Stacy Erickson,
I have failed to
convince the court to allow the kids more time with me as parent. I went into
court with "minimum visitation" with the kids and only asked the
court for more time with the kids. In fact I supported you to keep
"Primary Residential Parent" status. When the judge asked what I
wanted I said I wanted a Fixed Parenting Schedule so that I can have equal time
with the kids.
I fooled myself into thinking that Florida was a
"SHARED" parenting state and thought the judge would see how little
time I have been given by you to help raise the kids. Given the outcome of the
trial I now see that my definition of parenting time is MUCH different than
that of the State of Florida's definition. In fact Florida's definition is even
WORSE than Washington's because I came out of the court room with even LESS
time with the kids. Ultimately the kids are the ones who will pay for MY lack
of ability to communicate to the court how VERY important the father's role in
the raising of the kids is. Also how little time the "Primary Residential
Parent" has allowed me to have. I thought that the role of the court was
to look out for the "Best interest of the Children" but it seems the
court is only interested in is if the mother is alive then she MUST raise the
kids and the Father must provide money. You would think after all this time the
courts would also be looking after the kids but I guess not.
Your bullcrap about the pictures that Zachary drew was
extremely low on your part. Had I been able to think faster and not been so
nervous I would have asked you "Why do you think Zachary drew those
pictures?" to which you would have replied because he hates Takako for
taking away his daddy. I would have then asked you "How would Zachary have
known about Takako since they had only met once before the pictures were
drawn?" or "Has Zachary ever drawn any other disturbing pictures
before this?" NO!!!! We both know why Zachary drew the pictures Stacy.
Because STACY put the idea in Zachary head and asked him to draw them.
Your neglect of our children's need educationally and
emotionally is shown EVERYDAY. How many times and to how many people have you
said "The kids don't listen to me." Why would the kids listen to
anyone who sits on there ass in front of the TV all day watching "Jerry
Springer". Of course the kids to not listen to you, they never will listen
to you because they do not respect you and never will. Why should they? Zachary
is only 10 years old and has failed a grade BUT still USES more brains in a day
than you do in a week. Unfortunately you have had a lot of influence on
Mirrissa, it is shown all time, in the way she talks, in the way she thinks or
rather does not think, in the way she plays with other kids if any play with
her at all. Mirrissa I hope grows out of your training and sees past you
otherwise she will Never have any friends, never grow up enough to move out of
Mommies house, never have the independence to stand up to the daily grind of
the world. Mirrissa will probably be Pregnant by the time she is 16 thinking
that she needs that kind of leverage to keep someone in her life because that
is what Mommy taught her.
Your vindictive actions over the past year have shown me
that you care very little what the needs of the kids are. As long at the kids
eat enough to stay alive and go to any school they are fine. Your minimalist
views only cost the kids any chance of being more than a Janitor or Store clerk
EVER in their lives. I have repeatedly tried to get the kids a Tutor, or Karate
or some kind of extracurricular activity. YOU have STOPED every attempt for
some stupid reason or another.
Your actions since the domestication of the Washington
order have shown me that you will NEVER allow more time with the kids than what
is written. So now that I have even LESS time with the kids I will expect you
to be responsible for the kids. I will hold YOU accountable for their actions.
With the little amount of time I now have the kids YOU can expect to be laughed
at when you ignorantly request "Parenting things" to be done. These
requests (that I remember most recently) include asking for manners to be
practiced or Punishment for things done while the kids are under your watchful
(HA HA) eye. If you were watchful (at all) the kids would not need to be
punished. I fully expect Zachary to end up in Jail because that is exactly what
Mommy has been teaching him, everything is ok until you get into trouble. So
Zachary will grow up (with Mommy) and go out into the world and do something
Mommy should have taught him not to and go to jail for it. Which he will think
is ok because that is what he has done his entire life.
I don't believe you are a good mother for anyone's kids.
Other parents feel the same as I do. Did you ever stop and think about why
Nikki NEVER asked you to watch her kids? Or why Nikki would NOT allow you to
pick up her kids from school? She was your best friend but she knew you were
not a good person. Your inability to make any kind of GOOD decisions regarding
the kids leaves me no alterative but to think our kids are doomed for failure
under your care.
In the future I will be available for any extra time you
want the kids to have with me. It is unfortunate that the kid's future is in
your hands. If in some weird event the kids grow up to not be what I expect I
will be pleasantly surprised and I will be very happy to say I was wrong about
you. However just like this weekend you called up at 7:50pm Sunday night to ask
what we are going to do about Monday morning since the kids do not have school.
Events like this are the reason the kids are doomed for failure. Your lack of
ability to see past the nose on your face will prevent the kids from ever
growing up and becoming productive members of society.
Best of luck to you,
David Prather.