Nov. 13, 2018 In most discussions like this morning's, people speak out of their silos and talk past one another. Today, there was some engagement across silos. Perhaps some more communication will occur in the future. Dr. Betty Howell Gray advises groups on how schools can improve children's ... Continue Reading →
An Open Forum with lots to discuss
June 7, 2016 Open Forums regularly cover a lot of ground. Today’s was no exception. – CMS is hiring bus drivers. Jon Kennerly and Cindy Jeffries explain the details. A flier is here. – Sheila Peltzer continues to lobby legislators for a more robust legal presumption that both parents should ... Continue Reading →
Sheila Peltzer on shared parenting
Feb. 19, 2013 At the Forum this morning, Sheila Peltzer of Kids Need Two Parents offered an update on her organization's efforts to persuade N.C. lawmakers to change the state's child custody laws to start custody cases in court from a presumption that both parents will share custody of the child ... Continue Reading →
Advocate for ‘shared parenting’ addresses Forum
Jan. 22, 2013 Sheila Peltzer's grandchildren got caught up in the process by which family courts award custody of children to one or another parent after a separation or divorce. And Peltzer clearly believes that the law did not do right by these children – or most other children. Her experience ... Continue Reading →