Throughout the United States, several families have seen and experienced the tragic impact of domestic violence. Fortunately, international experts have found a solution that can reduce the burgeoning cases of domestic violence by supporting the shared parenting approach in child-rearing.
According to National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV), almost 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States while more than 20,000 phone calls are received by domestic violence hotlines on a normal day across the nation. In addition, 1 in 15 children are exposed to domestic violence annually and 90 percent of these kids are eyewitness to this violence.
Due to the alarming statistics on domestic violence, the National Parents Organization is urging people to join the fight against the abuse by advocating shared parenting. The organization's campaign comes after international experts concluded that an egalitarian approach to parenting can decrease the domestic violence case throughout the country.
"We now have the startling reversal that shared parenting after parental separation or divorce is the most effective means for reducing high parental conflict, and that it decreases the subsequent onset of first-time family violence," National Parents Organization's Founder and Board Chairman Ned Holstein, as per the press release posted by MartketWired. "It is wonderful to know that we have a way to help the children of high-conflict couples who separate or divorce."
Shared parenting as a solution reduce the cases of domestic violence has also been highlighted at the 2015 International Conference on Shared Parenting. The said conference was participated by almost 120 research scientists and experts from over 20 nations, who concluded that the equal sharing of parental duties and responsibilities, and custody following a parental divorce or separation is acknowledged as "the most effective" way to lessen the cases of high parental conflict and domestic violence across the U.S.
Most family courts in the United States, however, assumed that shared parenting is unsafe and precarious for high conflict cases. But the National Parents Organization is optimistic that more states will implement shared parenting laws after more than 20 stated have proposed bills last year.
Speaking of shared parenting laws, many states including Missouri, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Minnesota and South Dakota have recently realized the benefits of equal shared parenting. Hence, the states amended their child custody reform laws, The Record noted.
Even though the shared parenting concept is plagued with several skepticisms, some experts strongly believe that it is the "best approach and the commonsense solution" to reduce domestic violence among families. In addition, shared parenting is also considered a solution to end the traumatizing realities of parental alienation, as Parent Herald previously reported.
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