Topic : 12/25 Parent Trap

it is sad that a man has to pay without knowledge of the truth.what is even more sad is the world has always been about women being a victim and saying a man should pay anyway.i have custody of my oldest son and even if it were said i was not the father i would fight to protect him from where he came from.

if there were a simply a jail time punishment for women committing this fraud it would make men feel better about things.

i do think a child should not know that mom lied but sometimes it is painful and it hurts grown men to women have a freedom we don't.make a punishment with a time limit once the lie is discovered and maybe a woman can be more honest before a child reaches an age in which it is to much for them to handle.

THE MAN SHOULD BE LEFT WITH A CHOICE I WOULD HOPE THEY CHOOSE TO HELP THE CHILD

I have A real problem with all the talk of child support. Woman it's your mess you clean it up! 

I think it is 100% her fault he is not in the child's life....Get off your high horse throw the child

support out the window and let the man have a relationship with his daughter....IF they choose to do so!

NO ONE SHOULD BE TRICKED INTO A LIFE LONG COMMITMENT WITH A CHILD! DUDE this is wrong! AND WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER CHILD? AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT SEES A PROBLEM HERE?? SHE FEELS LIKE SHE CAN'T BE CLOSE TO HER FATHER BECAUSE BY DOING SO MIGHT HURT HER LITTLE SISTER? THIS MAN CAN'T FIX THESE PROBLEMS ....WOMAN YOU HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO!

I think paternity should be established at birth, this would prevent women from lying.

it;s ashame that chidren are being put in these painful situations.

While researching family roots and helping others do the same.  I have found individuals that have this same problem.  She should know who her father is and if at all possible make contact with him while he is still living.  If she was not told, and someone later in life tells her or tells her descendants, they are absolutely lost on who their ancestors are.  They do not have a straw on who they descended from. 

He did the right thing by telling her, and one day many moons from now she will understand. At this moment she seems to be more upset with him than with her mother, the liar.  So mother is influencing the girls.

The truth is a good foundation to begin with. The young girl should be told to respect the man that has taken care of her all these years, and consider his feelings.  She is old enough to know, and this can be a good lesson for her not to pull the same stunt on her husband later in life.  I wish all concerned the best.

Not to mention the SYSTEM itself is akin to "rape". It takes something that would normally be reasonably pleasurable and turns it into a nightmare.  I truly believe that most parents want to support their children. It's a completely different situation when it's forced upon a person. You feel violated and powerless and can be violated on a whim if you dare speak up to her X. You see your children at their convenience unless you are lucky enough to have an order for visitation. That part of a break up isn't covered by any pro-bono system if one parent refuses. Therefore, the ONLY thing the "system" is set up for is collecting money, not helping parents have access to their children.

Again, descriptions of rape seems an appropriate metaphor.

I feel that the new wife, should of minded her business. Why was she comparing the way the child looked, compared to him anyway... I feel that it was all about the money and my heart goes out to the child..

As Dr. Phil said during the program, “No matter how flat you make the pancake it still has two sides.” Enrique just up and left his kid after ten years of her life, however, their lack of communication and his wife’s dishonesty inevitably led them to the problem in the first place. It may have turned out differently if she did not cheat and lie, and just said from the beginning that the child was not his. 

It all, eventually, comes down to her; she slept around and is now paying the price. She has an emotionally crippled child and the spite of her x-husband. Enrique will probably make steps to repair the bonds with his daughter as he should.  

They are both sickening people for all they did to there kid but what ever happened to the biological father? He knocked up a married woman and got away scot-free. He and only he should be paying child support for, what is his actual daughter. He abandons that little girl even more so than Enrique.