, and this is the kind of event that matters.
father, , , Dr. Bill Bernet, a leading parental alienation expert, and many others will be part of the conversation around shared parenting, parental alienation, and the future of family court reform.

This movement needs people in the same room. Parents, advocates, experts, lawmakers, and community leaders all need to be talking about how we create better outcomes for children.

Equal shared parenting should be the starting place whenever both parents are safe and capable. Children deserve meaningful relationships with both parents, and events like this help push that conversation forward.

Join us in DC.

Twilight Zone
06/12/2026

Twilight Zone

Change does not happen at one level. It happens at three.At the federal level, Title IV-D quietly shapes how family cour...
06/12/2026

Change does not happen at one level. It happens at three.

At the federal level, Title IV-D quietly shapes how family court behaves. The funding structure can reward conflict and collection over cooperation, and reforming it shifts the entire incentive map back toward children. At the state level, 50/50 shared parenting needs to be the legal starting point. Six states are already there. Forty-four to go. At the individual level, the work is the slowest and the hardest. Refuse to badmouth the other parent. Refuse to use a child as a messenger. Stay calm and child-focused in court. Communicate like the kids are watching, because they always are.

You do not have to do all three. But you have to do one. Pick a level and start.

06/11/2026

There are three stages where family court change actually happens. Federal. State. Local. You need to know what is happening at each one.

Federal. Title IV-D was passed in the 70s to enforce child support. For every dollar collected, the federal government sends states 66 cents back. Sounds reasonable until you trace where the money actually flows. The program grew legs of its own and turned into a pay for play system. If you want to see your child, you pay. Attorneys. Court-ordered supervised visitation. Filing fees. Motions. Half of it is unfounded. None of it really about reconnecting children with their parents. All of it about the money.

State. This is where 50/50 shared parenting becomes law. Equal access to both parents as the legal starting point, with carved exceptions only when safety demands them. The path is clear. Contact your senator. Contact your representative. Build the pressure until the bill makes it to the governor's desk. The signature at the end is the whole game. Six states have already passed. Forty-four to go.

Local. This one is on you, and it is harder than it sounds. If you see somebody doing alienating behavior to their own kid, have the courage to say something. Tell the mom or the dad doing it that it is wrong. Plain and simple. Do not worry about what they think of you. They have their own work to do. You advocating for that child might be the moment they finally pause long enough to ask themselves what they are doing. Maybe it triggers some soul searching. Maybe it gives them a chance to love that child more than they hate the other parent.

Federal. State. Local. Three stages. Three places where this fight is actually won.

Pick one. Start there.

06/10/2026

Today is my son's sixth birthday.

The last time I saw him was on his third birthday, at Providence Family Court, during a year of supervised visitation. Three years have passed. He has grown up without me in the room.

This message is also for every other child out there who is going to have a birthday this year without one of their parents in the room. You did not do anything wrong. You did not cause this. Somewhere out there, a mom or a dad is thinking about you on your day, even if they cannot tell you. You are loved.

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