Hello, my name is Katie. I am an eighteen year old with a heart, a mind, and a weekly paycheck. Love cats but hate my cell phone. Attracted to both sexes and repelled by Islanders fans. Ask me what it's like to live in New York, because I would know. Get to know me more if this wasn't long enough for your liking.
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Seconds Into Years
Love doesn't hurt; The absence of it does.
Child support is not being there for your child.
It irks me soo much when I see or hear a parent justify their absence in their own childs life by stating they payed child support. Are you for real? Child support is nothing but a small amount of money.
Money can’t teach a child how to ride a bike, or push them on the swings, or deal with bullies, or comfort them when they’re scared. Money isn’t going to tell a child they’re loved. It can’t be there for a child when they’re lonely, or protect them from bad people. It can’t offer advice or share life experiences. It won’t make them laugh, or stand up for them when they’re being treated unfairly. It can’t give hugs, or produce memories. It cant make up for the fact that these children see other children (friends, family, classmates, ect…) having these experiences with their own parents and never knowing what it’s like.
Most importantly, money can’t fill the emptiness in a childs heart left by never having their parent in their life.
Children don’t see who loves them by the amount on the other side of the dollar sign… they only know who cares by knowing whos involved in their lives. The people who are there for them and take care of them. The people they have memories with.
I don’t see how thats such a difficult concept…
