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Help for seperated fathers?

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  • BigAunty
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    Forget benefits and cuting back to subsistence levels, and start figuring out how to earn more money. You'll feel much better for it.

    I couldn't agree more - the best route out of poverty and to provide for children should be through employment, working longer hours, getting a better paid job, getting qualifications that enhance pay and so on. A person has more control over that and more likelihood of success than just expecting the state to feel sorry for a breakdown in relationship and subsidising them to have the same quality of life as before.
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