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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Child support isn't about "need," it's about giving the child the best you can.

7:05 Yes it makes sense for dad to know so long as he doesn't use it to control the situation for control's sake. It's not clear how involved he is, when parents live close to each other, extracurricals are logistically as well as financially entwined![/quote]

7:05 here again. I totally agree. I think our situation is great as it mandates some level of cooperation.  However, it works for us because DSS's mom and our household both have good incomes, we live about 30 minutes from each other, and custody is joint. What I've noticed, however, from an "outsider's" perspective, is that what's for the sake of the child vs the sake of the parent (or control) often isn't that easy to tease apart. When the child's interest is one thing and the parents' interest are two things, what can look totally reasonable to one parent can seem to be unreasonable to the other.

I could see the OP's husband having severeal reasons for not wanting the camp in question. Maybe its the money. Maybe he thinks his son shouldn't be scheduled all summer. (If he has to have scheduled camps during dad's time due to work schedules, maybe he thinks there is an advantage to some down time) Maybe he doesn't think its that great a camp and its mainly to give mom a break. Or, maybe he's being controlling. Who knows. [/quote]

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