“New York Gets An ‘F’ For Shared Parenting Of Children Of Divorce”

By CBS New York

A new report shows that New York is failing children after divorce. Divorce is already hard enough, but when you live in a state that doesn’t recognize shared parenting.

“When a child loses access to a parent after divorce or separation, it’s really traumatic,” said Ginger Gentile, deputy executive director of the National Parents Organization.

In a new report card issued by the National Parents Organization, each state was graded on how much its legislation encourages divorced parents to share the responsibility of raising their children with equal or close to equal parenting time.

New York failed. The Empire State and Rhode Island are the only two to receive an F.

“Not only does that cause psychological damage, which I think we all understand that happens, but there’s a lot of studies that this can cause physical damage,” Gentile said.