Do you feel people who pay child support

[LuckyEightWow]

Assuming you contribute equally a month, between the two of you that would be $600 a month for one child. In general no child costs that much.

Should a parent go the extra mile? At the very least they should want to.

[leadfoot40]

Use the child support for the sports

[MrsDavidB]

It would be nice if they did, but they don't have to pay a penny over the court ordered amount. Sounds like you had a child with a low earner. I'm betting even if you guys were still together you couldn't afford lots of extras for the child.

[Anonymous 2]

Assuming you contribute equally a month, between the two of you that would be $600 a month for one child. In general no child costs that much.

Should a parent go the extra mile? At the very least they should want to.

LOL my children cost substantially more than $600 (each) a month, but I do realize we are on the “expensive” children plan.

[YoYiggy]

While I agree with your main point...CS was set so low for a reason. It's a sucky situation though.

[Foreverme123]

Child support is based on income. So if you only get $300/month, he must not make very much and when you make a baby with a low income man, you're going to receive low child support.

[mrsmacgiver]

Our pay is commission based. We pay extra when we can and when we get to the point that our commissions are sustainably higher, we will request a review ourselves.

Child support isn't supposed to be tit for tat. It's not supposed to make everything perfectly equal. I think focusing on that takes away from the main focus which is the child.

[PinkMartini]

Assuming you contribute equally a month, between the two of you that would be $600 a month for one child. In general no child costs that much.

Should a parent go the extra mile? At the very least they should want to.

According to the Department of Agriculture the average cost of raising a child is just under $14,000 per year. We will used $13,500. This equates to $1125 per month. Yes, it most certainly costs more than $600 per month.

[LiveWhatULove]

Assuming you contribute equally a month, between the two of you that would be $600 a month for one child. In general no child costs that much.

Should a parent go the extra mile? At the very least they should want to.

What? I just woke up, but I can’t make sense of what you said?

Children are way more than $600/month. Are you being sarcastic?

[Anonymous 9]

You can ask. And he can decline. He is not required to pay anything that is not court ordered. That is what happens when you have kids with a man that either did not want to be a Dad in the first place or was just an overall no account. Your kid does without or you have to figure it out yourself.