$204,060
That’s how much the USDA is projecting that middle-income families will spend to raise children born in 2007. What boggles my mind is the fact that folks are SURPRISED that the cost of raising a child is on the rise. I’m now old enough that I can say stuff like, “I remember when a can […]
I’m at my wit’s end. The ex is flying to be with his son on the KoE’s fifth birthday, and can afford to do that… but says it will be another couple of weeks before he can catch up on his child support payments. April will begin month four without a dime. And yet he’s […]
Had an epiphany today that might take a while to sink in for divorced parents: child support isn’t a bribe, it’s not contingent upon being able to see your child, or vice versa. Single moms, do not feel as though, just because your ex finally payed up on child support that you are obligated to […]
Some guys would rather spend the money on themselves than on their children. That’s just a fact. When your ex is having fun at the expense of your children, it’s hard to stay calm. I’ve been reading some laments around the Net, from women who can’t make ends meet without the child support payments, yet […]
Lest I forget that there are some extraordinary men and women out there who are still engaged in giving up their lives for a war I don’t understand… the Washington Post’s Donna St. George wrote a moving piece (The Forgotten Families) the other day about the plight of some the war has left behind: the […]
Basically, that’s the question my ex wanted me to answer when he called this morning. Only, he didn’t ask, “How much do you need?”
He asked, “How much do you make?”
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Kate over at Babylune has interviewed Gloria Gamat, who writes Cancer Commentary, about what it’s like to be a single mother from the beginning.
Thank you, Kate and Gloria, for such a thoughtful conversation about the real life choices mothers make every day when we’re left to raise our children more or less by ourselves. I […]
Single parents have a lot to worry about. This single mother is worried about what will happen to her son if something happens to her… or if something happens to both his parents. I know that, legally, the King of Everything would go live with his father if I were to die. I worry that he’d […]
She dumps him via SMS and files for sole legal and physical custody of their two children. He counters the very next day with a suit for sole custody and spousal support.
I’m not a mind reader, and I’m not going to pretend I know what’s really in their hearts. But it seems to me, he’s […]
Sometimes, the only thing standing between a divided family and poverty is… child support. If a parent decides to withhold that money, for whatever reason, he or she is putting the child in jeaopardy. And since I’m a single mother, I’m going to only write about it from the ex-husband not paying […]
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