More on Child Support

Melanie Phillips hits the nail hard on the head in this piece about the British child support agency and why it should be "put out of its misery."

"It is women above all who should be made to take responsibility for their behaviour. If they choose to tear up a marriage contract or to have children without committing themselves to the father, they should bear the financial burden. Instead of being propped up with benefits or money extorted from rejected men, they should be expected to support themselves through work.

This may sound harsh. But if women were forced to recalibrate where their interests lie once they become mothers, the steam would go out of the lone motherhood industry almost overnight."

The situation in Great Britain mirror's NZ's almost exactly. Except that per capita we have double the number of sole parents on a benefit.