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Originally Posted by Mel1973

Well, I get child support plus I work. Plus, when it's time for my child to go to the doctor, I'm the one who LOSES money to take off work and SPENDS money to meet the copay. I'm the one who buys the school clothes, sends lunch money or buys his lunchables, baseball cards, Playstation 2, Nintendo DS, cds, dvds, drops by Blockbuster every Tuesday with my specific instructions on what he needs ... I'm the one who sits up nights worrying about him when he's sick, goes to get the medicine at 3:00AM or a damn popsicle if that might make him feel better. I'm the one who has to keep the VeggieTales CD in my car and I have to listen to it and his Junie B. Jones cd/books.
In my own opinion that's what child SUPPORT means - that and a helluva lot more, not money. His dad pays the child support and he loves our son but the money that he pays doesn't come close to covering what my son NEEDS.

Applause dammit.