A parent’s duty in a child’s life is to provide for them by whatever means necessary.

Becoming a parent is an important milestone that should be carefully considered before attempting to make it come to fruition. The worst part of many people’s childhoods is realizing that your parent really doesn’t want to be one, and then you live with the guilt of good ol’ existence for as long as it takes you to get a therapist. How do I know? Well…

It’s common knowledge that many parents don’t stay together. Custody battles, child support, and all the usual messy stuff in between marriage and divorce tend to affect a person. Even still, as a parent, you need to find ways to continue supporting your little one. It’s what we do for those who cannot do it for themselves. So, when faced with adversity, it’s up to parents to protect and provide. That might seem unfair, but it’s the way of the world. If one instead uses funds reserved for one’s child on expenses that are neither necessary nor beneficial to them, then it’s safe to say that they might not be the most suitable person to take care of a kid.

Scroll below to read about a mother who cashes her kid’s child support checks and uses them for her own gain, while they take out loans for college and pay their way through all on their own. The icing on the cake? The mom wants her child to pay back the loan they needed to take out because the child support money was not going toward their education… What do you think should happen in this situation? Do you think it’s fair for the mother to expect her child to pay the loan back after not giving them access to their child support cash?