How do you feel about parents who don't support their children financially? Do you think tougher consequences should be implemented? If jail time were a penalty for non-compliance to pay, would they be more inclined to support their children? Does the custodial parent have the right to deny visitation if the other parent doesn't take responsibility for their children? Are the majority of non-compliant parents absent from their children's lives altogether? Why? Is their ever a good reason for not paying child support? What negative effects do deadbeat parents have on their children's lives? Do you know someone who chooses not to support their kids? If so, how do you feel about their choice? Are the child support enforcement agencies doing enough to collect payments? Is the system flawed? What more can be done?
Jennifer Wilson (9:00)
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I think that we have become completely irresponsible as a culture when it comes to raising our kids. There are plenty of horrible parents who do take a part in their child's life. But deadbeat parents are definitly at the top of the list for the worst parents. I don't have much personal experience with this subject. All I personally know is through friends who have to pay child support. All of them want to support their child. I've heard a few comments about them being worried about if their money is really going to their child or to finance the mother's lifestyle. This however, is still not an excuse to withhold payments. The child is the one that suffers in the end. The parent's were the one that brought him/her into this world. It is their responsibiliy to raise that child and give him/her the best life they can give.
Scott Kimball (9:00)
I think that the whole family situation has gone down the chute lately. I mean, wasn't there a time when parents spent more time with their children and family time was more important. I don't really have too much experience with that, however, at my house, we had a sit down dinner every night and we had Sundays as family day. It wasn't always the most exciting time as I started to get older, and wanting my own freedoms and distance, but I have come to the realization that it is was more important than anything else I could have been doing. My parents are divorced, and my dad has always payed the child support. He has always helped us and my mom out in every way possible, so I don't know much about these deadbeat parents you speak of, but like where you said if they should be denied seeing their child if they are terrible parents, I have to agree somewhat. But under the condition that they could regain the right to see their children if they become better people and parents.
Dustin Piercy (9:00)
I don't see how this should even be an issue. I don't think that if jail time were an issue that this would slow down because if you are willing to just run away from your child, you certainly aren't afraid of spending some time in jail. Also, I'm sure that many of the parents who are running away from their child have already spent a considerable amount of time in jail in the first place. I'm not too familiar on this subject, and I havn't been around too many people who have either been abandoned by parents or abandoned a child, but I do think that if a person is caught abandoning a child or not paying child support, he or she should spent alot of time in jail. If you know that you can't support a child, then don't have one in the first place, it's a pretty simple thing. And if you don't have the capability to control yourself from having a child when you know that you don't have the means to support one, then you can't say much when you're sitting in jail.
Chris Bohnhoff (Noon)
I think that there is only so far you should go when trying to teach your kids to be finacially independent. I mean making them pay for gas, their car, and phone is alright, but if the parents make the children pay for every little thing i think it is rediculous. If there was a jail sentence for parents not supporting their children i think that many would comply to the law, although I am not sure why they would make a law for such a thing. I think that child support is a very good thing in this country. I think will all the divorces in this country the parents should be held responsible for giving their children along with the parent caring for them, the finacial support they need to keep their family well. I know someone who just pays their ex-wife with a check every other week and sometimes the check is what he can spare and other times it is a pretty good chunk of change. I think that the system needs to have more of a purpose and direction.
Frankie Gaskill (9:00)
I really have never thought about this question before. I don't think parents should go to jail if they arent financially supporting their children. I think that the children should be taken away from the irresponsible parents. Also, I do think that the custodial parent should have the right to say that the other parent is not allowed to see the child if that other parent is not helping support the child at all. There is never a good reason for not paying child support. If you have a child, you need to learn to be responsible, that's just how it is. The deadbeat parents make the children believe that they dont care about them. And if a child thinks that a parent doesn't care about them, they are bound to get into trouble because they feel that they need some kind of attention. Also, they won't feel near as loved if a deadbeat parent is in their lives. I believe that if someone has a child, they need to learn to grow up and be responsible and take care of their children.
Morgan MacFarlane (9:00)
Parents who don't support their kids should put thier kids up for adoption or something because what is the point of having a kid if you are not going to take care of it. I mean, the main why two people choose to have kids is to make a more happy relationship and to take care of their children. As for as parents supporting their kids financially, thats only if the parents want to. I could understand if the kid was 5 or 6, but if you got a child who is 17 or 18 years old, you need to tell him/her to go out and look for a job. Around this age you should start taking care of yourself and start becoming an independant person. Not leeching off your parents because you can't get any money in your pocket.
Jaime Carpenter
I believe that if someone has a child they should be supported no matter the circumstance. Parents that don't have jobs to support their child is completely ridiculous. There is always work to be found, and if one job isn't enough to support your family get another one! Some parents are simply just too lazy to find work, and this is why there are so many dead beat parents throughout the world. These parents are setting their children up for failure because they have no morals and since children idolize their parents they grow up to believe that this is the proper way to live. I think that parents who can't finacially afford children shouldn't have them. If they do, I think they should be given up for adoption or be sent to live with a family member who can provide them with lifestyle they deserve. Children are very time consuming and expensive, and I think more people need to put this into perspective before they decide to have kids.
Chelse Lindenbaum (9:00)
Friday, November 16, 2007 9:45:00 AM
I am not really the best person for this question. I was fortunate enough to have married parents that love each other and there children more than anything. But I do believe that their is no good reason to ever deny your child care of any kind. I worked with a man a couple years ago who owed 50,000 dollars in back child support. His main reason was that his ex-wife would never let him see his children, she claimed that he was doing bad things around them such as using drugs and things of that nature. He said it wasn't true but I wouldn't know for sure. But what I do know is just because you can't see your kids, whether it be your fault or not, you owe them the best care possible. Pay for your children because they obviously can't do it themselves.
I agree with everyone that the effort put into carrying for a child and raising a child properly has been lost by many. I do understand the difficulties though with divorced parents trying to raise children. I have seen the effects on children from a parent who has popped in and out of his/her children's lives. The lack of being able to afford new coats, and all the pairs of shoes kids need without the child support really being enforced. Every case is different though, and should be treated differently. There are the parents who really try to be in their children's lives but the custodian parent will not allow it due to the inability to respectfully communicate, or the deadbeat dad/mom who doesn't pay child support by working under the table and bragging about it to the custodian parent. The only way I know for people to make a change in this, is to be an example for their own children, and try to spread the importance of this on our society.
Bobbi (9:00)
I think they could help their kids out if they see that the kid is trying to help themselves. If the kid is younger than eighteen, then of course they should support their kids.yes, tougher colnsequnces should be implemented.If that's what it takes, then that would be a good consequence to make them support their kids. They should have the right to deny visitation if the other parent doesn't take responsibility for the child. I think they are in their childs lives at all.Maybe because they just don't care about their kids.There's never a good reason not to pay child support.Some kids grow up and become the opposite of their parents and treat their kids good.i don't personally know anybody that doesn't pay child support.
I am a single mother of two well balanced children, and I can honestly say that I don't need their fathers money. I do get child support, because my mother works with child support enforcement, and they now take it out of his check because he has managed too keep a job for more than a month. But for a long time I did not get child support, and I liked it better because now that he pays child support he thinks he is a good person, and deserves more rights to the kids. I don't think any one has the right to deny someone to see their children unless they beat them or molest them because your child will grow to blame you, and eventually hate you. These children with deadbeat parents will learn on there own that there mom/dad is not a good person, and they don't need anyone to hammer it in to them. I also believe that child support enforcement is doing an incredible job of collecting child support, and deadbeat parents can go to jail; it is the judges that don't want to send them. 80% of non-custodial parents pay there child support, and the 20% that don't pay are either handicap, disabled, people that have had run ins with the law, have always been job hoppers, or they have always been involved in drugs. So speaking from experience, my advice is that if you plan on getting involved with someone always do a background check.
Kassi (12:00)
I feel that if you have a child then you should take care of it. That means providing food, shelter, and clothing for the child as well as providing love and attention for the child. I also think that if one half of the parents is neglectful to the child then they should not have custodial rights at all. Deadbeat parents are the worst and i have no personal experience through this however I do know friends with parents like these and I would not trade my parents for theirs.
Kristin Knowles
I think you're kind of bringing up two different topics here. That's at least how it came across to me. So I'm only going to give my opnino on one because I really don't know a whole lot about the other.
"should parents support their children finacially?" Yes, but only to a certain point. There's a time in everyone's life when they need to learn how to fend for themselves. My parents never have given me or any of my siblings an allowance. We all had a paper by the time we were 8-10 and each had anywhere from $60-$140 coming in each month.
Car? Both of my older siblings have had to buy their own car. My brother has actually bought 3 cars plus a motorcycle in the last 8 years. Chevelle Malibu, Mitsubishi Eclipse, and Honda Civic. He had to pay for all of that buy himself.
If your parents gave you money to do everything, do you think you'd be as proud in your work? If my parents give me money I try to pay them back in some way. Two weeks ago I went to a Relient K/Switchfoot concert and they gave me $20. I bought a RK tshirt and now I'm doing random jobs around the house for my mom in return.
It's more satisfying if you work for what you want instead of just being handed everything on a silver platter.
(Yes, my parents give me random gift of money for food, special outtings, etc. They don't ignore me and make me do everything myself. They are still there as guides for me)
Megan Mercier (9:00)
That's a tough question to answer flat out, there are too many variables. Before I was a single mother I empathized w/the male perspective on child support. But I think that you have to look at child support as just that-support- and not paying for your child. Divorce is never fair so where do you go from there. Would I let my son's father have full time custody of my son? No way am I going to give him up. Do I really think it's fair, no. You should not deny visitation if you ex doesn't pay b/c thats using your child as a pawn. Two parents in two houses sucks enough w/out your parents playing games w/you in the middle. The government does need to step in though. The people who need support to live, not just to maintain a lifestyle, are the people who need help from the government b/c they can't higher a lawyer everytime their ex acts like a dumbass. Child support enforcement is probably doing the best it can. A system governing this many people is bound to be overwhelmed and poorly designed.
Renee Hart
I don't think that money is ever a substitute for a human relationship. If the parents decide to not financially support their kid when they are old enough to have a decent job then that is their choice. It will teach them life lessons early on. But as the children are growing, their parents should be supporting them because they are responsible. That is what a parent is...a role model of how to be an adult. A parent who is completely absent in their child's life should not have a child. The relationship between a parent and child will affect the child for the rest of his or her life.
Hannah Dodd(9:00)
Ido belive a dead beat parent shoud not have any say in anything the responsible parent say or do in concern of the child or children. I do believe that if a person don't take care of their child during a certain amount of time, the deadbeats rights should be removed. It's not fair for the one parent to raise and fully support a child and then the deadbeat can step in at any time and try to run things. And if that's not enough the court say, although these deadbeats haven't done a damn thing, they have RIGHTS!!! Rights to get get lost if you ask me. From my own personal experiences, get rid of their rights as soon as possible!
Theresa Newman (noon)
I really don't know much about this as a personal experience, but parents should support their children (ex: child support) or at least try to. I know some parents probably feel bad if they can't but least they should be trying. But my parents taught my siblings and me how to work for our money. It seems to be so much more gratifying to do that. Two of my brothers and I used to have paper routes. We started them probably when we were around the ages of 8-11. Because of this one of my brothers bought a Camaro when he was only 14. Yeah, my parents help us out when we need it or when they want to just because they love us, but they know we aren't taking anything for granted.
Elizabeth Kerns
I am lucky to have great parents that support me finacially whenever I need it. They bought me my car but I pay for my insurance and all my gas. I live at home still so I don't have to pay for living expenses and food, but if I want anything on my own or go out at all, I pay for it myself. My boyfriend on the other hand grew up working since he was 8, and has saved everything he has made. His parents only pay for his schooling. He is very responsible with his money and respects his parents for raising him that way. And they are still a very close family. It doesn't effect their relationship at all. I think that if jail time were a penalty parents would pay for more of their childrens expenses but sometimes they can't, so should they be put in jail for that? No. And most child support checks that I see, are so little that they could not buy enough diapers for their baby for more than a week. I think that people need to speak up against these child support agencies and make parents pay more for their child.
Abby (9:00)
Does having a deadbeat parent affect you? Yes! A child is constantly observing all that is going on around it. And with all of this observing and listening they internalize and take ownership of the problems in the home. But this would have never happened if the parents had been responsible enough to make sure to keep the chld out of it. It should be the parents responsibility to make sure that the child is well taken care of and looked after. But if one parent is choosingly to be lazy and possibly a deadbeat then the custody to this parent should be restricted. Children pick up habits very quickly. Honestly one of the main objecives of a parent is too want their child to have the best of everything and give them the right amount of encouragemet to do so. How can a child possibly learn how to do this when an example of everything they shouldn't do is so close to home.
Miranda Wilson (9:00)
first off some parents can really afford to pay child support...my mother left my father when i was 2 and he only paid in 200$ from the time i was 2 till i reached 18...i understood he couldnt pay it, he was half blind and had a broken back and was living on welfare and social security with no hope of finding a job that didnt include ginsinging or deer hunting just for the hides so sell or scraping metal...it also doesnt help that he had quite the mental dissability, and dont mean just in learning or education...idk...but if ya gots the cash, help support your child...its the right thing to do.
You should never have the child stop seeing their other parent just because they are not paying. The child will find out what kind of person they are on their own. The court system should take care of the parent not paying. I do believe that the other parent needs to help pay for the child but under reason. No matter what the issues are between the parent, you should never take a parent out of the picture.
I do believe that there should be punishment for the parent that does not want to pay child support. If that parent does not pay and does not want to see the child, sign over your rights and be done with it, but do it at a young age.
There is never a good reason for not paying child support. You laid in the bed and did the deed, now you have to help support that child.
I do not know what else the child support people can do. They garnish their checks, they take them to court, and they even put them in jail. If you have someone who goes from job to job, or finds a family member to live off of, there is nothing anyone can do.
Michelle
When a parents doesn't help support their child financially, I think that it is very irresponsible and disheartening to the child. When someone makes a choice to have a child, they need to be able to support them in every way. I do think that tougher consequences should be implemented because it is not fair to the parent who is paying money to support their child. I believe that if jail where a consequence to not paying child support there would be a lot more parents paying it. Yes, I believe the parent who is supporting the child should be able to deny visitation rights to the parent who isn't. If he/she doesn't want to pay to help support the child then they shouldn't be able to see them. I think that most parents that don't pay child support are usually completely gone from the childs life. Those are the people who only care about themselves and no one else. A parent should always be willing to pay child support. Their child should be one of the most important parts of their life. Being a child and having your parents not pay child support would make you think that no one cares about you and that you arent important enough. I think that the child would grow up very unconfident. I think that there could be more done about parents not paying child support. There should be more law enforcement out there tracking down parents who are not paying.
Kirby Reifsteck (9:00)
I believe that all parents should take care of their kids no matter what their situation. If their child ends of doing something wrong and has to pay for it then they should have raised their child better. For the ones that dont want to take care of their child then they should have been more responsible and not had any children. I dont know what i would say about having to support the mothers lifestyle. If i was the father i wouldn't want to support the mother but beings that it was my child i would.
Justin Henrichs
When it comes to the lives of our world's children i take this matter very seriously. The children of today are the future for tomorrow. Deadbeat parents just suck at life in general. My buddy had a kid and didn't even admit it was his until his girl proved it to him. I thought that was just ridiculous. Regardless of how the child came about it still is a human and is entitled to all the great things this country has to offer to its many citizens. Parents who do not financially support there children should be put in jail. The main reason most parents do not take there child support seriously is because not enough is done about it. If your not going to emotionally and physically be there for your kids then thats bad enough. Atleast be able to support them financially. It is not fair to live in this world and automatically be negatively affected by parents when surviving and creating a life for yourself is hard enough. Everyone should be given an equal oppurtunity to better themselves and if the parents wont support this then they need to be imprisoned and let other people take the reigns who actually care and can make a positive difference.
Blake Eakes Noon
Deadbeat parents are ridiculous. I really don't know what their punishment should be though. Obviously, there's talk about putting them in jail. In some states, they suspend their license. Honestly, I really don't know what the exact punishment should be, as long as you make the parent(s) realize that child support is something that is important. I just don't get why they don't help their kids out financially, because in the long run of not paying they have to pay outrageous money to taxpayers and things like that. You might as well pay what your amount owed is instead of waiting, because you'll be regretting it later. If you really didn't want to have your kid in the first place, then that's your bad, but you've got to realize that it's your kid and it's your responsibility.
Alyssa Surber (9:00)
If you are adult enough to make a baby you must be held responsible for your actions and take care of your kid! They can't take care of themselves. Also, they need your love and emotional support. Man up today and take care of your offspring!!
I think that divorced parents should pay child support. I think its very irresponsible of them not to. Why would parents not want to support their children. Don't have children, if you're not ging to support them.
--Jill Reinhart (noon)
I feel that all non-custodial parents should pay child support. It's not fair that one parent takes responsibility for their child or children while the other parent is off doing their own thing and not paying for anything. There are parents out there that make all the excuses in the world as to why they can't pay child support, but yet they want to see their kids and only when it's convenient for them. The child support division needs to stop slacking and do more to get the non compliant parent to pay for their kids. It's rediculous that their are so many people that just get up and walk out of their childrens lives and don't have a care in the world about if their kids have food on the table or clothes on thier back. Children grow up and see how the custodial parent struggles to take care of all the bills and be the best parent they can be. They aren't stupid. If you are a parent that doesn't financially support your child, more than likely they are going to grow up disliking you or hating you. They are going to feel like you didn't care enough about them to feed them when they were hungry or clothe them when they needed new school clothes, while mom or dad had to work 2 jobs and was never home just so they could provide for them the things that they needed.
I feel two ways about this. If the parents is struggling to get a job and can't afford it i can understand that. But, if the parent is making good money and chooses not to take care of there child financially that is messed up and something should be done about that. Yeah if the parent is working and not paying child support they should be put in jail and then maybe they will get the point. If jailtime were a punishment for not paying child support you would have alot more parents out there trying to get a job and support there children. I believe the custodial parent has the right to deny visitaion to the non helping parent. Why should the parent not helping earn the right to see a child they are not helping out in life. From my experiences watching other people in life, the non compliant parents are absent fro there child lives by a big majority. There is never a time where you shoold not being paying child support.If you make the baby, its your job to take responsibility and take care of that child. I think deadparents are responsible for kids having troubled childhoods and growing up to be criminals. A young boy woh has no father is going to look for a father figure rather if its a drug dealer or a gang member, they need that male role model to show them how to be a man. All of my uncles are good men because they have always paid child support and made sure there kids has an opportuniy to have things in life.
demaris winston(7:00)
I'm not gonna' lie, deadbeat parents suck. However, I don't think denying visitation over financial matters is justifiable. Even if such experiences could potentially be negative, children still need to know where they came from. As far as jail time as punishment for birthparents' uncompliance with childcare payment goes, I don't think this would make much of a difference. I think there should be more of a focus on helping unfit parents getting back on their feet instead. Assistance in finding work, counseling, drug rehab (if applicable), and other things of that nature would be very helpful. And I know these programs exist, but they're obviously not as adequate as they could be because there's still a whole lot of deadbeat parents out there not moving in positive directions.
Tristan Cogswell
I think it's pretty sad that it would take jail time to force someone into supporging their own child!Why would someone not want to support their own offspring? Even if they don't want to be in a relationship with the other parent doesn't mean they should be inclined to neglect the well being of their child. I think if they aern't supporting their child they don't deserve the right to be involved in anything that child does. Because if they're going to be a deadbeat parent and "half-ass" things then what would make you think they would do anything else when it came to the well being of the child they refuse to acknowledge and support? If people don't want to take responsibility and acknowledge the fact that they have a life to support then maybe they shouldn't be acknowledged as a parent.
Vickie Luening
I think it hurts the parent left raising the child financialy, but finances are the smaller problem in the situation. The effect on the child is more problematic. The child is left wondering, what is so wrong with me that my mother/father doesnt want to take care of me.
yes I think togher consequences should be implemented. A father/mother who doesnt feel the need to take care of their children, not only financialy, but in everday life as a normal parent should.
A parent should be able to deny vistitation, if the other parent is a deadbeat. It is worse for a parent to pop in and out, than to
just stay gone.
Donnie Wilson
I think that parents that dont support there children financially are pathetic and that there should definitley be tougher conseqences implemented. I think that jail time is a nice idea, but whos going to pay for there incarceration? We will. If there a good parent in other aspects then visitation should not be taken away because that would be hurting the child in another way. But if the parent is a complete loser and doesnt see the child(ren) altogether than they shouldnt have the right to have rights. Make sense? Deadbeat parents completely screw up there children emotionally. And in most cases they are so selfish that they dont even realize this. When it comes to deadbeat parents, child support issues, and abusive parents i see a flawed system. What can be done to fix it? I dont know. If i figure it out ill share it with the world.
Brittany Gustafson
I feel that if you gonna conseve children you should be adult enough to take on full reponsiblity for your children.Regardless of if you wanna be a part of there lives or not.You brought them into this world why should they have to suffer because of your irresponsiblity and ignorance.They didn't asked to be brought into this world and they should b e givin the best life possible.I deffinatly feel that tougher consinquences should be givin to parent who chose not to support there children..If jail time were a penalty for not supporting there children would happen to be what it had to come down to then they would be only bring it apon themselves and i sure would hope they would start doing the right thing by supporting there children.I truely agree with the no vistation to the parent who choses not to support there child or children.If they chose not to take resposiblty for the well being of there children they they don't deserve the privaliage to be apart of there chilrens life.Children are great why wouldn't anyone want to support them and the person who doen't is so wrong.Yeah i believe that most parents who don't support there children usually try and hide and have no part of there childrens lives because they don't want to have to face the real facts or how wrong they are for what they don't do for there children.No there is never a good reason for not paying child support in my eyes thats just pure ignorance, lazyness, and irresponsiblity.So children who have deadbeat parents some times feel they have to act out to get attention. so yes deadbeat parents have a negative effect on there childrens lives.Yeah i know a few jerks that chose not to pay child support for three of the most wonderful and smart children in the world. There my two nieces and my nephew.There real dads are pathetic losers and deserve to sit in jail for a long time.I think that they need to start crackin down more in child support enforcment agencies and start doing more to make these losers get ther heads out of there butts.
brandy arrasmith
Being a good parent doesn't seem to be a priority anymore, and that is sad. I cannot understand how parents can abandon their children or not be good influences. My daughters father is in jail right now and has not talked or written a letter to his child in seven months. He is constantly in and out of jail and just does not care. I think there should be harsher punishments for deadbeat parents, they should not be allowed to be that selfish and get away with it. If they are not in the childs life at all, the system should make it easier for you to take away their rights to the child. My concern is that he still has rights and if anything were to happen to me and he was out of jail my daughter would automatically go to him; and that is a scary thought. When you have children it was a choice you made, there are no accidents when it comes to children. The desire to take care of your children should come naturally and if you don't have that desire there is something wrong with you. There are always consequences for your actions and deadbeat parents should suffer more than they are.
Donice Wilson
Children are a blessing, they should be coddled and loved by everyone in their lives. A parent who choses to bring a part of them into the world and then just abandon them are one of the lowest forms of humanity there is. A child is completely innocent and depends on their parents for their every need. What kind of person could just walk away from that? Certainly no one I would want in my life. I lived my life as a child with no father in my life. When I was nine years old, my mother was very brave and walked away from my alcoholic father with six children to care for. I did not hear or see my father again until I was 41 years old. So yes, most deadbeat parents are absent from their childs lives. "Out of Sight, Out of Mind". I don't think that jail time is the answer. The jails are already over crowded and this would be another burden on society. If a parent has already made the choice not to financially support their child, locking them up will not make a difference. Maybe the states should take these parents and put them to work. Most parents who don't pay child support don't work, or work until the state catches up with them and garnishes their wages. Then they quit their jobs. The child support system is certainly flawed. Sometimes I think the state employees are there just to collect a check. They need to be more passionate about what their doing, helping to give a child simple basic needs. The custodial parent does'nt usually live high on the hog with the child support money.
Ruby
I think that parents should support their children financially at least until they are 18. Deadbeat parents do not motivate their kids to succeed at life and accomplish great things. The child support enforcement agencies are not doing enough to collect payments. Many spouses are getting by without paying their dues. The majority of non compliant parents are absent from their child's life altogether.
Haley Stewart (7:00)
If you have a child you should support it financially no matter what. I think it is irresponsible o a parent to have a child and not support the child. I do not know anyone personally who does not support their children however i do know some who having difficulty doing it. Even though it is hard sometimes their child should always come first.
Brianna Bugbee
I think that parents who fail to support their kids should suffer consequences but not jail time because I don’t see how they are going to make money to support their kids if they are in jail. I think that the custodial parent should be able to deny rights but that should not be the only consequence if the parent does not wish to see the child in the first place. There is never a reason to not pay child support unless the parent is absolutely bankrupt and has no money whatsoever. Deadbeat parents have a lot of negative effects on their children. Not having a mother or father figure can confuse the child and they may not get the love and attention they need. Also they may not feel loved if their parents are not around and don’t care enough to help them pay for their basic needs.
Jimmy Gourdier (12:00 class)
I feel that it is not right for a parent to not support their child, if they are at least trying to have to give them some credit. Sometimes people have situatioms where they less fortunate but they cant really help it the way they may want to. Sometimes mothers keep fathers out of their kids lifes even when the father may want to be present. Having a parent be in your life in person is way more important and way more valuable then any amount of child support. I dont think that jail time is appropriate. If a parent goes to jail they really arent going to see their child then. That would only make matters worse...
Janyce Burks
I have actually had a front row experience to this situation. When my mom found out she was pregnant she was single and my dad did not find the news of her pregnancy to be a joyous one. He left her that evening and has never been back since because he warned my mom that if she ever came for child support, my dad would kidnap me and take me away forever. So, my mother who feared for my safety decided to kept the truth a secret and my grandparents have helped her raise me ever since. When I entered my freshman year of High School in 2002, the child support agencies had caught wind of the news on how my day threatened my mom and threatened to sue him if he didn't pay up. So my dad had no other choice to pay, and since everyone was well aware of the situation, I was well protected. The money however ended last year when I turned 18, and even though my dad got off scotch free for how many years it has made me resent him and made me hatred against his actions so powerful I hope I never lay eyes on him. I have gone on this long with out him, why do I need him now.? I don't.
Timothy Swan 7:00
Dead beat parents are no excuse. There is no excuse for them to be that way. It has a big impact on peoples lives from the start. When a kid doesnt have one half of there parents it makes them think that they dont have to be there for there child either. i think its more of dead beat fathers that effect a boys life rather than the mom and vice versa for the girls. It should make them want to be there for there child since there parent wasnt there but in most cases it doesnt.
Justin Peacock 1:00
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