The fact that parents had a love marriage might reduce the fear of confronting parents in case of a romantic relationship and induce hope in the acceptance of such relationship by the parents. (interpersona.psychopen.eu)
If the mother were the custodial parent in this case, she would not actually be responsible for paying anything because her share would go into household expenses. (divorcesource.com)
She said the network believes in «having honest conversations» with parents in those cases. (nytimes.com)