FaFNY has identified the following policy areas that are in need of being addressed as the primary father and family issues we face today.  Many issues are related with a cause and effect across policy areas.  We recognize this as a family Civil Rights Movement impacted by government policies interfering with individual and family rights for men, women and children.  The answer is to achieve equal rights and responsibilities for both men and women and equal opportunity for our children free from undue influence outside the family.

1.    Family Relations

a.    Marriage. 

b.    Divorce.     [memo in Opposition to No Fault Divorce without statutory protections]

c.    A Man's right to choose regarding reproduction/family. [What about the Fathers Right to Choose to Be a Father]

2.    Child Custody

a.    Denial of Parental Rights. [Clean Floors Don’t Guarantee Civil Rights]

b.    Access enforcement for parenting time (visitation).

3.    Child Support [Ten Myth's of Child Support]

a.    Denial of right to parental control. [Age of Child Majority should be the same for ALL families]

b.    Draconian collection methods.

4.    Child Abuse

a.    Increases in Abuse/Neglect in fatherless households. [Turning a Blind Eye to Child Abuse]

b.    False allegation of abuse as litigation leverage or spousal retribution. [Link]

5.    Domestic Violence [Link]

a.    Male victims including victimization by forceful removal of chid(ren) and spousal infidelity.

b.    False allegations as litigation leverage and spousal retribution.

6.    Paternity

a.    false identification of paternity and non accountability for fraud in false identification.

b.    denial of paternal rights through maternal abandonment (physical abandonment, placement in foster care or adoption w/o knowledge).

7.    Men's Health

a.    Lack of focus and funding for men's health, longevity rate 7 years less than women.

b.    Parental Grief Syndrome (PTSD), suicide and perpetration of violence against society. 

8.    Employment

a.    Myth of pay equity among genders (disparity a result of choice regarding family care).

b.    Work place injury and death rate disproportionate for males.

9.    Education

a.    Disparity in higher education (56% female enrollment and increasing).

b.    Disparity in treatment of boys in favor of girls in early education (including the use of behavior modifying drugs such as ritalin).

10.  Societal Biases

a.    No fault divorce rewarding the initiator.  Biases against fathers in family and divorce court.  Inequitable "equitable distribution" laws. 

a.    Media bias against men and fathers. [Tweedle-dumb and Tweedle-dumber]

b.    The portrayal of boys, men and fathers as domineering and abusive as a class.  Portrayal of males as worthy of physical and emotional attack.