Another Custody Battle

I know I'm not the only one who thinks that changes to the Family Law Act are long overdue. Two young boys in Alberta are dead. Two boys who just wanted their parents to love them and take care of them and guide them on the journey through life. But their lives are over because once again, their parents were fighting over ownership.

Quite frankly, our Family Court system sucks! We have so many custody cases before the courts that the judges don't have the time to properly assess who is who in order to make decisions that are fair and eqitable to all involved. Children have just become pawns in a competition for ownership.

I have thought about this for some time, somehow couples in difficulty need more support and guidance. Before they run to a lawyer, they need time to sit down and talk to each other in the presence of a mediator. Someone who can guide them through the mine field of feelings and fears. In fact I think all divorces and custody of children should never be decided in a court but in a comfortable and safe place where people can talk, question, and explore alternatives, so that no children in the future will have to live without one of their parents in their life, that they will know they are loved and protected by both of their parents who afterall more than likely conceived the child in love, at least once upon a time.

The death of any child is a tradgedy no matter how it happens, but to kill your children because you can't seem to find a way to share them is unconscionable. It's obvious that courts are not the answer!!