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6 minutes ago, SereneHome said:
How is $45K a year low?? Even in HCOL a single person can very much make it on that amount. Of course, if you are a single parent of 5 then it might be a problem, but then various govt programs might start kicking in.
I live in a fairly HCOL area. A single parent with even one kid couldn't live on that here. Maybe I'm way out of touch with 'average' in this country, but it's definitely low for where we live.
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1 minute ago, SereneHome said:
Ummmm, that's $45K/yr. I am not sure what you consider great, I consider it pretty damn good!
Wow. It seems really low to me....
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Just now, hjffkj said:
No, it isn't, especially if you have a family to support
I'm pretty sure you cannot support a family on $22 an hour.
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36 minutes ago, kdsuomi said:
They weren't in poverty. Here, a person who makes the full amount makes the equivalent is something like $22 an hour. A person who gets the full amount here definitely makes more than I do, even before the paycut we have to take now, and I'm not underpaid.
A lot of them were. And $22 an hour isn't great.
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22 minutes ago, Lanny said:
A few minutes ago, I read that 68% of the people who are receiving the $600 weekly unemployment benefit are receiving more money each week than they normally make when they are working. Possibly 2X what they normally make (I don't memorize so am not sure about the percentage for that)
There are many businesses trying to get their employees to return to work and the employees won't return to work and those businesses can't reopen. Many businesses will fail because their employees won't return to work.
Can you blame them? If they are living in poverty, no wonder they are enjoying being able to breathe a bit! The employers need to increase the amount they are paying their customers so they don't HAVE to rely on government support.
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1 hour ago, Lanny said:
They plan to introduce this bill tomorrow (Monday, 27 July 2020) in the U.S. Senate.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mnuchin-coronavirus-second-stimulus-bill
Personally, I am for helping people in need, but opposed to the fact that many people are making more on Unemployment benefits than they made when they were working and who refuse to go back to work. I read that in MA people can get up to $75000 a year on Unemployment benefits. I am for helping people in need, but I do not believe that one should make more on Unemployment than they did working a full-time job. That removes their incentive to return to their work.
When someone buys Disability Income insurance, they limit what the policy pays each month to a percentage of the income the person had before they were disabled. Unemployment benefits should also be a percentage of the income the person had before they were unemployed.
This is all very complicated and there are no simple solutions to complex problems.
I agree that the unemployment situation is an issue, but that's mostly because many Americans are not paid a living wage.
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After a year of serious mental health struggles and some physical issues as well, my DS17 finished the high school equivalency exam yesterday (with flying colors) and will start at a community college in August.
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I'd err on the side of politeness (not wanting to hurt her feelings) and just try to keep my body angled away.
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1 hour ago, kdsuomi said:
She is definitely wishing that he has a more severe time of it than others, though, and that's absolutely appalling. I get that many people here think it's a perfectly fine thing to wish upon others, but it honestly does show true colors.
I truly think that she only meant that if he experienced a moderately severe case of Covid that he'd be more likely to encourage others to use masks and take precautions. If he gets a mild case and goes to tell his constituents that it's no big deal - more people are going to die.
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I would toss them right in the trash and wouldn't think twice about it.
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Everything. 😬
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16 hours ago, Margaret in CO said:
But why would they want to? They have everything their own way.
My DS hated it. He hated seeing his half and step brothers abused. He was there only a couple days a month, and it impacted him (negatively) profoundly.
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I'm not sure, but I think so. My DS is 17 and his TSH was 6.5 (high) but his T4 was normal, so the ped isn't concerned.
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At age 14, my son did. After a particular egregious offense from his NPD father, we went to court and took away his custodial rights. After that, DS blocked him entirely on his phone, social media, etc. and didn't respond to him for 2 1/2 years. Since then, he acquiesced to one 1 hour lunch visit and then decided he still doesn't want contact. I don't know how this impacted his father's other children, but they are adults at this point.
ETA: Oh and DS never had to 'realize' he was his father's golden child - he literally referred to him that way. Disgusting.
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DS has to keep his "location services" turned on his cell phone so I can track him in case of accident or emergency.
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1 hour ago, Margaret in CO said:
I always called my in-laws by their first names. My sils call me by my first name. Ds's fiancee calls me by my first name, but with her relationship with her mother, that's fine. My mil tried to get me and my kids a pootsie name given to her by her "real" grandchildren (her words), so no way THAT was happening Since she refused to actually use MY first name, but always mispronounced it on purpose, I was not interested in referring to her as "Granma Lamb." I have a perfectly good first name, given to me by my brother, thankyouverymuch. Interesting discussion that I just had with dd, about using grandparent names for middle names for kids. She's not a fan of her mil's name. They're going to have enough hassle with the whole Colombian double last name thing as it is!
If your sils call you by first name, why would it be different for your dil? Just curious since there was a caveat on that being "fine."
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4 hours ago, EKS said:
Probably because they have mommy and daddy to bail them out.
Nothing wrong with that.
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9 hours ago, EKS said:
I'd be surprised if authorized users build their own credit.
That said, we never got cards for our kids when they started driving. We did put them on our AAA account though.
It does! It's actually recommended to get your child off on a good credit start to adult life.
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My DS has a credit card (authorized user on two of mine) and we pay for his gas, etc. right now. We also pay for insurance and bought his car. He is planning to get a job soon, and at that point I am hoping the credit card will be mainly used for emergencies, but for now he uses it for whatever he needs when he is out.
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We will probably get DD's put on before the end of the year. We are in a low numbers state for COVID and most people are wearing masks and socially distancing in public. Her braces are only for mild cosmetic reasons, but we will still do them.
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5 minutes ago, TravelingChris said:
First of all, I think race is a stupid term. There is no scientific basic for it. We always put human race on the census form.
That aside, I think racist attitudes and actions are any that anyone takes against anyone based on their race, especially ones that are negative but not exclusively. So if one makes s scholarship that is solely for white people with no other conditions, that would be racist. OTOH, if you make a scholarship for economically disadvantaged Appalachians of some area that is all white or almost all white, that would not be racist.
I completely reject the idea that only whites can be racist. I don't even know what the term for this would be but I remember how shocked I was when in a movie in Chicago where I think dh and I were the only whites, we heard black women loudly remarking how ugly Grace Jones was because she was too black.
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That's incredibly sad.
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I think Writing and Rhetoric might be a good one to look at.
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11 hours ago, EKS said:
I can't answer your second question because I don't know what you mean by "most." Everyone does most of their growing before age 16.
ETA: I also don't know what you mean by "after" puberty. Do you mean after the onset of puberty? Sorry to be so dense this morning!
There's pretty much never an "everyone." There are people who don't even begin puberty until age 16. Oh wait - you're talking all growth. Yeah, that's true. But the puberty growth spurt may not begin until closer to age 16, or even after.
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We never eat food at things like this, so I would just allow my DD to play and we'd head out when she got hungry. No biggie.
When to start shaving legs, and good starter razor?
in The Chat Board
Posted · Edited by hippiemamato3
My DD is 11 and uses this one: https://www.target.com/p/vera-bradley-venus-designer-women-s-razor-handle-2-razor-blade-refills/-/A-75662667?ref=tgt_adv_XS000000&AFID=google_pla_df&fndsrc=tgtao&CPNG=PLA_Beauty%2BPersonal+Care%2BShopping_Local&adgroup=SC_Health%2BBeauty&LID=700000001170770pgs&network=g&device=c&location=9002476&ds_rl=1246978&ds_rl=1248099&gclid=CjwKCAjw0_T4BRBlEiwAwoEiAV5j_T5LuR2H4XBnCewiZ_MYFpUtIXa63kaEXxfvwwNtvmlEmgpK3xoCcZMQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
She has never cut herself with it. She does use EOS shaving cream.