Parenting opportunities for fathers have significantly expanded over the past five years as more and more mothers enter the work force. Back when mothers were almost always granted custody, fathers were treated as occasional parents who would not be expected to play a significant role in their children’s lives. However, as more and more mothers enter the workforce full time and as more and more fathers wish to have meaningful relationships with their children, the tide has turned.
Before most states adopted the preference of joint custody in the 1980s, mothers often had complete control over their children’s lives. Parental Alienation Syndrome was noted in the 1980s, and in 1992, Columbia Professor of Child Psychiatry, Dr. Richard Gardner published the book The Parental Alienation Syndrome. Symptoms of PAS were recognized in families who were going through a divorce.
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