Posted on 04/30/2008 12:08:11 PM PDT by PercivalWalks
Shouldn’t they call the show “Bad White Dads”? I mean Fox is going to have to be real careful here.
That depends on what other privileges come with the adoption. ;-) I like red-heads and I used to live in Marietta. Wouldn’t mind moving back except that traffic really sucks. Life’s good here at the beach.
ROFLL!!!!!
yeah— the traffic here is HORRIBLE— I am in Kennesaw....
I DO love the beach!!!
;-)
How will it do any good to see their dad’s publically humiliated?
This is for ratings only and not to help kids or single moms.
You assume that every Father is a deadbeat. You ignore the good men who have their children torn from them through divorce.
Too many women expect to live "in the manner to which they had become accustomed" , but now we have two homes, 2 phone bills, 2 hydro bills, two of everything. If for nothing other than economic reasons, men end up losing, almost every time.
I apologize in advance, but am I missing something here?
3 kids and 2 pre-schoolers?
I am not all that sure how most people feel but I pay the mortgage, put clothes on the kids and make sure their educational and medical needs are met before I eat.
And yes, I have been unemployed and the moment that happened I drove a cab 16 hours a day to make sure my kids had all they needed.
If it were me, and I have come close to losing my home after a layoff I would live on the streets if that was the only way to feed my kids.
What if you had your kids half the time? Would it be more important for you to provide housing for them during that time, or to send your ex money?
fool? fool!? I might feel insulted if your post wasn’t so pathetic.
I remember a lot of men too, good men who stood by their wife and children. Not all men are bad, not all women are good. Both sexes have their share of scumbags. We’re guaranteed equal protection under the law and we should have that, but we don’t when it comes to custody. Women generally want custody and win it 9 out of 10 times due to losers like you. I know many many divorced men who deeply miss their kids and would give anything to have custody.
The point should be to keep families together and avoid the situation that hurts EVERYONE. Not parade the families misery around on TV for some yuks. But you probably like this kind of show, very similar to Jerry Springers quality of entertainment.
“If it were me, and I have come close to losing my home after a layoff I would live on the streets if that was the only way to feed my kids.”
Most men would do but its not a simple calculation. Sometimes you need that car to get to work, to make money, to pay the child support. Sure you don’t need a BMW but you need transportation. Likewise if you’re living on the street you can’t hold a job.
Divorce ruins lives and ruins families.
Show me just one court order to garnish 100% of someone’s pay. I defy you to show me just one.
Unfortunately, it’s far more complicated that just paying child support.
It’s easy to say “just pay your child support” and all will be well. The reality is far different.
I don’t know percentages or majorities or anything else. I know what my oldest brother endured, and it wasn’t pretty. It still isn’t, almost 30 yrs later. He got completely screwed by his 1st wife, both of his sons don’t even talk to their mother now and finally realized just how looney she was.
My oldest nephew, his son, went through a similar divorce/chid custody/child support payments. Fortunately, he fought and WON.
I’m sure there are Dads who don’t pay or don’t care but in my experience the Dads do care and pay yet still get screwed. And the kids get screwed the most.
The feminist propaganda is in place and far too many fall for it.
give it a rest....
that is like saying that we shouldn’t put a bank robber in jail because it will embarrass his kids...
the FATHER has embarrassed these children— not FOX—
secondly- maybe the father should be concerned about the how abandoning his children effects his children, that is not FOX’s job...
thirdly— it will do a world of good for these children to force their father to act responsibly, and if he doesn’t- it is great example for the children to see that their are consequences when you are a poor parent....
my ex is a dead beat— I am the mother of “these” children....trust me- NOTHING is worse to these kids than the rejection— NOTHING...
no— I don’t assume every father is a deadbeat...NOT EVEN CLOSE!
BAD men are BAD men— BAD women are BAD women...
I’m not going to defend either one...
If a man is man enough to neglect his children, then he should be man enough to not worry about everyone else knowing about it...
I never once ignored any good man— the article is not about good men..
I Know MANY MANY good men, and I happen to LOVE men...it’s a shame that scum like these guys give men a bad name is SOME people’s eyes.....
You sound like the “moderate” muslim offended by us calling the radical ones terrorists....
get over it.
I think the first priority would be to feed oneself in order to live to feed one’s children. No one will get fed if the breadwinner is dead.
If a man and woman are going to have sex and have a kid, they BOTH need to take responsibility for that kid. If she doesn’t have enough money to support the kid, she needs to work more or get another job. Same with him. Works both ways.
oh— and I am not living in any manner...
some women are selfish and think the only one that should be hurting financially are the men...that is another topic...this is about COURT ORDERED support and men who are deadbeats....
LOL oh— and it is not the men who lose— it is the KIDS who lose...
I’ve raised my children alone- with no help, and it has been tough— but at least I am reaping my poor decision in the man I chose...these kids had no choose whatsoever...they are the ones who lose....
Maybe one day— men and women will stop battling each other long enough to give a rats bonk about the kids and put them first...
3 kids, 2 of them were pre-schoolers— this is an important part of the equation because younger children require expensive child care...I had to pay for care while I worked, and while I attended school....
still do laundry, still cook meals, doctor appointments, study, miss work or school when they are sick, give baths, every trip to the grocery, etc.... and none of that every other weekend off to restore my strength while they got to spend time with their father....
tough— bit mostly tough on the kids....
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