Popular Culture Accurately Reflects How We’ve Abandoned Children And Thrown Marriage Under The Bus

When was the last time you did something, charitable, political or selflessly “for the kids?” Funny how we, as Americans, have this exaggerated sense of protectiveness for children, but when it comes to actually taking care of them, when they are most at need we seem to fall short of showing up.

It seems like there’s a little hypocrisy going on here.

Look at this. How does something like this happen? And why is there no outrage when this headline hit the internet?

Page Six: Harvey Weinstein told his ex-wife he is facing a cash crunch and can’t afford to pay child support for their two daughters for “at least one year,” according to a newly released court ruling.

So here are the obvious questions that society is no longer asking, or has become so jaded it doesn’t phase

How is it acceptable, for a multi millionaire, to not pay his child support, even if it’s only a legal ploy? What court allows that?

Remember the phrase: “The Best Interests Of The Child?” Aren’t courts supposed to promote the best interests of the child? How does allowing a millionaire to not pay child support in the best interests of the child? And most importantly, how does a culture that is constantly tripping over themselves “for the children” not express even a little outrage over an overly entitled, misogynistic, sexual harasser who uses the legal system to avoid child support? 

And incase you have never been in a family court, non-payment of child support is a thing. It’s actually a thing that happens a lot.

The Spruce has the latest study on child support, and it’s not good.

Another surprising statistic is how many single parents are receiving some money, but far less than what is actually owed.

Among the 6.5 million custodial single parents who were awarded child support in 2013, only 45.6% received all of the child support money that was due (an increase over 43.4%  in 2011).

28.5% of custodial parents received some of the money that was due

25.9% received none of the child support money due.

61.7% of custodial parents received some form of non-cash child support in 2011.

Here’s the link to the full study.

And before we abandoned our kids, we threw marriage under the bus long, long ago. Adultery is no longer a problem, as we most recently saw with Harvey Weinstein and we have been “forgiving” indiscretions by politicians, religious leaders and just about everybody else.

Here, in Missouri, is another example of a high-profile adultery. It’s the hot topic of discussion, but whether or not it should be is of divided opinion.

The present governor is desperately trying to convince the voters that an adulterous affair and allegations of bondage and photos aren’t, … a problem.

If you only look at the recent scandal involving Missouri’s Republican governor Eric Greitens from his point of view, it should be a private matter that everyone may note and then move on. He’s admitted he had an extramarital affair a few years ago — before he ran for governor in 2016 — that his wife has known about for a good long while. Yes, there are tapes of the “other woman” confessing to her then-husband that Greitens both struck her and threatened to blackmail her. But the other woman is begging everyone in sight to drop the whole thing as a token of respect for her privacy. So that’s it, right?

Here’s just how comfortable we are with adultery via Trustify.

In over 1/3 of marriages, one or both partners admit to cheating.

 22% of men say that they’ve cheated on their significant other.

14% of women admit to cheating on their significant other.

36% of men and women admit to having an affair with a coworker.

17% of men and women admit to having an affair with a sister-in-law or brother-in-law.

People who have cheated before are 350% more likely to cheat again.

Affairs are most likely to occur two years into a marriage.

35% of men and women admit to cheating while on a business trip.

9% of men admit they might have an affair to get back at a spouse.

14% of women admit they might have an affair to get back at a spouse.

10% of affairs begin online.

40% of the time online affairs turn into real life affairs.

So, these are not new revelations. And if you’ve been embroiled in a family court system you know that. But still, you’ve got to wonder how did we get here? How did marriage and children become so undervalued? And why are we so willing to not fight for traditional values, in society/culture and the courts?

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