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And furthermore, the notion that if the Father loses his job he gets to put off child support is very counterproductive and dangerous. If you were the head of the household in an intact family you would do anything to make sure that family was taken care of. When you're not physically there doesn't give you the right to lay back and give up your responsibility. It isn't right. If you're making just enough to get by and pay your child support, and then you get laid off and get unemployment, (which would just enable you to get by,+) there'd be no incentive to work, would there? You'd be making the same amount to support yourself. Granted, support should be relative to how much the earner makes, not what the custodial parent needs or thinks they need. It's a touchy subject, but I don't think this is the right road to go down.

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Cyborg,

Even after people are divorced, children are still their responsibility.

That goes without saying.

As a father paying child-support for four (4) teenaged kids (actually paying more than required by the courts, plus news computers, video camera, et al) ...

I continue to be amazed how Divorced-Women feel they have the God-Given right to effectively lock father out of the Parental Guidance Loop.

After fighting WW-III to install pornograpghy-filtering software (on the two computers "I" purchased) ... and then failing to get Report Card Grades & School Updates, I've basically given-up.

Their mother wants to be the "Children's Best Friend" -- NOT their disciplinarian (sp) and Academic Counselor.

Frankly, the tables are SO turned on American Men today.

Who will suffer in the Long Run ?

First, I'm sure my two Sons will wait decades before getting married, after seeing the nuclear baloney their Dad's been through.

Next, my two beautiful Daughters will find it difficult to find Men willing to make the "big committment".

Well ... I guess this is called Venting.

All I want to do is spend six-months in Iraq (that's the honest truth) ... to escape the emotional agony of having a mother poison her children against their dad.

Patton@Bastogne

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