I don't understand the failure of csa collection. The state manages to get most bods council tax, VAT and income tax etc. If the collection rate was as poor for income tax as it is for csa then something would have been done YEARS ago!
At a really fundamental level, I just don't feel the politcal will has ever been there to deal with the issue "properly", it's so much easier to just villify sngle parents, even though that is such a lazy approach. (c'mons ya'll MP's are famous for their mistresses and Cecil Parkinson showed us all YEARS ago how the establishment really views abandoned kids).
Single parents take all the flak yet we are the ones who stay and take responsibility? Makes sense? Not at all! Too many go onto have 2nd and 3rd familes when they refuse to fund the 1st one. Newsflash - the "gubberment" doesn't get people pregnant - consenting adults do! (Except in very rare cases) we all know nookie can = baby, no matter how careful you are. Don't winge either if you have a child with a partner who has existng kids and then find you can only afford a graco and not a silvercross pram.
If a child is neglected by the parent wth care - prosecution follows, single Mums who disapear for a 2 week fun in the sun break to turkey are socially villified, often imprisoned and often wind up in the newspapers named and shamed - what's the dfference between that and a parent who can't be arsed to provide the funds to make sure the child has food in the cupboard until they get their first job? Until we can get to a place where everyone grows up with the mantra "you made it you raise" drilled into their brain, culturally nothing will change. It'll always be tweaking round the edges, and generations to come will continue to suffer.
The NRP (female or male I don't actually give a shit which!) should simply be prosecuted and face the same kind of sanctions you face for non-payment of VAT. promptly and without exceeption. The csa was given powers to remove driving licences, snd in the baliffs, and prison YEARS ago but for some reason doesn't bother to implement sanctions.
In my own case the barsteward can't even be arsed to buy a Xmas card, let alone pay maintenance, but with a disabled son I have enough battles to fight. My lad is growing up with a sense of responsibility though (if only towards his pets right now!) as I refuse to see my Grandchildren or future daughter in law suffer. If he has to live on beans on toast/lentils for 6 months to ensure my grandchild eats properly & gets new school shoes then that's what I'm raising him to do!
Parents with care skip meals etc so the kids don't go without so I have no sympathy for the "poor me" complaints of those who find that flash cars and foreign holidays are out once there are 2 households to contribute to.