Non Custodial Parent Profile_Vent

Flutemom
Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:19:42 +0000

kelsomom, I agree that schools have to be careful. We are very lucky that the gc has turned out to be so helpful. I will be picking up a thank you card for all of her efforts to help us.

BrownParent, Yes we do have similar situations. It would be a very difficult call to make to ask him to fill out the form. I know that there will be no contribution after she turns 18The court order says it stops at 18. He has never contacted me in these 17 years, so I hightly doubt I will get a phone call saying he wants to keep paying LOL
I can see your point about why you made sure people knew. People knew that I was a single parent. I got lots of support from those around me. I just never felt the need to explain why I was a single parent or that he never visited. Never had a reason to visit with our pastor to tell him my daughters father has never seen her, school had plenty of kids with single parents and we never dealt with any insensitivity so no visits to the counselor.

I agree it would be nice to have known this when my daughter was in elementary school. I would have made it a point to document it with someone “professional”. Hopefully this will serve as a lesson for anyone dealing with this situation in the future.

franglish, You are exactly right, embarrasement played a large part in who I relayed the information to. I had strong family and friend support. I had strong church support. I got lot’s of support from people that just knew I was a single parent, so I guess I felt why have to give them that extra piece of information. Thanks for the kind words and well wishes.