Leon's Random Ramblings

The City Press news item – SA’s divorce law fails good dads – could just as well have been written by me

Posted on June 20th, 2018 under Children's Rights, Karma, Life Questions, Personal. Tags: Big Questions, Divorce, False Accusations, musing, Parenting, Unfaithful. Comments Off on In 15 years, nothing has changed

Children in Pain So this headline in the New York Times caught my eye. Normally it wouldn’t raise an eyebrow with me, and in fact, after reading her (very good) article, I realised that the writer of that article is raising some valid medical questions but they are not relevant in my current more socio-emotional […]

Posted on June 28th, 2016 under Children's Rights, Life Questions. Tags: Big Questions, Children's Rights, Divorce, False Accusations, Parenting. Comments Off on Why Aren’t We Managing Our Children’s Pain

I was seriously upset about todays article in News24 [click here] entitled “Dad freed 10 years after rape claim”. Basically the mother told the daughter to tell a lie, that her father sexually molested her. I have first-hand experience of that kind of accusation. I’m glad (and lucky) I didn’t have to spend 10 years […]

Posted on June 21st, 2013 under Books and Reading, Children's Rights, Family, Life Questions. Tags: False Accusations, Parenting, Unfaithful. Comments Off on Moms tell daughters to lie