Ropey Purchases Kids Have Made
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We were sitting at dinner discussing the screen time thing, as one of the kids informed us her friends don't have a TV in their house, and no devices except the parents' phones which are used for communication and not much else.
Mrs TA pipes up with "And that is probably a good thing, as you kids spend too much time in front of a screen"
I paused, and mentioned an article pointing to research that showed the best way to get kids off their screens was for the parents to spend less time on them as well. Icy silence from the woman who falls asleep to rubbish TV on her iPad at night.
My boys both got Chromebooks for Xmas from myself and ex wife and her hubby....personally I thought it was a slightly over the top present but I didn't want to be the "stink" dad so I went along with it.
Yet despite all this my oldest still insists on grabbing mine and seeing how far back it will bend ?
Fucken moron, if he breaks that then I can't work and afford to pay his Mum child support then he'll have to sell his PS4, PS2 and everything else just to make ends meet.
Should maybe transfer this to the Blokes Advice thread, but I was wondering what the deal was with child support if one parent remarried. I assume the parent paying child support has to continue to do so regardless of the other parent's financial circumstances with the new spouse?
Not sure the ins and outs. Apparently if I was an arsehole ( despite what you fluffybunnies think I'm actually a decent bloke alot of the time ) I could argue that cos my exes hubby earns like he does then I technically don't have to pay a thing, well for starters I'd never do this and I know what I do pay helps out and I'll continue to do so til the boys are 18 ( maybe after that depending on how they're doing in life ).
I casually mentioned that I didnt have to pay in a joking manner and the ex still tore fucken strips off me hahaha !