Children tend to rebel against their parents morals . I can ' t wait to see how the Snowflake generation handles it . I hope every one of their kids turn out like Alex from Family Ties . <| sep |> Really appreciate that , thanks again . <| sep |> I understand what you ' re saying yet isn ' t it the case that the mother will always have full custody of the child ? The only circumstance where that isn ' t the case is when the mother has addiction or mental health problems . So it doesn ' t really matter what the father does , 9 times out of 10 he will have to pay maintenance to the mother . The mother can then refuse access any time she likes because legally nothing can be done about it . There should be reprimands for that but there isn ' t . But we ' re going a little off topic here I think . I just wanted to point out that the father pretty much always gets the short end of the stick .