Buying for the Kids

Guest post of the week by Val Flores

I am all for teacher children responsibility. I’m a firm believer that if people invest their time and money in something, they are much more likely to appreciate it, and take care of it. Some kids around here turn 16, and their parents toss them the keys to a new car. Or they get given a cell phone as soon as they can walk, and the parents pay for it. Not us. We are more than happy to provide all of the basic needs and most of the wants for our children, but anything that goes above and beyond that that they want, they have to buy. The kids wanted expertsatellite tv in their rooms, so they earned the money and bought themselves small tvs off Craigslist. Some other parents might think we are not giving enough, or offering our kids enough, but the way we look at it, we are giving our kids a gift that money can’t buy. We are teaching them to be responsible, independent, and hard working. To us, that is the most important.

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Carpool

Thanks for the article from Glenda Hanson

My children are in private school, and it’s wonderful. They enjoy the school, have great friends, and are learning a ton. They’re far ahead of some of their friends in other schools, and I know it’s the right decision for our family. That being sad, there is one pretty major downside of private school—we don’t have any bus service. This means I have to drive my children to school every day and their father picks them up. It gets to be kind of a drag, because I have to leave my house forty-five minutes early to sit in their parking lot for twenty minutes in the carpool line! WE use the time to talk and catch up, which is nice, but there are definitely days where I have a lot of other things I need to be doing with that time! My husband, who is brilliant, came up with a great solution for what to do with that time I spend waiting. He did a Google search for wireless internet franklin and discovered that we have Clear internet available here! I can now catch up on all of my emails while I’m also catching up with my kids. It’s a win-win!

Sister's first apartment

Content by Mitch Osborne

My sister is moving into her first apartment. While it is not a big deal to most people, it is to her. I keep trying to remember the first time I moved into an apartment. It was a long time ago and I am sure I was excited too. However, she is clueless. She just thinks you move in and everything is taken care of for you. I think everyone wishes that were the case, but it is not. She didn’t know she had to have direct tv internet, power, and water installed. I also don’t think she knew there were other bills other than rent. She has always been the clueless one of the family. I love her to death, but sometimes I wonder how we could possibly be related. She once tried to make a grilled cheese sandwich without taking the wrapper off the cheese. She is a great sister, but I am worried this apartment might be a little too much for her to take care of alone. I think there will be a lot of phone calls from my sister in the near future.