[iowamark]

Parents never married. Parents have new girlfriends/boyfriends with assorted children from their previous relationships. All of these children are subjected to this chaos not of their making.

[Undecided 2012]

I’m not sure of all the facts of this case but I do know contrary to most parents I always taught my kids to earn cash as soon as possible. I grew up in a large poor family (although I didn’t realize it while growing up) to earn money where ever you could (legally of course.) I started at 12 with a paper route which I grew bigger and earned more money at 12.
I got my daughter her GOVERNMENT PERMISSION to work at 16 and she did and does good.
Having said that what if your child is 16+ or even earlier because we cut grass, racked leaves, shoveled at earlier ages and they bought their own phone?
I’m not so sure at that point I can, I know I couldn’t take it away.
If like most parents u paid for it, yep take away but others who earned it.. hmmm

[cherry]

being a "father" means not marrying the mother of your child and then abandoning that child to shack up with another woman and her children....

there are no good guys in this story....none...