“If we reward our children for doing the right things, or discipline for intentionally doing the wrong things, then we might be viewed as doing the right thing. On the other hand, we (or parents) might not fully grasp the right thing—as the “right thing” becomes convoluted in the mix of the time and period, the latest “grand experiment”, and other influences of parenthood and childrearing.” ChildrenDisciplineParenthoodWrongRight Book:A Father and Future Felon Source: A Father and Future Felon
“If I formed the questions correctly, then perhaps the immediate answer might be in the vein of earlier responses to questions of what is right or wrong; that is, that there is not a clear-cut answer. What is certain is that avowed Christians were among the Founding-Fathers and, by way of the resulting documents and discourse, did influence the formation of a new nation…under God. And while some may have held to the new nation as a 'City upon the Hill', others may have realized the marked difference between man’s government and that of God.” ChristianityWrongRightFounding Fathers Author:H. Kirk Rainer
“My association of jail to high school is probably on the basic similarity of a communicable social-setting. These few settings represent a frame of reference: a somewhat fraternal order (though I never belonged to an actual fraternity) where people collect—and may be confined—and somewhat coalesce on a common cause. Jail was a remarkable and unique experience of fellows/fathers and a force of several….” SchoolFellowsJailFatherhoodConfinement Book:A Father and Future Felon Source: A Father and Future Felon
“I acknowledge that a wife does (and should) exercise a degree of control in the family and home; but what I present is not a constructive form aimed at supporting a healthy relationship, but a destructive form that—whether intended or not—destroys a relationship through the invocation of fear and flight rather than love and commitment. I also propose that this method or “device” (as I have called it) was learned in part from a very young age from her parents.” LoveHomeFamilyMarriageCommitment Book:A Once and Always Father Source: A Once and Always Father
“I am grieved for my children—and boy’s in particular—that this modern age is emasculating men under the guise of “the best interest of the children”.” CareFaithFamilyDivorceCustody Author:H. Kirk Rainer
“A mosaic of memories takes me back to my own childhood, and then to my children. My earliest memory of St. Augustine was a day trip from Jacksonville; a day with some neighbors who were nice enough to purchase me a plastic toy-tugboat with a blue superstructure and white hull. Other accounts meld into my adult years. With its history and attractions, The Ancient City is pristine and picturesque by most accounts; but from the Newer Jail (not the Old Jail) , the perspective is very different.” LawChildhoodJailCourtsSt Augustine Author:H. Kirk Rainer
“The criminalization of a non-custodial in not uncommon; such extreme measures of the divorce and post-divorce process can be described as common practice. Stephen Baskerville describes this consequence of no-fault in the article, “Divorced from Reality.” DivorceFatherhoodCustodyCriminalizationStephen Baskerville Book:A Father and Future Felon Source: A Father and Future Felon
“No terms, no conditions, no promises, no commitment, and no institution—but only another example of what happens when law and politics attempt to regulate a religious institution.” LawPoliticsMarriageDivorceCourts Author:H. Kirk Rainer
“A faraway-father is distant from his children; not necessarily in geography, but socially—either by choice or by force. Our country has many fathers who are figuratively-forced far and away from their families. Legal force brings to bear disparate dads through such innovations as no-fault divorce, legal precedence, and post-divorce incrimination. I am one of these parents—portrayed or profiled as 'perpetrator'.” LawJailFatherhoodCustodyCourts Book:A Father and Future Felon Source: A Father and Future Felon
“Jail is more commonly-suited to those less-commonly able to finance a defense (or to potentially pander the prosecution). The choices for council is either a retained lawyer or, by default, a public defender. In the later of these two, the common title in jail was 'public pretender'.” LawCourtProsecuting AttorneysPublic Defense Book:A Father and Future Felon Source: A Father and Future Felon