My name is Kevan Lautenschlager.
I am a child that has experienced equal parenting first hand for the past 8 ½ years.
I would have been here in person except I had to be in school.
Spending equal time with both
my mother and father has allowed me to be with both my parents as much as is
fairly possible, I have experienced having both my parents in my life rather
that having one parent as merely a visitor. I think that every child should
have this privilege.
It has allowed me to have a
normal relationship with both my parents and do regular things with both of
them.
I can not imagine what it
would be like to not be able to see them both as much as I do.
I have been able to have the
same friends as I have always had. I have been able to go to the same school
where I get good grades.
I have been able to do
special things like go to baseball games, golf tournaments, museums and air
shows.
My life has been the same as
my friends whose parents are still together.
My dad had taught me many
things that he could not have done if I had only seen him on the weekends. The same with my mom.
I can not see why anyone
would not allow both parents to be in a kid’s life.
Please change the law now so
that every kid can have what I have.
Kevan Lautenschlager
Age 13