Forget Child Support, Dads; Your Kids Just Want You  Columbia
University doctoral student Eva Haldane writes at Parlour
magazine that from her research, she's found that children want
to spend time with their dads, regardless of whether their
fathers contribute financially.  Writer Eva Haldane and her
father in 1983 (courtesy of Eva Haldane)  A man's role as
provider is ingrained into American society, but Columbia
University doctoral student Eva Haldane writes at Parlour
magazine that, whether or not they receive child support, kids
usually just want to hang out with their dads.  To all the
fathers who don't live with their kids; your kids don't care if
you pay child support, they just want to spend time with you.
Men get caught up in being a provider and forget that it's more
important to be there for their children as a supportive role
model. Fathers must get over their egos. Your child is not going
to remember whether you bought them a Tickle Me Elmo, but they
will remember when you didn't come to their b