There is overwhelming support for true shared parenting

To the Editor:

Is it too early to declare a tsunami of support for shared parenting? 

In a word: No!

National Parents Organization, in collaboration with NY Families for Tomorrow and NY Americans for Equal Shared Parenting, as well as The Fathers’ Rights Movement, just received the results of an independently conducted poll of the attitudes of New Yorker’s about shared parenting.

When viewed in context of the other recent polls conducted by Researchscape and Public Policy Polling — polls in Kansas (2019), Texas (2019), Virginia (2019), Kentucky (2018), Missouri (2018), Ohio (2018), Michigan (2017), and Maryland (2016), California, Wisconsin, Utah, Idaho, Florida, and Arkansas (2021) — the results are clear: There is a tsunami of support for shared parenting.

Let’s focus on the poll from New York that was conducted recently. Here are some highlights of the opinions of those in the Empire State:

— 92 percent believe that “it is in a child’s best interest to have as much time as possible with each parent” when the parents are divorced or separated;