Lol! could say loads on this...well, personnaly, i have my own thoughts and opinions on f4j...ive heard 'rumours' about the 'main players' but don't know if any of it is true of course and the recent events havn't helped their cause.
yes, it's scandalous that they have a page on avoiding the csa-guess that shows the type of guy they are targetting/enrolled?
must admit when i heard on the radio [on the way to work] that they were on Harmen's roof the other day in Herne Hill, i did consider turning right and driving over. was v.happy with her response in the commons that day .
i don't think they do themselves any favours. guess it wouldnt be so ironic if the f/t parent dressed up as 'wonder/super woman/man' as we are-it's really hard work! it says its about 'justice' and family courts but there seems to be more.
maybe if we dressed up as my ex, with a big fat bear belly and clothes of a teenager, greying hair, refusing to pay more than a meagre 20% of my net income towards the lives of my kids [which we made 50/50], smoking fags, driving an expensive car, rolling out of a police cell on a saturday morning in my suit to pick up my kids, telling lies, etc etc and jumping on one of their homes, we may be heard??
i also wonder if we drew up a statement of 'wants and rights', how different or similar it would be to theirs-i wonder if it is all about feeling a sense of fairness and justice-which is always different in every case-surely [in which case hows about a dead cheap/free specialist court for split up parents who cant agree, that takes into account actions of all parties, history, present and future of all parties and thats flexible enough to support people growing older and lives changing].
i do think the csa needs an official group to bombard it and make it realise how unfair the whole thing is-especially to f/t parents on benefits. i also, equally think as much should be done for unmarried parents...as its not illeagal to have children outside marriage, why is this not refelected when these relationships break down where children are involved.
one last thing, sorry, is that...i think it dosn't matter if their are two or one parents present in the home. what matters is that the child feels secure, loved and is happy and content.