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Article: SYSTEM LETS "DEADBEATS' SHIRK THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES.(Opinion)(Column)
- Article from:
- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- August 11, 2002
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Byline: Kelly Coomey
You should get a Pulitzer Prize for your article Aug. 6 on the "deadbeat" crackdown. This is the first time I've read an article that told it like it is. Although it was on target, there are some things I disagreed with or want to add.
First off, it is not just dads who are the deadbeats any more. Mothers out there decide it is in their own best interest to up and leave the child with the father or relatives and go on with their life, as amazing as it sounds.
Maybe mothers have begun to lose that "maternal instinct" to love, protect and care for their children. The same maternal instinct looms in the back of our heads, ...