[SunnySide]

parents who appear to not really want their kids- I see children treated as an annoyance- a distraction from what the parents would rather be doing. I see it in high and low income families- well-educated and not.

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I see this problem at 50/50 The problem with the uninvolved parents is when they first started their family they were only in love with the idea of playing house not the actual realities (18 years) of it.

[valkyrieanne]

The problem with the uninvolved parents is when they first started their family they were only in love with the idea of playing house not the actual realities (18 years) of it.

The problem with the "uninvolved" is that until recently (and still in some states), generous welfare programs paid women to crank out babies w/o having to work. The kids were basically a ticket to a welfare lifestyle. That mentality does not change overnight, even with federal welfare reform. You get more of what you subsidize.