Its a whole different world for state and federal government requirements between 1099 and W-2.Oh, and the big kicker--if they qualify for an unearned child tax credit, they can ask you for it upfront and you ARE REQUIRED to pay it to them. 

Hot economy, jobs, all types of loan forbearance, stimulus checks, child tax care credits, raging stock market, rock bottom interest rates, quantitative easing, extra unemployment benefits, home value increases, highest savings rates in history, the list goes on. 

The reason one landlord sold me his 28-unit apartment building is because a child died in his pool.

It's horrific and a major reason why the Chinese birthrate is still plummeting despite the 3-child policy. 

Just for their case, I really want the payments for the child tax credit to go away. 

(The child’s game) I’ve got thru this experience personally in matters outside of real estate.

They are exempt from that tax as well due to property transfer from parent to child. 

Much of that labor was child labor (or rather offspring labor--he is 18 now) and mother labor (she came over for a few hours on two days to clean and do little stuff to keep me company), but it's still a lot of time!

Between child costs, debt, and just the cost of living, I can barely put food on the table.

Many parents believe wrongly that people are born good, so they go into denial when their kid is a horrible brat, throwing sand, hitting dogs, being hateful, etc., and rather than deal with it and teach their kid to be a decent and good person, they simply ASSERT that their child is good.