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Deadbeat Parents

Deadbeat Parents

Since the beginning of time, there have been children born out of wedlock. When children are born out of wedlock it is still the responsibility of both parents to contribute to the needs of a child both ethically and legally. However that is not happening much of the time in today's world. When a child is not cared for by a parent, it "looks" bad on them to society. However since child support laws have been enacted, ethical reasons to take care of a child are now overpowered by legal reasons.
Now there are more and more parents being dubbed "deadbeats" for failure to take care of their children financially. Since the women's movement there has been a social shift in the United States. Mathew Beach, a child support caseworker for Hamilton County, says "single parenting is skyrocketing, and with that so are the number of non-paying parents." Mr. Beach also stated "the taxpayers are footing the bill for children who have irresponsible parents. Most of......


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