As if there aren't enough barriers between fathers and their children, here's another one (Selma Times-Journal, 11/7/09). 

The writer, Terry Lewis, is a non-custodial father.  But whatever parental rights the family court and family laws of Alabama believe he has, his ex-wife and bureaucrats in the educational establishment have other ideas.  His case is a simple one; he wanted to see his daughter's report card to see how she's coming along in school.  The response by the school principal?

“It’s against the law for us to share that information with you sir.”

Hmm.  I wonder where they got the idea that providing information on a child's grades to her parent is illegal.  And if it is illegal, I wonder why it is.

As Lewis goes on to write,

The educational establishment here in Selma loves to whine about the lack of parental involvement, but when a parent actually shows up—especially a father... they stonewall them

Yep.  Add that to the list of mountains dads have to climb to be a part of their children's lives.

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