Showing posts with label PAS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PAS. Show all posts
"Shared Parenting" is not in the Best Interest of Children
Other governments are finally getting it! Shared Parenting does not work when there is domestic violence of any kind! Now it is time for the United States to enforce the protection of American Children!
Overhaul of family law gives children priority
http://www.couriermail.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/overhaul-of-family-law-gives-children-priority/story-e6frer7o-1225952251213
PROPOSED changes to the Family Law Act will offer unprecedented protection to children who have at times been treated as ''chattels'', a Queensland MP says.
Shayne Neumann, with 20 years' experience in family law, says the planned changes released yesterday are a fundamental shift away from the interests of parents back to the interests of children.
''Children are not chattels and these changes recognise that,'' he said.
The Commonwealth Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, and NSW Attorney-General, John Hatzistergos, released an outline of the proposed changes.
They radically alter the approach taken in 2006 under the Howard government, which changed the Family Law Act to emphasise shared parenting.
The 2006 laws were championed by men's rights groups and were seen to better serve fathers seeking access to children after divorce or separation.
Crucially, under the proposed changes a court would be forced to put a child's protection from potential abuse above all considerations, even the child's right to have a relationship with both parents.
Mr Neumann, the Labor member for Blair, said the push by fathers' rights groups had driven the law too far towards parents' rights.
Under the changes, family violence would be redefined to recognise forms other than assault, sexual abuse or sexual exploitation.
The new definitions include a long list of criteria, including any behaviour that torments, intimidates or harasses a family.
''If a child is being forced to clean up blood after mum has been hit, for example, I believe that is a form of violence,'' Mr Neumann said.
He said a secondary effect would be that mothers would be protected from violent partners because they would be restrained from having relationships with anyone who posed a threat to the child.
''I think these changes will benefit everyone because, ultimately, they will lead to better parenting from both mothers and fathers.''
Mr McClelland said he wanted laws ensuring child safety concerns outweighed the need for a child to have a meaningful relationship with both parents.
''The courts will be required to have regards to, first and foremost, the welfare of the best interests of the child.''
The draft legislation is open for public comment until January next year.
Overhaul of family law gives children priority
http://www.couriermail.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/overhaul-of-family-law-gives-children-priority/story-e6frer7o-1225952251213
PROPOSED changes to the Family Law Act will offer unprecedented protection to children who have at times been treated as ''chattels'', a Queensland MP says.
Shayne Neumann, with 20 years' experience in family law, says the planned changes released yesterday are a fundamental shift away from the interests of parents back to the interests of children.
''Children are not chattels and these changes recognise that,'' he said.
The Commonwealth Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, and NSW Attorney-General, John Hatzistergos, released an outline of the proposed changes.
They radically alter the approach taken in 2006 under the Howard government, which changed the Family Law Act to emphasise shared parenting.
The 2006 laws were championed by men's rights groups and were seen to better serve fathers seeking access to children after divorce or separation.
Crucially, under the proposed changes a court would be forced to put a child's protection from potential abuse above all considerations, even the child's right to have a relationship with both parents.
Mr Neumann, the Labor member for Blair, said the push by fathers' rights groups had driven the law too far towards parents' rights.
Under the changes, family violence would be redefined to recognise forms other than assault, sexual abuse or sexual exploitation.
The new definitions include a long list of criteria, including any behaviour that torments, intimidates or harasses a family.
''If a child is being forced to clean up blood after mum has been hit, for example, I believe that is a form of violence,'' Mr Neumann said.
He said a secondary effect would be that mothers would be protected from violent partners because they would be restrained from having relationships with anyone who posed a threat to the child.
''I think these changes will benefit everyone because, ultimately, they will lead to better parenting from both mothers and fathers.''
Mr McClelland said he wanted laws ensuring child safety concerns outweighed the need for a child to have a meaningful relationship with both parents.
''The courts will be required to have regards to, first and foremost, the welfare of the best interests of the child.''
The draft legislation is open for public comment until January next year.
Longing to go home to Marblehead Massachusetts
Kidnapped children long to return home to Marblehead Massachusetts
On June 30 1992 I left my home in Marblehead Massachusetts to go to Minnesota for a scheduled visit with my father. Even though I was only 7 years old at the time I knew, suspected or feared that I would never return home to 234 Washington Street in the old town of this quaint little New England seaside village. 18 years and several journeys later we are finally preparing to go home to Marblehead.
I remember my mother promising me that summer that we would be coming home after a short visit to Minnesota but at the same time my father had an entirely different promise. He promised that we would never see our mom again. He threatened that he was going to kill us or kill her but he was determined to destroy our mother one way or another and he almost succeeded.
Two months before our departure for the dreaded visit my father he would call our home in Marblehead every Tuesday and Thursday evenings. Sometimes he was friendly. He would ask how our day at school was and he would tell us that he loved us and that he missed us. He would regularly end the conversation by cursing and threatening to kill our mother. When I cried he threatened that if I hung up the phone he would tell the judge that our mom wouldn't let us talk to him and then he could take us away from her. So I would stand there in my soft cotton white nightgown with pink roses, staring out at the clock on the steeple of Abbot hall listening to words and scenarios that would inspire nightmares in grown men. Sometimes my father would shout "tell her... tell her now!" I remember standing there with one barefoot rubbing the other. "Tell her!" he'd holler "Or I will come down there now!" I could barely get out the words through my tears "Mommy he says he's gonna’ kill you again!"
"How can he keep doing this?" she screamed and fell to the ground by my feet, crushing one of my toes. I stood there looking at my crumpled mother on the floor, listening to my father's violent words in my ears, wondering when would be a good time to pull my little foot out from underneath my mom. Things became more confusing when I once saw my 9 year old brother throw one of his new toys on the floor. I wondered why he would break one of his favorite toys. I felt abandoned when my mom got up and went to my brother and hugged him. I felt bad for him because he was standing there with tears running down his face holding the toy he just broke. My mom didn't even get mad at him. She hugged him and comforted him but I felt like I was left alone in the grips of a monster.
“Mommy” I squealed just to make sure that she wouldn’t forget about me. Of course she came running, almost tripping over my brother as she dragged him under her arm. She ducked her head to peek through the living room window of our second story apartment to the clock on the steeple of the town hall. The big hand was nearly approaching the 3 but it wasn't time yet. Our mother wasn't allowed to take the phone away from us anymore, even when our father was swearing at us and threatening to kill us or her. My mom whispered for my brother to take the phone and I buried myself in her lap. I would routinely put my hands over my ears so I wouldn't have to hear my father's threats to my beloved brother.
A few minutes later mommy whispered "Okay it's time." My brother blurted out "Its 8:15 -bye" and he hung up the phone and let loose like it was going to bite him. Our mommy had a standard regiment of apologizing for our father and for her inability to protect us from him. She would chant over and over again "It's okay... you are safe now." Eventually our sobs would subside and I would dare to open my eyes. I would search for a view of the town clock to be reminded that it would past bedtime and I would stare at it wondering how much longer mommy would let us stay up for extra hugs and cuddles.
The calls kept coming twice a week. The death threats continued and the old clock on the steeple of the town hall became our savior. The minute when the 'big hand reaches the three" we were allowed to break free from our father's verbal abuse. Despite the biweekly tirades we received from our father we loved life in Marblehead.
Marblehead was good to us. The very day we moved into Marblehead the local paper showed up unexpectedly taking photos and welcoming us to our new life without violence. Our mom began smiling, laughing, making jokes and making friends. We didn't have a lot of money but our mom was resourceful. She would buy material that was on sale and make matching mother and daughter dresses and even matching shorts for my brother. One of the boutique owners across the street from our house marveled over our outfits and made an agreement with our mom that she would make dresses to sell in her store and we would be able to keep the extra beautiful fabric for ourselves. I had the nicest dresses from the whole school. Sometimes my mom would even receive a cash bonus and she would take us directly to the ice cream shop or the pizzeria on the corner.
Our mom had also created her own healing plan for us. After school we walked to the waters edge every day. We gathered stones and then we assigned them the name of something that was bothering us and then pitch them one by one into the ocean. "I didn't like it when my dad kicked me in the head." I don't like it when my dad hits me." I am afraid when my dad says that he will kill my mommy." Each time my brother and I dared more and more. Sometimes I would hesitate and look at my mother and wonder if I really dared to mention the times my father would suffocate us. I didn't want to hurt her but I was in the process of purging. I felt bad for her when my brother once said "I don't like it when mom doesn't protect us." For a while our confessions escalated and we confessed all of the horrible things our father did to us but eventually we ran out of horror stories and made normal kid complaints like "I don't like going to bed early." And "I don't like eating vegetables."
Life in Marblehead was peaceful and the happiest I had ever been in my young life. Once we had found safety it was unimaginable that we would have to go alone with our abusive father again. I am grateful that we had that time to heal and that I have fond memories of my childhood but it made it all that more painful when the judge reversed custody to our father citing that our mom was interfering in our relationship with the man who beat us. I lost everything that day; my home, my bedroom, my dog, my town my mom and whatever self confidence I had.
After 18 months of begging our mom to rescue us and court supervisors ignoring our bruised and battered little bodies, my brother and I ran away from our fathers house and met our mom at the local video store. I begged my mom to take us back to our home in Marblehead but she told us that it wasn't our home anymore. Our toys were packed up and in storage and we were going away where they could never find us. We ended up in a refugee camp in Europe and three years later became the first American to receive asylum in another country. We lived in anonymity for 14 years until we were found by the FBI. All kidnapping charges against my mother were dismissed and we finally got up the courage to report at the American embassy in Amsterdam where we started the re-identification process. Tears filled my eyes when I was sworn in and congratulated for being an American again.
Things are coming round and I am awaiting the arrival of my first American passport. I am proud to be an American and I am excited that I will finally be able to come out of exile and return to the only home I have known, Marblehead Massachusetts.
Glenn Sacks Teaches PAS to his Own Children
I just read part 3 of "the real Glenn Sacks by Holly Collins (Jennifer Collins) and damn that girl can write. After reading all three, the most prevelant point that I see, besides the most obvious that he hates women, is that his children don't like him. What he teaches as "PAS", his own children exhibit towards him. The Sacks children watched their father demean their mother, and women in general. Their entire lives have been devoted to a controlling father who clearly forced his selfish wants and needs above the needs of his children. While he wrote, spoke, and taught men "his side", he was miserably failing as a father. Being a father is not overpowering your children with your own needs, and it most certinally is not taking complete control over the family. Now that he has written about his life as the primary care giver to the children while in a marriage, and he ruled the roost in every step possible, doesn't everyone now see that what he claims is PAS is what he did to his own family???
http://www.randijames.com/2010/02/glenn-sacks-get-served.html
http://www.randijames.com/2010/02/glenn-sacks-get-served.html
College Student Jennifer Collins Exposes the Real Glenn Sacks Part II
College student, Jennifer Collins investigates the columnist who has been virtually stalking her and her family. (Part 2)
Do not hate your father
Glenn sacks recalls a quote he heard years and years ago when he was in school. “Hate your fathers, not your mothers.” In Sacks’ article called “Hate My Father? No Ma'am!” He recalls another student saying --"don't blame us for what happened to women in the past--blame our fathers and grandfathers." Glenn Sacks states “I've ruminated darkly over those words many times,” 1
I agree with Sacks when he says “I dispute the idea that my father, and the fathers of his generation, who worked so hard to support their families… that they are somehow lesser, that it's OK to dismiss our fathers, denigrate our fathers, disregard our fathers, disrespect our fathers.” 2 I sincerely feel bad for his father and grandfather as well as my grandfathers and all the other men from their generation who endured such long hours of strenuous manual labor that prevented them from being with their families as much as they may have liked. It’s sad that Glenn so poignantly remembers his father never being around when he was a kid because he “worked six days a week…12 hour days when my sister and I were toddlers”3 According to Glenn this went on for 25 years.
Although Sacks laments his father’s absence, he shockingly disrespects his father’s efforts to support his family by commenting “nor did I appreciate my father's sacrifices, working long hours in order to provide for us” 4 yet goes on to staunchly defend him by describing him as a father “Who never once let me down?” Of his aging father, Glenn said he “recalls sadly… that he doesn't even remember what we looked like at that age, because he was rarely able to be home.”5 It was a different time in those days and Mr. Sacks Sr. was no different then the other men of his time who honorably worked such long hours to provide for their families. Where Glenn should be expressing pride for his father, he instead proclaims his ingratitude. In another article, Glenn Sacks admits “I told my dad that I thought he lived a pathetic existence and I did not understand why he had much will to live at all.” 6
Hate your Mother
I think that both mothers and fathers in general deserve the same respect, which is why I find it terribly frightening that Glenn Sacks promotes such hatred against women in article after article. I was even more perplexed when Sacks wrote “My mother almost died twice when I was very young” because life-threatening events usually lead us to self-reflection on the fragility of life and how important it is to treasure those that we love while we have them, but again, Sacks has his own take on this. Sacks appears to be unsympathetic towards his own mother for being ill when he was a child complaining “She was always plagued with health problems to one degree or another” 7 and while it is understandably difficult for a child to understand a parent’s illness, Glenn’s reflection on all of it remains focused on himself: “she was always there for me, which of course I did not fully appreciate at the time.” 8
I know what it’s like when your mother suffers from a life threatening illness; my own mother has undergone several operations, surgical procedures and even chemo therapy, but all of this has made her children gather around her and appreciate her that much more. Thankfully she is currently in remission, but if Glenn Sacks stays true to form, I’m sure he’ll find a way to twist her physical illness into some form of weakness or character flaw.
It's Okay to Hate Women
“I know that this was a world where many Americans were terribly mistreated--blacks, Latinos, some women, and often the working-class and the poor.” 9 I was surprised to read this since Glenn actually acknowledges the mistreatment of women in our society, but this momentary compassion doesn’t curtail his clear disdain for and resentment of women. Sacks continues to promote his hatred for women. “The only credit left for men is the military, and even this has been partially hijacked. We now speak of ‘the men and women who fought and died in our wars’ as if even one percent of our military casualties were ever suffered by women, or as if women were ever conscripted the way men were.”10 I just don’t understand how he can get away with his bigotry. I respect free speech but not inciting hatred.
Resentment Your Wives
With respect to my mom’s words of wisdom, don’t you feel bad for Glenn Sacks’ wife now? She appears to be trapped in an abusive marriage and it looks like there is no way out for her. Her own husband’s words demonstrate the hostility she faces in her own marriage. “While it's easy and popular to blame men, many of the wounds women bear from failed relationships and loneliness are self-inflicted.”11
Poor Mrs. Sacks must’ve been genuinely head-over-heels in love with Glenn because per her husband’s observation, her own instincts failed her on her wedding day: “A woman's discerning, critical nature doesn't disappear on her wedding day.”12 If only Mrs. Sacks’ knew then what I’m sure she’s learned the hard way by now! Glenn Sacks consistently undermines and devalues women in general, wives and mothers: "Fathers need to start parenting the way they want to parent. When they do there's no guarantee that the mother will go along with it, and that can cause problems, but men need to stop waiting for their wives' approval.”13
Care to guess what happens next when’s Sacks advice causes problems in a marriage? Where would you turn for help? - Marriage counseling? Nope, not in the Sacks household - Sacks is against marriage counseling because “Most marital problems and marriage counseling sessions revolve around why the wife is unhappy with her husband,”14 But how does Glenn know this? - From personal experience? Could Mrs. Sacks possibly be unhappy in her marriage? How could she possibly be happy being married to Glenn Sacks? Did they go to marriage counseling? If they did, it’s kind of obvious that the counselor must have sided with his wife (which is why Glenn Sacks tries to discredit the profession in general).
Stay At Home Dads
“People in general seem convinced that stay-at-home moms get a raw deal and work much harder than breadwinner dads… Having been a stay-at-home dad with two kids during the years when they need the most intensive care, I can tell you that this is nonsense.”15
First of all… Sacks should be honest in his self proclamations. When his wife returned to work (when her daughter was almost 2 months-old) Sacks 6 year-old son was already in school all day. Sacks continued to sing his own praises proudly boasting “Even though I’m just a guy, I actually figured out how to get my daughter in the car and get her to her doctor appointment.”16 This is supposed to be some kind of triumphant accomplishment? If it is so easy for Glenn Sacks to be home all day with his daughter, why in the world did he force his wife to work full time and attend law school in the evening?
Boys are not Stupid
Sacks: “I launched the campaign in December of 2003 after my then 11 year-old son saw a picture of the ‘Boys are Stupid’ shirts and asked me ‘Why are they always saying things like that about boys?’”17
It is pretty sad that Glenn Sacks’ 11 year-old son is made to feel so vulnerable and insecure but I guess it makes sense when his father is such a bully. “As the father of an 11 year-old boy this shirt makes my blood boil….degrading boys, insulting them, making our schools a hostile environment for them–we’re not taking it any more.”18 Glenn Sacks received a lot of criticism from men; telling him to lighten up and find a little bit of humor in life. Sacks responded "I'm sorry if I sound like a humorless zealot, but I just don't see the humor in it… My 11-year-old son, whatever the joke is, he just doesn't understand it, either."19
My little brothers are 11 & 9. My mother discussed this t-shirt slogan with them as well as the other controversial advertisements, both male and female (un)friendly. None of my younger siblings were disturbed. In fact they thought it was all rather humorous how ‘Americans appear to make a big deal out of everything.’
One of Glenn Sacks’ critics writes: “Glenn Sacks is stupid – throw rocks at him.” 20 Of course I don’t encourage anyone to throw rocks at anyone.
Even Sacks himself agrees there are more important issues than the impact of a T-shirt on boys' self-esteem, but why should that stop him? "I can't eliminate ... rap music that trashes women," he argues. "So I choose the battles I can win, and go from there."21 I just cannot comprehend this cowardly attitude from the father of a little girl – doesn’t HER self-esteem count too or is this only something his son needs to have?
Boys will be (bad) Boys
Poor Glenn admits “my wife and I have lain awake in bed many nights worrying about our son.” 22 Oh so now he pulls his wife into the equation to share the blame for their son’s behavior problems. It looks like the root of Sacks’ son is not from a poor tasting t-shirt but from being exposed to a dominating father.
I can’t believe that Glenn Sacks has the audacity to complain that his son’s teacher stopped working because she was having a baby! Glenn Sacks was also a teacher who quit his job, yet somehow this teacher putting her family first is the latest reason for his son’s behavioral problems? “Either way, she's probably finished as a top-drawer teacher. My son and countless others like him will suffer for it.” 23
At least she had a good reason: childbirth! Sacks quit for selfishly lame reasons, claiming that he didn’t like being a teacher because he was above grading his own papers. Then he claims it is because there are rules of procedure that “limits the amount of time they can spend planning and delivering creative, hands-on, boy-friendly lessons.” 24 He also mentioned that he didn’t like to be the sole breadwinner because “all the burdens of supporting children drained all of the pleasure of actually being with them.” 25
Rather then taking a look inward and figure out how best to help and support his son, Sacks just continues to blame the educational system: “Success in school is tightly correlated with the ability to sit still, be quiet, and complete work which is presented in a dull, assembly-line fashion… the methods and structure they employ are not suited to our sons' needs.”26
Sacks: “The vast majority of learning-disabled students are boys, as are students diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder… Boys also suffer from having few men in their lives. Modern schools, particularly at the elementary level, are often devoid of men except perhaps the janitor and the maintenance crew.” 27 If Glenn Sacks feel so strongly about the decline in male teachers then why did he quit his job in the first place? What I don’t understand is how his son can have all these behavioral problems when he has “the benefit” of having his father around ALL THE TIME.
“The dearth of male teachers--particularly at the elementary level, where female teachers outnumber male teachers six to one--is a problem for boys.”28 Glenn Sacks should stop his whining and do something about it then – he’s a teacher! If he is so worried about there not being enough male teachers then he should get a job and go back to work and allow his wife to share in the joy of her children that she’s been forced out of! (Bet you’d see his son’s behavioral problems disappear then too.)
Glenn Sacks was only home alone with his school age son from 3:30 to 5:00 and yet he had such a problem disciplining him. “We punish our sons when they "misbehave" (i.e., act like boys) because we want them to fit in and do well in school. Yet in the back of our minds--as we cajole, demand, offer, threaten, reward, and punish--we wonder, what is this doing to my little boy?’” 29 Looks like Glenn has found out himself first-hand.
“Many of our boys will have spent much of the day being scolded and punished, often for doing nothing more than being boys… each of these mistreated little boys…”30 I really can’t understand where Sacks is coming from. He blames female teachers for merely scolding his son for his bad behavior yet he supports and condones my father for throwing my brother into a wall (that fractured his skull) just for getting out of bed at night.
Sacks has created some legacy for his daughter: “I called my son's old school, which my daughter will now be attending, to ask a question. The women in the office all know me. My name is associated with discipline problems in class, inappropriate mischief on the yard, and calls home to dad. I hear the slight apprehension in the secretary's voice. ‘Don't worry, you won't have any problems this time,’ I tell her apologetically. ‘This is my daughter.’" 31
Push Girls out Windows
Glenn Sacks also has a daughter so what are his thoughts about being the father of an 12 year-old girl? Doesn’t his blood boil regarding all the sexist remarks and images about women we can’t get away from? Isn’t he afraid that some pervert might sexually abuse his precious daughter? I find it disturbing that he wasn’t offended and didn’t take any action against the t-shirt (made by the same company as the “boys are stupid” t-shirt by-the-way) that has a boy pushing a girl out of a window with the slogan “problem solved.” 32 He’s not offended in the least over a t-shirt made for little girls with the caption “Hooters girl in training” - he simply comments “this is one t-shirt my daughter can do without”33 The double standard pertaining to both of his children is beyond hypocrisy yet he’s going to continue judging the rest of us and OUR families?
Sacks complains about “boys' largely ignored struggles…. Girls get better grades than boys and are far more likely to graduate high school and go to college.” 34 So now girls studying hard, being intelligent and applying themselves is another unfair crime against boys? Mr. Sacks has such a distorted view of females, it’s worrisome. "Everyone always says girls in school suffer; they have low self-esteem; teachers make them feel second best, blah blah blah… But it's obvious that, in general, girls are doing better in school, and boys are falling behind." 35
Strong vs Abusive fathers
Sacks: "we've made a lot of fathers into wimps--not only have many fathers been driven out of their kids lives by the family courts, not only do we have many women deciding to have kids on their own, but the fathers who are in the home have become a lot weaker because we've made the idea of a strong father into a bad thing."36 There he goes projecting again! Is Glenn Sacks definition of a “wimp” a father who cares about his children so much that he puts their needs first? Ask ANY woman – we think it’s AWESOME that guys are now allowed to share their emotions - that has nothing to do with being weak! I think the real “wimps” are the bullies like my father and Glenn Sacks: losers who cannot stand up to other men so they beat down and beat up on women and children to feel more powerful.
If we take a look into the dynamics of the Sacks family we see that Mr. Sacks has said himself that he is in complete control of his family. His wife has little influence on the raising of the children. Glenn Sacks is solely responsible for the terrible damage he has caused to his vulnerable little boy.
My mother is raising 6 boys by herself and they are all wonderful, self-confident, kind & compassionate. Looks like Glenn Sacks could stand to use a few pointers from my mom.
Distortion
Later on in the year Glenn Sacks started a protest against a innocent commercial in which basically portrays that kids know more about computers than parents these days. But Glenn Sacks is quick to distort the truth. First View the commercial.
Then hear how Glenn describes it: “A mother attempts to help her son with his homework, and fails. The son is annoyed with his mother's ignorance, and turns to his father with a look which says "obviously females can't do math--get her out of here." The father tells the mother to go wash the dishes. When she is slow to comply, he orders her away from her son, and then he yells at her. Is it a Public Service Announcement from the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence?” 37
No that’s the add you just watched I don’t know… am I missing something here? I kind of thought it was how kids know more about computers that our parents. But of course Glenn has to make it into some sort of domestic violence conspiracy. Glenn Sacks has over 2000 listeners sending in protests to the ad. Glenn pats himself on the back for launching this protest. Glenn Sacks is bent out of shape claiming that the mother yelled at the poor father; “When he lingers, she shouts, “leave her alone. The dad walks away sheepishly… the “ad’s message is clear, and it’s a common one on the TV screen – dad is dumb, dad is useless, mom is smarter than dad, hell, even an eight year- old girl is smarter than dad.” 38
I have one thing to say… “projection.” Could it be that Glenn Sacks’ daughter was about this age and Glenn was resentful of his daughters’ intellect? Again… this is another example of Mr. Sacks’ projection. One may wonder why Glenn Sacks the father of a daughter (and son) choose to protest something that he considered an insult to his paternity but does not call his followers to act of something/anything regarding the outrage with child sexual abuse. Again… because Mr. Sacks can only think about what is good for Mr. Sacks.
In his defense Sacks claims “One ad would not elicit such fervent responses from so many men” but then he blows his credibility by claiming a conspiracy theory that “symptomatic of a larger problem in our society--the denigration of males in popular culture, and the decline of fatherhood.” 39
Dumb Dads
Sacks objects to more ads, claiming that there is a conspiracy theory out there against him. He tries to pull other men into his insecurity complex to make it an “Us versus Them” confrontation. A Pizza Hut spot… portrays a proud male who's just "prepared" dinner for his family—by ordering in from the Hut ‘Who says I can't cook?’ proclaims goofy dad”. T-Mobile's ad ‘26’ stars a father whose life skills do not include the ability to multiply 5 times 5.” iRobot Roomba vacuum features a wife complaining that her house is a mess" and nods at a donkey. Of course Sacks interpres it as a personal affront that what the woman is saying is representative of what all women are thinking: “my husband is a jackass.”40
Glenn Sacks refers to these ads as part of the “Dumbo Dad Ad Fad”41 conspiracy, where “dumping on dads persists.” Glenn Sacks is very disturbed.
American Conspiracy Against Men
Even in one of Glenn Sacks’ favorite movies he finds a conspiracy. “When Santorelli goes back to his childhood he is reunited with his mother, who died when he was about 12. The boy's bond with his mom is touching and sad, no question. However, Santorelli's father is not mentioned... I don't mean that he's not there — we're used to that. Normally when they want to depict an absent father they'll depict him as dead or, more commonly, as having run off... Santorelli's father is not referred to at all. A child not having a father has become so routine that the screenwriters don't even feel obligated to throw in a one sentence reference to dad and why he's not here.” 42
For goodness sakes did they mention his pet goldfish dying as well? This was a touching moment about a child dealing with his mothers’ death not about every other thing that went wrong in his life. Why does Glenn Sacks love this movie so much anyways? Is it because a woman dies?
Sacks: “this is an increasingly annoying feature of many modern movies…Toy Story (is) a couple of other examples. It seems particularly offensive here because, dammit, this is a baseball movie. Dads, boys, and baseball go together.”43 For goodness sakes if Glenn Sacks want to see single fathers and dead mothers he should go watch a Disney film. Can I claim to be traumatized from Bambi, Cinderella and Snow white?
Abuse of Power
Glenn Sacks is one sick puppy if he thinks that a good family film would be if he had it his way “Just once I'd like to see a kid in a mainstream movie casually say, "Oh, my dad's not around — mom divorced him and used family court machinations to drive him out of my life when I was younger."44 Did he miss “Kramer vs Kramer” and “Mrs. Doubtfire”??? (Or did Mr. Sacks conveniently overlook these movies for shock value in “making a statement”?)
It is truly heartbreaking that Glenn Sacks has been exploiting his wife since 2004 by making her work and attend law school at night while he sits at home. On top of that can you imagine this woman’s fears in her husband’s veiled threats?
“My wife is a successful career woman. She has moved up rapidly in a competitive field, and is advancing her career by attending law school at night. I work out of our home and I do most of the child care. If I decide I don't want her anymore, should I be able to move our kids 2,400 miles away from their mother?”45 What a mean, evil man!
Sacks disclaimer: “Of course, there will be no divorce in my home. Even if there were and I had the upper hand, I wouldn't dream of hurting my children by moving them far away from their mother and pushing her to the margins of their lives.”46 I don’t believe him for one minute and neither should you!
Index
1 14/08/02www.glennsacks.com/blog/?page id+1008
2 12/17/07glennsacks.com/blog/?p+1554
3 04/08/02) http://www.glennsacks.com/blog/?page_id=1008
4 12/17/07http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=1554
5 04/8/02). http://www.glennsacks.com/blog/?page_id=1008
6 12/17/07http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=1554
7 12/17/07http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=1554
8 12/17/07http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=1554
9 http://www.glennsacks.com/blog/?page_id=1008
10 04/8/02) http://www.glennsacks.com/blog/?page_id=1008
11 01/ 21/ 07 http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=1352
12 10/31/07 http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=1352
13 http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=2316June 17th, 2008
14 10/31/07 http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=1352
15 05/04/09 http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=3685
16 05/04/09 http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=3685
17 02/0 4/ 04 http://www.glennsacks.com/why_i_launched.htm
18 02/04/04ifeminists.net/introduction/editorials/2004/0210sacks.html
19 01/29 /04 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4099643/
20 01/30/04www.uppity-negro.com/2004/01/glenn_sacks_is_stupid_throw_ro.html
21 04/05 /04 http://www.vindy.com/news/2004/apr/05/boy-bashing-one-dj-fights-back/?print
22 02/04/04ifeminists.net/introduction/editorials/2004/0210sacks.html
23 5/27/01 http://www.glennsacks.com/why_im_no.htm
24 09/04/04 http://glennsacks.com/blog/?page_id=2457
25 18 01/10/02 www.glensacks.com/thepriceof.html
26 9 4 04 http://www.glennsacks.com/start_of_school.htm
27 02/04/04ifeminists.net/introduction/editorials/2004/0210sacks.html
28 9/12/04 http://www.glennsacks.com/start_of_school.htm
29 09/0 4/ 04 http://www.glennsacks.com/start_of_school.htm
30 09/ 06/ 02 http://www.glennsacks.com/the_boy_parent.htm
31 10/01/04glennsacks.com/blog/?page_id=2457
32 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_Solved
33 http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=1650
34 02/04/04ifeminists.net/introduction/editorials/2004/0210sacks.html
35 03/31/04www.csmonitor.com/2004/0331/p16s01-lihc.html
36(08/31/03www.hisside.com/8_31_03.htm
37 11/18/04http://www.glennsacks.com/why_i_launched_verizon.htm
38 11/18/04http://www.glennsacks.com/why_i_launched_verizon.htm
39 11/18/04http://www.glennsacks.com/why_i_launched_verizon.htm
40 11/18/04http://www.glennsacks.com/why_i_launched_verizon.htm
41 03/10 /08 http://www.glennsacks.com/blog/?p=1900
42 06/29/07 http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=845 at 5:05 pm
43 06/29/07 at 5:05 pm http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=845
44 06/29/07http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=845 at 5:05 pm
45 02/23/04 http://www.glennsacks.com/california_NOW_takes.htm
46 02/23/04(02/23/04 http://www.glennsacks.com/california_NOW_takes.htm
Do not hate your father
Glenn sacks recalls a quote he heard years and years ago when he was in school. “Hate your fathers, not your mothers.” In Sacks’ article called “Hate My Father? No Ma'am!” He recalls another student saying --"don't blame us for what happened to women in the past--blame our fathers and grandfathers." Glenn Sacks states “I've ruminated darkly over those words many times,” 1
I agree with Sacks when he says “I dispute the idea that my father, and the fathers of his generation, who worked so hard to support their families… that they are somehow lesser, that it's OK to dismiss our fathers, denigrate our fathers, disregard our fathers, disrespect our fathers.” 2 I sincerely feel bad for his father and grandfather as well as my grandfathers and all the other men from their generation who endured such long hours of strenuous manual labor that prevented them from being with their families as much as they may have liked. It’s sad that Glenn so poignantly remembers his father never being around when he was a kid because he “worked six days a week…12 hour days when my sister and I were toddlers”3 According to Glenn this went on for 25 years.
Although Sacks laments his father’s absence, he shockingly disrespects his father’s efforts to support his family by commenting “nor did I appreciate my father's sacrifices, working long hours in order to provide for us” 4 yet goes on to staunchly defend him by describing him as a father “Who never once let me down?” Of his aging father, Glenn said he “recalls sadly… that he doesn't even remember what we looked like at that age, because he was rarely able to be home.”5 It was a different time in those days and Mr. Sacks Sr. was no different then the other men of his time who honorably worked such long hours to provide for their families. Where Glenn should be expressing pride for his father, he instead proclaims his ingratitude. In another article, Glenn Sacks admits “I told my dad that I thought he lived a pathetic existence and I did not understand why he had much will to live at all.” 6
Hate your Mother
I think that both mothers and fathers in general deserve the same respect, which is why I find it terribly frightening that Glenn Sacks promotes such hatred against women in article after article. I was even more perplexed when Sacks wrote “My mother almost died twice when I was very young” because life-threatening events usually lead us to self-reflection on the fragility of life and how important it is to treasure those that we love while we have them, but again, Sacks has his own take on this. Sacks appears to be unsympathetic towards his own mother for being ill when he was a child complaining “She was always plagued with health problems to one degree or another” 7 and while it is understandably difficult for a child to understand a parent’s illness, Glenn’s reflection on all of it remains focused on himself: “she was always there for me, which of course I did not fully appreciate at the time.” 8
I know what it’s like when your mother suffers from a life threatening illness; my own mother has undergone several operations, surgical procedures and even chemo therapy, but all of this has made her children gather around her and appreciate her that much more. Thankfully she is currently in remission, but if Glenn Sacks stays true to form, I’m sure he’ll find a way to twist her physical illness into some form of weakness or character flaw.
It's Okay to Hate Women
“I know that this was a world where many Americans were terribly mistreated--blacks, Latinos, some women, and often the working-class and the poor.” 9 I was surprised to read this since Glenn actually acknowledges the mistreatment of women in our society, but this momentary compassion doesn’t curtail his clear disdain for and resentment of women. Sacks continues to promote his hatred for women. “The only credit left for men is the military, and even this has been partially hijacked. We now speak of ‘the men and women who fought and died in our wars’ as if even one percent of our military casualties were ever suffered by women, or as if women were ever conscripted the way men were.”10 I just don’t understand how he can get away with his bigotry. I respect free speech but not inciting hatred.
Resentment Your Wives
With respect to my mom’s words of wisdom, don’t you feel bad for Glenn Sacks’ wife now? She appears to be trapped in an abusive marriage and it looks like there is no way out for her. Her own husband’s words demonstrate the hostility she faces in her own marriage. “While it's easy and popular to blame men, many of the wounds women bear from failed relationships and loneliness are self-inflicted.”11
Poor Mrs. Sacks must’ve been genuinely head-over-heels in love with Glenn because per her husband’s observation, her own instincts failed her on her wedding day: “A woman's discerning, critical nature doesn't disappear on her wedding day.”12 If only Mrs. Sacks’ knew then what I’m sure she’s learned the hard way by now! Glenn Sacks consistently undermines and devalues women in general, wives and mothers: "Fathers need to start parenting the way they want to parent. When they do there's no guarantee that the mother will go along with it, and that can cause problems, but men need to stop waiting for their wives' approval.”13
Care to guess what happens next when’s Sacks advice causes problems in a marriage? Where would you turn for help? - Marriage counseling? Nope, not in the Sacks household - Sacks is against marriage counseling because “Most marital problems and marriage counseling sessions revolve around why the wife is unhappy with her husband,”14 But how does Glenn know this? - From personal experience? Could Mrs. Sacks possibly be unhappy in her marriage? How could she possibly be happy being married to Glenn Sacks? Did they go to marriage counseling? If they did, it’s kind of obvious that the counselor must have sided with his wife (which is why Glenn Sacks tries to discredit the profession in general).
Stay At Home Dads
“People in general seem convinced that stay-at-home moms get a raw deal and work much harder than breadwinner dads… Having been a stay-at-home dad with two kids during the years when they need the most intensive care, I can tell you that this is nonsense.”15
First of all… Sacks should be honest in his self proclamations. When his wife returned to work (when her daughter was almost 2 months-old) Sacks 6 year-old son was already in school all day. Sacks continued to sing his own praises proudly boasting “Even though I’m just a guy, I actually figured out how to get my daughter in the car and get her to her doctor appointment.”16 This is supposed to be some kind of triumphant accomplishment? If it is so easy for Glenn Sacks to be home all day with his daughter, why in the world did he force his wife to work full time and attend law school in the evening?
Boys are not Stupid
Sacks: “I launched the campaign in December of 2003 after my then 11 year-old son saw a picture of the ‘Boys are Stupid’ shirts and asked me ‘Why are they always saying things like that about boys?’”17It is pretty sad that Glenn Sacks’ 11 year-old son is made to feel so vulnerable and insecure but I guess it makes sense when his father is such a bully. “As the father of an 11 year-old boy this shirt makes my blood boil….degrading boys, insulting them, making our schools a hostile environment for them–we’re not taking it any more.”18 Glenn Sacks received a lot of criticism from men; telling him to lighten up and find a little bit of humor in life. Sacks responded "I'm sorry if I sound like a humorless zealot, but I just don't see the humor in it… My 11-year-old son, whatever the joke is, he just doesn't understand it, either."19
My little brothers are 11 & 9. My mother discussed this t-shirt slogan with them as well as the other controversial advertisements, both male and female (un)friendly. None of my younger siblings were disturbed. In fact they thought it was all rather humorous how ‘Americans appear to make a big deal out of everything.’
One of Glenn Sacks’ critics writes: “Glenn Sacks is stupid – throw rocks at him.” 20 Of course I don’t encourage anyone to throw rocks at anyone.
Even Sacks himself agrees there are more important issues than the impact of a T-shirt on boys' self-esteem, but why should that stop him? "I can't eliminate ... rap music that trashes women," he argues. "So I choose the battles I can win, and go from there."21 I just cannot comprehend this cowardly attitude from the father of a little girl – doesn’t HER self-esteem count too or is this only something his son needs to have?
Boys will be (bad) Boys
Poor Glenn admits “my wife and I have lain awake in bed many nights worrying about our son.” 22 Oh so now he pulls his wife into the equation to share the blame for their son’s behavior problems. It looks like the root of Sacks’ son is not from a poor tasting t-shirt but from being exposed to a dominating father.
I can’t believe that Glenn Sacks has the audacity to complain that his son’s teacher stopped working because she was having a baby! Glenn Sacks was also a teacher who quit his job, yet somehow this teacher putting her family first is the latest reason for his son’s behavioral problems? “Either way, she's probably finished as a top-drawer teacher. My son and countless others like him will suffer for it.” 23
At least she had a good reason: childbirth! Sacks quit for selfishly lame reasons, claiming that he didn’t like being a teacher because he was above grading his own papers. Then he claims it is because there are rules of procedure that “limits the amount of time they can spend planning and delivering creative, hands-on, boy-friendly lessons.” 24 He also mentioned that he didn’t like to be the sole breadwinner because “all the burdens of supporting children drained all of the pleasure of actually being with them.” 25
Rather then taking a look inward and figure out how best to help and support his son, Sacks just continues to blame the educational system: “Success in school is tightly correlated with the ability to sit still, be quiet, and complete work which is presented in a dull, assembly-line fashion… the methods and structure they employ are not suited to our sons' needs.”26
Sacks: “The vast majority of learning-disabled students are boys, as are students diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder… Boys also suffer from having few men in their lives. Modern schools, particularly at the elementary level, are often devoid of men except perhaps the janitor and the maintenance crew.” 27 If Glenn Sacks feel so strongly about the decline in male teachers then why did he quit his job in the first place? What I don’t understand is how his son can have all these behavioral problems when he has “the benefit” of having his father around ALL THE TIME.
“The dearth of male teachers--particularly at the elementary level, where female teachers outnumber male teachers six to one--is a problem for boys.”28 Glenn Sacks should stop his whining and do something about it then – he’s a teacher! If he is so worried about there not being enough male teachers then he should get a job and go back to work and allow his wife to share in the joy of her children that she’s been forced out of! (Bet you’d see his son’s behavioral problems disappear then too.)
Glenn Sacks was only home alone with his school age son from 3:30 to 5:00 and yet he had such a problem disciplining him. “We punish our sons when they "misbehave" (i.e., act like boys) because we want them to fit in and do well in school. Yet in the back of our minds--as we cajole, demand, offer, threaten, reward, and punish--we wonder, what is this doing to my little boy?’” 29 Looks like Glenn has found out himself first-hand.
“Many of our boys will have spent much of the day being scolded and punished, often for doing nothing more than being boys… each of these mistreated little boys…”30 I really can’t understand where Sacks is coming from. He blames female teachers for merely scolding his son for his bad behavior yet he supports and condones my father for throwing my brother into a wall (that fractured his skull) just for getting out of bed at night.
Sacks has created some legacy for his daughter: “I called my son's old school, which my daughter will now be attending, to ask a question. The women in the office all know me. My name is associated with discipline problems in class, inappropriate mischief on the yard, and calls home to dad. I hear the slight apprehension in the secretary's voice. ‘Don't worry, you won't have any problems this time,’ I tell her apologetically. ‘This is my daughter.’" 31
Push Girls out Windows
Glenn Sacks also has a daughter so what are his thoughts about being the father of an 12 year-old girl? Doesn’t his blood boil regarding all the sexist remarks and images about women we can’t get away from? Isn’t he afraid that some pervert might sexually abuse his precious daughter? I find it disturbing that he wasn’t offended and didn’t take any action against the t-shirt (made by the same company as the “boys are stupid” t-shirt by-the-way) that has a boy pushing a girl out of a window with the slogan “problem solved.” 32 He’s not offended in the least over a t-shirt made for little girls with the caption “Hooters girl in training” - he simply comments “this is one t-shirt my daughter can do without”33 The double standard pertaining to both of his children is beyond hypocrisy yet he’s going to continue judging the rest of us and OUR families?
Sacks complains about “boys' largely ignored struggles…. Girls get better grades than boys and are far more likely to graduate high school and go to college.” 34 So now girls studying hard, being intelligent and applying themselves is another unfair crime against boys? Mr. Sacks has such a distorted view of females, it’s worrisome. "Everyone always says girls in school suffer; they have low self-esteem; teachers make them feel second best, blah blah blah… But it's obvious that, in general, girls are doing better in school, and boys are falling behind." 35Strong vs Abusive fathers
Sacks: "we've made a lot of fathers into wimps--not only have many fathers been driven out of their kids lives by the family courts, not only do we have many women deciding to have kids on their own, but the fathers who are in the home have become a lot weaker because we've made the idea of a strong father into a bad thing."36 There he goes projecting again! Is Glenn Sacks definition of a “wimp” a father who cares about his children so much that he puts their needs first? Ask ANY woman – we think it’s AWESOME that guys are now allowed to share their emotions - that has nothing to do with being weak! I think the real “wimps” are the bullies like my father and Glenn Sacks: losers who cannot stand up to other men so they beat down and beat up on women and children to feel more powerful.
If we take a look into the dynamics of the Sacks family we see that Mr. Sacks has said himself that he is in complete control of his family. His wife has little influence on the raising of the children. Glenn Sacks is solely responsible for the terrible damage he has caused to his vulnerable little boy.
My mother is raising 6 boys by herself and they are all wonderful, self-confident, kind & compassionate. Looks like Glenn Sacks could stand to use a few pointers from my mom.
Distortion
Later on in the year Glenn Sacks started a protest against a innocent commercial in which basically portrays that kids know more about computers than parents these days. But Glenn Sacks is quick to distort the truth. First View the commercial.
Then hear how Glenn describes it: “A mother attempts to help her son with his homework, and fails. The son is annoyed with his mother's ignorance, and turns to his father with a look which says "obviously females can't do math--get her out of here." The father tells the mother to go wash the dishes. When she is slow to comply, he orders her away from her son, and then he yells at her. Is it a Public Service Announcement from the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence?” 37
No that’s the add you just watched I don’t know… am I missing something here? I kind of thought it was how kids know more about computers that our parents. But of course Glenn has to make it into some sort of domestic violence conspiracy. Glenn Sacks has over 2000 listeners sending in protests to the ad. Glenn pats himself on the back for launching this protest. Glenn Sacks is bent out of shape claiming that the mother yelled at the poor father; “When he lingers, she shouts, “leave her alone. The dad walks away sheepishly… the “ad’s message is clear, and it’s a common one on the TV screen – dad is dumb, dad is useless, mom is smarter than dad, hell, even an eight year- old girl is smarter than dad.” 38
I have one thing to say… “projection.” Could it be that Glenn Sacks’ daughter was about this age and Glenn was resentful of his daughters’ intellect? Again… this is another example of Mr. Sacks’ projection. One may wonder why Glenn Sacks the father of a daughter (and son) choose to protest something that he considered an insult to his paternity but does not call his followers to act of something/anything regarding the outrage with child sexual abuse. Again… because Mr. Sacks can only think about what is good for Mr. Sacks.
In his defense Sacks claims “One ad would not elicit such fervent responses from so many men” but then he blows his credibility by claiming a conspiracy theory that “symptomatic of a larger problem in our society--the denigration of males in popular culture, and the decline of fatherhood.” 39
Dumb Dads
Sacks objects to more ads, claiming that there is a conspiracy theory out there against him. He tries to pull other men into his insecurity complex to make it an “Us versus Them” confrontation. A Pizza Hut spot… portrays a proud male who's just "prepared" dinner for his family—by ordering in from the Hut ‘Who says I can't cook?’ proclaims goofy dad”. T-Mobile's ad ‘26’ stars a father whose life skills do not include the ability to multiply 5 times 5.” iRobot Roomba vacuum features a wife complaining that her house is a mess" and nods at a donkey. Of course Sacks interpres it as a personal affront that what the woman is saying is representative of what all women are thinking: “my husband is a jackass.”40
Glenn Sacks refers to these ads as part of the “Dumbo Dad Ad Fad”41 conspiracy, where “dumping on dads persists.” Glenn Sacks is very disturbed.
American Conspiracy Against Men
Even in one of Glenn Sacks’ favorite movies he finds a conspiracy. “When Santorelli goes back to his childhood he is reunited with his mother, who died when he was about 12. The boy's bond with his mom is touching and sad, no question. However, Santorelli's father is not mentioned... I don't mean that he's not there — we're used to that. Normally when they want to depict an absent father they'll depict him as dead or, more commonly, as having run off... Santorelli's father is not referred to at all. A child not having a father has become so routine that the screenwriters don't even feel obligated to throw in a one sentence reference to dad and why he's not here.” 42
For goodness sakes did they mention his pet goldfish dying as well? This was a touching moment about a child dealing with his mothers’ death not about every other thing that went wrong in his life. Why does Glenn Sacks love this movie so much anyways? Is it because a woman dies?
Sacks: “this is an increasingly annoying feature of many modern movies…Toy Story (is) a couple of other examples. It seems particularly offensive here because, dammit, this is a baseball movie. Dads, boys, and baseball go together.”43 For goodness sakes if Glenn Sacks want to see single fathers and dead mothers he should go watch a Disney film. Can I claim to be traumatized from Bambi, Cinderella and Snow white?
Abuse of Power
Glenn Sacks is one sick puppy if he thinks that a good family film would be if he had it his way “Just once I'd like to see a kid in a mainstream movie casually say, "Oh, my dad's not around — mom divorced him and used family court machinations to drive him out of my life when I was younger."44 Did he miss “Kramer vs Kramer” and “Mrs. Doubtfire”??? (Or did Mr. Sacks conveniently overlook these movies for shock value in “making a statement”?)
It is truly heartbreaking that Glenn Sacks has been exploiting his wife since 2004 by making her work and attend law school at night while he sits at home. On top of that can you imagine this woman’s fears in her husband’s veiled threats?
“My wife is a successful career woman. She has moved up rapidly in a competitive field, and is advancing her career by attending law school at night. I work out of our home and I do most of the child care. If I decide I don't want her anymore, should I be able to move our kids 2,400 miles away from their mother?”45 What a mean, evil man!
Sacks disclaimer: “Of course, there will be no divorce in my home. Even if there were and I had the upper hand, I wouldn't dream of hurting my children by moving them far away from their mother and pushing her to the margins of their lives.”46 I don’t believe him for one minute and neither should you!
Index
1 14/08/02www.glennsacks.com/blog/?page id+1008
2 12/17/07glennsacks.com/blog/?p+1554
3 04/08/02) http://www.glennsacks.com/blog/?page_id=1008
4 12/17/07http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=1554
5 04/8/02). http://www.glennsacks.com/blog/?page_id=1008
6 12/17/07http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=1554
7 12/17/07http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=1554
8 12/17/07http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=1554
9 http://www.glennsacks.com/blog/?page_id=1008
10 04/8/02) http://www.glennsacks.com/blog/?page_id=1008
11 01/ 21/ 07 http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=1352
12 10/31/07 http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=1352
13 http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=2316June 17th, 2008
14 10/31/07 http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=1352
15 05/04/09 http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=3685
16 05/04/09 http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=3685
17 02/0 4/ 04 http://www.glennsacks.com/why_i_launched.htm
18 02/04/04ifeminists.net/introduction/editorials/2004/0210sacks.html
19 01/29 /04 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4099643/
20 01/30/04www.uppity-negro.com/2004/01/glenn_sacks_is_stupid_throw_ro.html
21 04/05 /04 http://www.vindy.com/news/2004/apr/05/boy-bashing-one-dj-fights-back/?print
22 02/04/04ifeminists.net/introduction/editorials/2004/0210sacks.html
23 5/27/01 http://www.glennsacks.com/why_im_no.htm
24 09/04/04 http://glennsacks.com/blog/?page_id=2457
25 18 01/10/02 www.glensacks.com/thepriceof.html
26 9 4 04 http://www.glennsacks.com/start_of_school.htm
27 02/04/04ifeminists.net/introduction/editorials/2004/0210sacks.html
28 9/12/04 http://www.glennsacks.com/start_of_school.htm
29 09/0 4/ 04 http://www.glennsacks.com/start_of_school.htm
30 09/ 06/ 02 http://www.glennsacks.com/the_boy_parent.htm
31 10/01/04glennsacks.com/blog/?page_id=2457
32 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_Solved
33 http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=1650
34 02/04/04ifeminists.net/introduction/editorials/2004/0210sacks.html
35 03/31/04www.csmonitor.com/2004/0331/p16s01-lihc.html
36(08/31/03www.hisside.com/8_31_03.htm
37 11/18/04http://www.glennsacks.com/why_i_launched_verizon.htm
38 11/18/04http://www.glennsacks.com/why_i_launched_verizon.htm
39 11/18/04http://www.glennsacks.com/why_i_launched_verizon.htm
40 11/18/04http://www.glennsacks.com/why_i_launched_verizon.htm
41 03/10 /08 http://www.glennsacks.com/blog/?p=1900
42 06/29/07 http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=845 at 5:05 pm
43 06/29/07 at 5:05 pm http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=845
44 06/29/07http://glennsacks.com/blog/?p=845 at 5:05 pm
45 02/23/04 http://www.glennsacks.com/california_NOW_takes.htm
46 02/23/04(02/23/04 http://www.glennsacks.com/california_NOW_takes.htm
Glenn Sacks Willing Participant in Domestic Violence by Proxy Case by Jennifer Collins
Does anyone else notice that there is a 40 something year old fathers' rights guy named Glenn Sacks who keeps stalking ME and My Family? He has never met me or my mother but he represents the very man who beat us, kicked us and tortured us for years. I don’t know if Glenn Sacks is now acting alone or if he is still acting on behalf of our stalker/abuser, my father, Mark J Collins, Maple Grove, Minnesota.
Several different judges found that my father was abusive. My father admitted to beating up my mother and breaking her nose “2 or 3 times.” He admitted to strangling me and my brother when we were children and threatening to kill us all.
Glenn Sacks obsession with my mother is frightening. He keeps trying to convince people that I was not abused by my father. He keeps searching through my personal records, my doctor’s reports, our Court Sealed Files and even my mom’s child protection records from when she was molested as a little girl. He twists the evidence and post vicious lies about our family. My brother and I have asked him to leave us alone but he keeps harassing us to the point where it might be considered stalking. Glenn Sacks even goats me and publically dares us to sue him.
This is a typical approach of my father: when he couldn't beat my mother anymore, he resulted to Domestic Violence by Proxy and he physically abused me and my brother to hurt my mother. Now that he can't beat me and my brother anymore and can't get to our mother through us, he is using Glenn Sacks to try to continue to manipulate and control us.
I wonder how much my father is paying Glenn Sacks, bribing him or "donating" to him to defend his abuse of his ex-wife and children. Glenn Sacks certainly is guilty of being an accomplice to DVbP by participating in my father’s continued emotional abuse of us today.
In one of Sacks recent articles he talks about a American/Italian boy who told Italian authorities that his father was hurting him. The Italian government is protecting the little boy from his abusive American father. Glenn Sacks has decided to support another abusive father. Surprised? I'm not! Out of the blue at the end of an article that has nothing to do with me and my brother Glenn Sacks writes: "I've previously noted the similarities between this nightmarish case and the Holly Collins Prartental Kidnapping case--to learn more, click here."
Is this the only way this jerk can get people's attention to mention my name, a 24 year old college student who is desperately trying to heal from my father's abuse, in his articles? Glenn Sacks keeps capitalizing off of the pain and suffering of my family. I just want this jerk who is acting on behalf of my abusive father to leave me alone. Doesn't anyone else think that this is enough?
Can someone please stop these men from harassing me?
Jennifer Collins
Abused Daughter of:
Mark Jude Collins
9330 Juneau Ln N
Maple Grove, MN 55369-8300
(763) 420-6930
Several different judges found that my father was abusive. My father admitted to beating up my mother and breaking her nose “2 or 3 times.” He admitted to strangling me and my brother when we were children and threatening to kill us all.
Glenn Sacks obsession with my mother is frightening. He keeps trying to convince people that I was not abused by my father. He keeps searching through my personal records, my doctor’s reports, our Court Sealed Files and even my mom’s child protection records from when she was molested as a little girl. He twists the evidence and post vicious lies about our family. My brother and I have asked him to leave us alone but he keeps harassing us to the point where it might be considered stalking. Glenn Sacks even goats me and publically dares us to sue him.
This is a typical approach of my father: when he couldn't beat my mother anymore, he resulted to Domestic Violence by Proxy and he physically abused me and my brother to hurt my mother. Now that he can't beat me and my brother anymore and can't get to our mother through us, he is using Glenn Sacks to try to continue to manipulate and control us.
I wonder how much my father is paying Glenn Sacks, bribing him or "donating" to him to defend his abuse of his ex-wife and children. Glenn Sacks certainly is guilty of being an accomplice to DVbP by participating in my father’s continued emotional abuse of us today.
In one of Sacks recent articles he talks about a American/Italian boy who told Italian authorities that his father was hurting him. The Italian government is protecting the little boy from his abusive American father. Glenn Sacks has decided to support another abusive father. Surprised? I'm not! Out of the blue at the end of an article that has nothing to do with me and my brother Glenn Sacks writes: "I've previously noted the similarities between this nightmarish case and the Holly Collins Prartental Kidnapping case--to learn more, click here."
Is this the only way this jerk can get people's attention to mention my name, a 24 year old college student who is desperately trying to heal from my father's abuse, in his articles? Glenn Sacks keeps capitalizing off of the pain and suffering of my family. I just want this jerk who is acting on behalf of my abusive father to leave me alone. Doesn't anyone else think that this is enough?
Can someone please stop these men from harassing me?
Jennifer Collins
Abused Daughter of:
Mark Jude Collins
9330 Juneau Ln N
Maple Grove, MN 55369-8300
(763) 420-6930
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