Family Law expert Patrick Parkinson says days of the traditional family are in crisis

    by: Susie O'Brien
    From: Herald Sun
    July 27, 2012


Nuclear family

The number of Australian households with nuclear families is dying.

THE baby bonus, couples who live together and shared parenting laws have been blamed for the demise of the nuclear family.   

Family law expert Patrick Parkinson said the traditional family was in crisis.

Professor Parkinson questioned the payment of the baby bonus to teen mums.

"We are paying 15-year-olds to have babies? It's a sign of society gone mad," said the president of the International Society of Family Law.          

"We have had years of decline of teenage birth rates, and now there is a reverse of this."

Prof Parkinson told the Australian Institute of Family Studies conference yesterday that family law was a "war zone".

He lamented the rise of children born outside of wedlock, saying marriage was important for family stability.

"Now 35 per cent of children are born outside marriage. And 12 per cent of children are now born to mums with no partners - and this number has doubled in the last 20 years," he said.   

"We've spent 30 years saying marriage doesn't matter, but the reality is that cohabitation is not as stable as marriage."   

Prof Parkinson urged parents to "work through their differences".

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I never agreed with it in the first place.. I did understand the reason behind it.. but it has gone too far and for too long..


STOP IT and STOP IT NOW.

after paying them to have a child they then tell them to get back to work.asap.. its a joke on us all..at the same time we are paying for childcare and the unreal behaviour when these dysfunctional kids grown up.

I do not believe a child makes a good parent to a child.. very simple really..

its hard enough bringing up kids when you have two.. but with one parent it must be hell most of the time

the baby bonus is paid for each new baby ... age has nothing to do with it.

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I'm not so sure it does ... i know people claim that it does, but I've seen no evidence of this .. I've had 2 babies since the policy started, and it never once entered the equation .. i know the shock jocks would have you believe 15 yr olds are having kids for the bonus, but thats a load of crap .... show me ONE 15 yr old who has done that

Paying The Baby Bonus To 15 Year Old Mums?

The real question is will the Baby Bonus be paid at all & the answer will be no!

... wrote on Jul 30^th, 2012 at 11:54am:


A decade or 2? The govt makes them go to work @ 6mo dont they?

SOB

... wrote on Jul 30^th, 2012 at 12:46pm:


Hmmm . . . . I thought they cut them off pretty quick and make them look for work. Put the kids in daycare which costs more than you earn in wages . . .Maybe pansi knows . . . .

SOB

John Smith wrote on Jul 30^th, 2012 at 9:10am:


Obviously you don't get out much. Go have a look around Minto.