The Consequences of Absentee Fathers in Black Families

....There are very few cases of men simply fathering children and willfully shirking parental obligations. While society seeks to imprison men who fail to pay child support, few focus on the fact that 70% of fathers who are in arrears on child support earn $10,000 a year or less. In short, the majority of men who are being prosecuted for failure to pay often can not pay.....