The race to collect back child support from deadbeat parents who refuse to pay has been going on all year long, but it seems that once Texas announced it's astounding success in their collection of past due child support, other states are stepping up their game in an attempt to 'keep up with the Jones'.' Summit County, located in Colorado, has found a way to turn the tables and get the deadbeat parents to come to them, instead of having to hunt the parents down.

This week, ten billboards will be put up throughout the county, featuring pictures of deadbeat parents. Five parents, who owed more than one hundred thousand dollars in back child support have already been arrested. Other parents too, have been arrested from this new program, which came into effect late this past summer. The embarrassment factor definitely plays an important role in this new program.

Those who are featured on the billboards are embarrassed and quickly driven to turn themselves in, in order to have their faces removed from the billboard and save what is left of their now tarnished public reputation. However, parents who have yet to be featured on the billboards are turning themselves in as well, in an attempt to keep their shame as private as possible, and not have the entire county know about their failure to pay child support.

While the system does seem to be working, it does pose the question; what else can you have your face plastered on a billboard for?" If you forget to pay the taxes on your car, will you see your face on a billboard a few months later? Does society really have to be shamed and publicly humiliated in order to stay in line? Have we honestly sunk that low, that we need to be treated as children in order to follow the rules and be responsible adults?