Sole Custody Awards
In a high number of cases where Hostile-Aggressive Parenting has been reported, it is the parent with sole custody of the child who is identified as being the HAP parent. Sole custody awards, in fact, generally result in higher levels of conflict than with joint custody arrangements.
One reason for this is that the sole custodial parents are now in a position to exercise their revenge with impunity, confident that the non-custodial parents, in most cases, have little or no rights. The old saying “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely” often holds true in sole custody awards.
Parents with sole custody may change the school or the child’s religion without the consent or knowledge of the other parent. Custodial parents can, and often do, unilaterally change the child’s surname and give the child the surname of another person they enter into a relationship with. This can be very upsetting to the biological parent and extended family members.
Published statistics in most jurisdictions show that mothers are awarded custody of the children in the vast majority of times. The vast majority of complaints of HAP parenting are also made against mothers. Although Hostile-Aggressive Parenting by sole custodial fathers can also be a problem, it would appear that this scenario is much less common than with mothers. Research shows that sole custodial fathers are far more likely to include the mother in the parenting of the child than is a sole custodial mother to involve the father, which may be one significant reason for fewer complaints of Hostile-Aggressive Parenting by fathers.
One reason for this is that the sole custodial parents are now in a position to exercise their revenge with impunity, confident that the non-custodial parents, in most cases, have little or no rights. The old saying “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely” often holds true in sole custody awards.
Parents with sole custody may change the school or the child’s religion without the consent or knowledge of the other parent. Custodial parents can, and often do, unilaterally change the child’s surname and give the child the surname of another person they enter into a relationship with. This can be very upsetting to the biological parent and extended family members.
Published statistics in most jurisdictions show that mothers are awarded custody of the children in the vast majority of times. The vast majority of complaints of HAP parenting are also made against mothers. Although Hostile-Aggressive Parenting by sole custodial fathers can also be a problem, it would appear that this scenario is much less common than with mothers. Research shows that sole custodial fathers are far more likely to include the mother in the parenting of the child than is a sole custodial mother to involve the father, which may be one significant reason for fewer complaints of Hostile-Aggressive Parenting by fathers.
