Happy equal parenting Mother’s Day

May 13th is a day to honour mothers. Equal parenting advocates respect all mothers for the important parenting that they do.

Parenting is the most important accomplishment that women, or men, can do. It is more than a job, it’s a commitment, a sacrifice, a rewarding investment and much more.

The contributions of mothers are not diminished by the fact that not all mothers are perfect, and some are even dangerous to their kids.

But the fact is that the average untrained and unpaid mother does a better job of raising kids than highly educated, paid government substitutes for parents.

There are lots of heroic mothers and I hope that yours is among that remarkable group. Nothing that these heroic mothers do diminishes in the least from what fathers contribute, kids’ need for fathers and the importance of the relationship between mothers and fathers. We need to value mothers and to value the relationship between mothers and fathers.

A special greeting on this special day to those mothers who may not see or hear from their children today. It is important to recognize that mothers can be non-custodial parents too. Equal parenting aims to keep both parents in the lives of their children and that includes mothers who have lost custody for no good reason. Often, they too have given up custody because of the conflict created by the adversarial system and feel that it is best not to put their children through it.

Thus, we work to change a system so that it will be a collaborative, conflict-resolution, respectful and system which treats both parents with equality. Mothers are what they are. Fathers are what they are. The system of family separation is what needs to change. It is the problem.

Happy equal parenting Mother’s Day to all of you.

So, this Mother’s Day, we ask all equal parenting supporters to call or meet their mothers, and thank them for all that they have done, regardless of past differences. Acts of gratitude will help make us all better parents and better people.