wives and what they think…

This is a more difficult post to write.  I’m not finding any studies or really any articles on the subject, so I only see comments on forum boards, friend and acquaintance conversations, and of course first hand comments to me.
Nearly every woman has a friend who receives no child support - or a small amount.  [...]

Driver’s License Bill is Not Unfair to Noncustodial Parents

It’s  a year old - but it’s a good article - good points, and very true.
Attorney Jeffrey Leving and columnist Glenn Sacks contend that a Kansas bill that will take away driver’s licenses from ‘deadbeat parents’ who owe more than $ 500 in support arrearages is “unfair” because it disproportionately affects the poor.
However, they ignore [...]

Coralling Deadbeat Dads

From the Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/12/AR2007101201540.html?nav=hcmodule

By Mary T. Wagner
Saturday, October 13, 2007; Page A19
My standard speech is always the same. I can‘t make a guy be a good father. I can’t make him walk the floor with a sick child, drive to soccer games, run to Walgreen’s at midnight to pick up a prescription, help [...]

Children

“Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you.”H. Jackson Brown

Responsibility

I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime.
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

Comparing costs

Several months ago, the OC Register had an article that indicated it was along the lines of $759.00 a month to adequately pay for a child in Orange County.
Recently this was posted in another article.
The suit notes that a 2005 study by the California Budget Project found that the minimum cost of raising a child [...]

Bill Cosby

A word to the wise ain’t necessary - it’s the stupid ones that need the advice.
Bill Cosby

What we tell our children

“You can’t be too careful what you tell a child because you never know what he’ll take hold of and spend the rest of his life remembering you by.”
Frederick Buechner

The First of the month

ahhhh, the day the amount of unpaid child support goes up since we are now at 118 days with no payments made.
So the new total that is outstanding is $3954.42.
“A man’s character is his fate.”
— Heraclitus (c. 540-c. 475 B.C.)

Sunday Thoughts

I have come to the conclusion that none of us in our generation feels as guilty about sin as we should or as our forefathers did.
Francis Schaeffer