Your points are well taken Kate. I appreciate the perspective and feedback.

Peace!

Mark

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Some Where wrote:
http://markbrudnak.com

I thought you all would enjoy seenig how I parent my son. Feel free to suggest
ideas.

Thanks!

http://markbrudnak.com

That was really nice... but I feel a bit deprived. I don't know the
Crawdad Song.

Now... on the stats posted on the Wisconsin Site, be cautioned about
reading into them what the website states. Very few teens are
hospitalized for psychiatric care so 84% is still a very low number. The
reasons may very well have more to do with a lack of income, living in a
neighborhood with fewer advantages, and how society treats/views single
parent families than the lack of a second parent in the home.

In addition, the primary caretaker must be stable, non-substance
abusing, reliable, and have the ability to provide for the child not
only financially but emotionally, and physically. Divorce care currently
consists of a short parenting class that is less about the needs of the
child than a warning to parents not to put the child in the middle of an
emotionally volatile situation. Also, the parent who is not primary
caretaker must have the same qualities including the ability to visit on
a reliable schedule so that the child doesn't wait, disappointed, week
after week.

Some families experience problems before splitting up that are harmful
to the growth and development of children.

I think you have to take these statistics with a grain of salt and just
keep doing what you're doing, being a loving, caring, nurturing, strong
father in your son's life. Your love for him beams from that webpage.
He's one lucky young man. I hope we see you back with pictures of him
when he's a teen and young adult that display those same feelings.
Kudos, dad.

'Kate