Karl Jaeger
The relevance of a Family System to Britain’s ongoing child maintenance arrears
03 Nov 2009
Many children and parents trying to raise children without a partner present are suffering. The present pattern of fathers leaving both children and former partners without maintenance is causing serious human suffering.
Today some £3.8 billion of unpaid maintenance is owed by fathers and according to the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (CMEC) is probably uncollectable. For a mother to try to care for and raise children without any financial help or interpersonal child care can easily create some dire situations.
Implicit in all this is how does a mother both raise children and acquire funds simultaneously? Who looks after the children if she takes a job?
Now here is where a family system has genuine relevance.
A family procedure proposes that two couples with one child each work together, thereby reducing population rate by 50% and also spreading child care between four adults.
In this procedure, if one of the two couples should separate (given Britain’s divorce rate heading toward Sweden’s 50%), then the two children could still have three adults to look to for care and support. Also, one of the two women could go back to work while the other cared for the two children.
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This is a very good idea and would lead humanity becoming much more sociable creatures, it's similar to how meerkats live in communities. However, due to an enormous proportion of humanity being "too old to learn new tricks" it will take decades to come into effect. But, if this new method of living can teach a few people that family extends further than blood then it has a chance to succeed
Written by Matt Hudson on 23 Nov 2009, at 19:37 Report this comment
Comment 1
Thank you for your supportive comment. It need not take decades to help individual couples and children.
Two couples who already have one child can join together right now, assuming they know and like each other. There is a significant element of friendship involved. Of course the two couples could include 2 siblings as a possible example. If a one-child couple wants the second child to be of a particular sex, they can choose the other couple accordingly.
Of course, the Jay Family System will not reduce world population instantly but, if you think of young couples acting accordingly, it could reduce the number of newborns quite quickly. We are looking for one first Jay family. Can you help us identify one? Just getting couples or individuals to talk to one another about the possibilities can be an interesting discussion and, who knows, some may decide to try it. Of course if it doesn't suit them, the couples can separate quite easily.
Karl
Written by Karl Jaeger on 25 Nov 2009, at 15:15 Report this comment
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