When it comes to determining child custody, however, sexism is the rule.

It all started when I called my kids' mother to arrange my upcoming weekend with the kids. She said something like "not this weekend, we will do it next weekend." That turned into "let's try for the following weekend."

Father's Day 2021 came around and the reality that my kids' mother was not going to let me see my kids for Father's Day; tore my heart apart. I was told that in order to see my kids I needed to talk to the "new boyfriend" to get his permission and agreement to see my kids again.

I hired an attorney once I realized my kids' mother was alienating me. She changed both kids' cell phone numbers and I lost all contact with my kids. She took me off the approved school list and I lost my last chance to see them. It has not been over a year since I saw my sweet kids.