Reply #127: I was a single parent [View All]

I got a hot $100 a month child support. My ex was air force and I couldn't even get him to sign the paper so my child could get FREE health care. There was never even a birthday present or Christmas present. So don't tell me I don't understand what it's like to raise a kid primarily on your own.

My kids are grown. And as you might see below, we didn't take money from the ex-wife when he lived with us because she was in no position to provide it. But in most instances, there are two parents, both parents have an equal responsibility to the child. To say both parents providing $600 to the care of a child isn't enough, is just flat not reality. That's why that's the amount the state came up with in their lowest income formula. Nobody should be beating either parent over the head when that's the economic situation.