Child support in the United States

Child abuse and neglect affects children at every age, gender, race and income level (Prevent Child Abuse Awareness Month). In the state of Tennessee, “any wound, injury, disability, or physical or mental condition which is of a nature as to reasonably indicate that it has been caused by brutality, abuse, or neglect; also includes sexual abuse” constitutes as abuse (Tennessee Child Abuse Laws). In their 2012 article, Gelles and Perlman state, “Victims of child maltreatment are at high risk…

adoption, such as, money, how it affects the child, and benefits both parties; If these three factors are taken into consideration, an international adoption can be a positive life changing event for both the parents and child. The first factor to look at before adopting internationally is can the parents afford it. Adopting internationally…

When I first learned about and became interested in becoming a child life specialist, I started volunteering at Kanagawa Children's Medical Center in Yokohama, Japan as a high school volunteer. I communicated with diverse populations, including Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Russian, and many other populations using two languages, Japanese and English. I started learning sign language to improve my communication skills. I provided activities and play with children, siblings, and families while they…

In the United States of America, child abuse and child neglect are a main cause of death and suffering for thousands of children each year. These numbers continue to grow as the Federal and State governments sit idly by and allow these events to occur while not providing any solutions to solve this crisis. The lack of training and preparation with parenting skills is part of the cause of this problem. Skills that are not taught in the normal educational system such as how to handle stressful…

The United States’ Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) nutrition assistance programs are set in place in order to “help reduce food insecurity, improve nutrition and reduce obesity” in order to ensure that children and families, alike, are able to have access to healthy diets in both, schools and child and adult care facilities, and also ensuring that families hold the funds to purchase food (United States Department of Agriculture 8). Within a year, one in four Americans will utilize at least…

Gay Marriage: Is it Right or is it Wrong? Ever since I’ve been a small child, I have been taught that same-sex marriage is immoral. Same-sex marriage was recently legalized in every state in the United States on June 26, 2015. Some people think that gay marriage is in the race for equality and everyone should be able to marry whoever they please, no matter their gender. On the other hand, other people think gay marriage is immoral and should not be taking place. People argue that our laws…

To Pay or Not to Pay: The Dilemma of Prisoner Child Support Thirty-six of the 50 United States do not allow inmates to claim incarceration as a reason for not paying child support. President Obama would like to change that number. The president feels that fathers, nationwide, who are in prison should be able to "press pause" on their child support payments while they are in prison. He cites the "immensely high debt" attributed to unpaid child support that many fathers rack up while serving…

community in the United States of America, gangs are present in the area. Street gangs have been around for many years, most notably as early as the 1820s. Street gangs have become more popular over time, with gang activity peaking in the 1980s until the late 1990s. Gangs typically recruit children as young as age 15 and 37% of gang members are under the age of 18. In more recent times the prevalence of gang has poisoned the minds of the youth in urban communities around the United States.…

end all child support payments as of 2018. It has been said that President Donald Trump has arranged a meeting with congress to pass a law that will end all child support payments. Come January 2018 the child support bill will be abolished for all participants. According to the Child Support Law once a married couple has separated or divorced, or when only one of the parents who are unmarried has custody of the child, the court may order the “non-custodial” parent to pay the child support of a…

Antecol, H., & Bedard, K. (2002). Teenage Delinquency: The Role of Child Support Payments and Father’s Visitation. , 2-36. Claremont McKenna College The authors of the article focus on exploring the benefits of child support to the child as well as the absent parent. According to this article, children who are raised by a single parent are vulnerable to social vices such as drug use or other forms of criminal acts. They are also vulnerable to smoking at tender ages, committing illegal acts as…