Deadbeat Parents Deserve to be Called Out
I see deadbeat people
It seems like there’s an epidemic of deadbeat absent parents out there who need a proper kick up the arse.
Or maybe that’s just the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon — the frequency illusion cognitive bias where something you just noticed suddenly appears everywhere — highlighting the frequency of this mess to me now that I’m stuck in my own drama with a deadbeat parent.
For those of you who don’t know me, I have four kids with two dads, one who is the perfect co-parent, and the other who doesn’t see his kids at all. He says they don’t exist to him and is trying to get out of paying child maintenance support.
I can tell you now, the difference between the two dads is like chalk and cheese.
Having a 50% co-parent who arranges some of the clubs and activities for the kids and doesn’t pay child support as we split costs 50/50 is infinitely better than having to be the lone parent 100% of the time and having to fight for financial support.
When it’s just you by yourself, you’re more reliant on decent childcare options and flexible work and you never get a break.
Either way, far too many parents out there seem to think it’s okay to just ditch their kids after a breakup. It’s despicable. Completely…
