Here using a childcare centre, people pay between $60- $100 per DAY. In an at home setting they pay around $7.50 per hour or more Nannies are paid between $15-$ 35 an hour depending if they are live-in or not.

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MY mother was a young widow. She was 20, she had 3 children. I was 3, my brother 2, and my sister was about 8 months. She told me once that the thing that had the single most impact on her life after my father's death was her aunt told her she should place all of us children up for adoption. This made my mother so mad that she had the strength to cope for the next few months and years.

I wouldn't be offended at all. IN fact I wouldn't think anything of it at all.

We school from January to December. BUT I live in Australia where everyone does that including all the schools.

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Well. I don't live in USA We are practically self sufficient. We grow all our own veggies and produce all our own meat.

Now I feel completely better. A good laugh does that, Thank you

thank you , Just what I needed

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Can I please throw a tantrum I want to do one where I lie on the floor and kick my legs and scream. I am sure I will feel better afterwards. What I need is a tantrum throwing smiley then I will feel better.

Thank you so much for all your advice. Here is my plan of action. I will show her my curriculum, dwelling on how rigorous it needs to be from year 7 up Explain to her that she will need to think of spending between $700 to &1000 per year on curriculum Explain to her that she needs to have a education goal for her children and a plan so they can achieve it Tell her that a teen cannot be forced to complete their work and she needs to think on how she will handle that. I will also be telling her that I will not be offering her any support and will not get involved in any of her drama ( but I will think of a very nice , polite way to say this) This person is the relative from hell. she is toxic, she is a master manipulator. I am not smart enough to be in a semi close relationship with her so I avoid her.

Ah the frowning faces were meant to be confused at the statement faces.

:confused1: :confused1: I would think the crappy additives in America are more a result of the crazy food setup with Monsanto and big companies that hold large political sway there.

easier for me.. High school in Australia starts at year 7. there is no middle school. Year 7 flowed on from year six, and before you know it your child is 17 and applying for universities

Stay at home on welfare.

I knew you would know Rosie :seeya:

there is one, I cannot remember her name. Post Rosie, I think she met her

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