zibazinski
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Post by zibazinski on Sept 3, 2015 15:02:15 GMT -5
CPS gets called bcuz of nosy neighbors or noisy kids. If your kid is inside your house not disturbing anyone, no one is the wiser. Tell kid to keep their mouth shut too.
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TheHaitian
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Post by TheHaitian on Sept 3, 2015 15:10:27 GMT -5
. I don't know, maybe 10 is about right. How old is a fourth grader? About 10 - 11 depending on when their birthday fell.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2015 15:13:08 GMT -5
Don't get hosed by those awful school pictures. They're terrible and expensive and the school gets a huge cut of the fee. LOL I hear you on that! My 5 year old's pictures from his first two years in preschool are God awful and older son has a couple doozy years too. But, it's kind of a cheesy tradition and Grandparents are all bugging me for the latest. I hate how they set it up where I have to get tons of pictures because the a la carte option is even more expensive. I give out the Grandparent ones. Replace the ones in the frames in my house and then the rest just sit in the pack to be used to humiliate them later on some graduation poster or something. I actually like hearing that the school gets some of the money, that makes me feel better about paying so much for the darn things. It's a small charter school and they don't have a ton of funds.
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gooddecisions
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Post by gooddecisions on Sept 3, 2015 15:14:34 GMT -5
Where I grew up daycare seemed to be more normal until around third grade. In fourth grade and beyond pretty much everyone rode the bus home whether parents were there or not. In families with multiple kids, like mine, it was pretty much when the oldest one hit about fourth grade. The younger kids went home with them, unless they were much younger (kindy or below) in which case the younger sibs still went to daycare or after school programs. I'm at the tail end of the latchkey kid generation though. Times might be way different now. Ours started staying home alone for short periods when they were 7 and 8. It wasn't everyday after school though. Not sure when we would have made that decision if we both worked afternoons. I don't know, maybe 10 is about right. How old is a fourth grader? 4th grade is about 10. I was a latch key kid, too and I don't personally have a problem with it, but it would be an expensive, possibly life changing mistake if I got caught and arrested. So it is probably best to conform and budget accordingly.
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zibazinski
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Post by zibazinski on Sept 3, 2015 15:15:20 GMT -5
Take a nice picture. Give it to them. For years that was my kids gift to all the grandparents. One year the pics were on a calendar. That was a huge hit
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tama
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Post by tama on Sept 3, 2015 17:11:58 GMT -5
It sounds like hubby and I are going to be saving boatloads of money by not having kids.
Every time I see someone posting here about how their kids are costing them this much money for braces, or that much for daycare, I'm just...wow. There are no words.
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Post by weltschmerz on Sept 3, 2015 17:20:44 GMT -5
Yeah, outfitting a nonstop growing boy every 3-6 months isn't cheap. I made the kids try on winter coats and snowpants yesterday. They fit! So we're off the hook on buying those until Jan. or so. We have a history of outgrowing the damn things when the selection is non-existent. But if I buy the larger size now, they'll not grow until next summer and then jump 2 sizes. Damn kids. My DS never did that. We got to experience the wake up the next day and nothing fits growth spurt. While we were on vacation. In French speaking Canada. I speak French, but it's been a few decades. It was interesting. "French-speaking Canada" charges $7 a day for daycare, and that includes food. Therefore, you can afford the clothes when junior has a growth spurt.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2015 17:56:26 GMT -5
It sounds like hubby and I are going to be saving boatloads of money by not having kids. Every time I see someone posting here about how their kids are costing them this much money for braces, or that much for daycare, I'm just...wow. There are no words. Maybe. If you actually SAVE it. My brother has been spouting off about how dumb people are for having kids and wasting all that money ever since he was in high school. Well, he turned 40 this year and going by his logic he should be rich by now! Yet he has yet to even open a retirement account...well...keep one open. He's had a few at jobs and cashes them in when he leaves. He's always made pretty good money for this area, way more than me, but has nothing much to show for it. Point is, the money might just get blown somewhere else.
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Wisconsin Beth
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Sept 9, 2015 12:35:23 GMT -5
It sounds like hubby and I are going to be saving boatloads of money by not having kids. Every time I see someone posting here about how their kids are costing them this much money for braces, or that much for daycare, I'm just...wow. There are no words. Maybe. If you actually SAVE it. My brother has been spouting off about how dumb people are for having kids and wasting all that money ever since he was in high school. Well, he turned 40 this year and going by his logic he should be rich by now! Yet he has yet to even open a retirement account...well...keep one open. He's had a few at jobs and cashes them in when he leaves. He's always made pretty good money for this area, way more than me, but has nothing much to show for it. Point is, the money might just get blown somewhere else. Yep. Drama and I both have no idea where the money for dcp came from.
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