When people actually do the accounting and add up the expenses incurred by raising a child, the conclusion is invariably that child support payments are not eno

When people actually do the accounting and add up the expenses incurred by raising a child, the conclusion is invariably that child support payments are not enough and, if anything, should be higher. The problem here is that divorce, by its nature, destroys a tremendous amount of wealth. Because there are a bunch of assets which can no longer be shared, the total amount of cash needed to raise a child goes way up after a divorce happens. This, not anti-male bias, is the reason why both parties feel screwed by child support: the men feel like they're getting bled dry (because they are) while the women feel like they're still not being made whole (because they're not). It's a thorny problem but it's not made easier by griping about bias. When thinking about child support payments, take as your foundational axiom "divorce destroys a bunch of wealth and makes both parties poorer on average; there is probably no solution that doesn't make both people feel fucked over."