***QOTW: Gas Prices

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Registered: 09-26-2003
***QOTW: Gas Prices
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Mon, 04-14-2008 - 9:05am

Gas prices are at or near $4 per gallon-----how is this or will this affect your tween/teens life?


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Registered: 08-11-2007
Mon, 04-14-2008 - 9:13am

Not much will change.If it makes sense to walk we will walk,but we have always been that way.I don't see strting up a car to drive Gabby two or three blocks to a frinds house when it takes leass than 5 mins to walk there.However,if it is pouring rain,I'd still drive her.


We do ry and combine trips so I'm not going out several times a day or week.


For example Gabby has dance tonight and instead of comong all the way home,I'll do my shopping errands since they are close to her dance school.I used to do them during the day,bu I won't make two trips a day to the stores I'll just wait until this evening when she is at dance.


I wold not make Gab give up an activities,we do walk a lot around town,but we have sidewalks and it makes sense to do it,plus exercise is healthy.It is just silly to drive a block or two to get a paper or go to a friends house.

Laura mom to Gabrielle


 

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Registered: 07-26-1999
Mon, 04-14-2008 - 9:33am
As of right now nothing really will change.
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 04-14-2008 - 10:23am
Gas is $4.68/gallon here. It has no effect on our life. Its just the cost of living today. I don't really think about it as there is nothing I can do about it. We live in the burbs, we need to drive to get around, to work, etc. I would never cut her lessons because of it. Not her fault.

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Registered: 07-21-2006
Mon, 04-14-2008 - 11:01am

My son will be walking or riding his bike to school. Right now he does not have after school activities because he is struggling in school not wanting to do his work so it won't affect him that much. We have three parks around us in walking distance and a large backyard so he is set there.



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Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 04-14-2008 - 12:40pm
Unfortunately, nothing can change...we live in a small town where you have to drive to get places.
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Registered: 06-29-2001
Mon, 04-14-2008 - 5:38pm

Yes, she may be affected.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 04-14-2008 - 9:53pm

Hmmm, well my tween doesn't exist in a vacuum of his own, so just by virtue of the fact that we as a family are more cognizant of travel costs, their lives have and will change somewhat. I am much more aware of conserving gas, and much less likely to "run into town" on a whim, so that falls to reason that it will affect both of them in small ways.

We live in an area that is rural, so there is no option of walking or biking, friends and activities must be driven to. So scheduled things will still happen, but I definitely try to pile things into one day, try to carpool with others, try to minimize wasted trips, etc.

Will their lives change dramatically? No, and I wouldn't stop activities because of gas unless it was a FAR distance and therefore exorbitantly priced. Soccer is probably our biggest pita because the games are 30 minutes away, but those are limited and we only have about 4 or 6 left. Practices are local and much easier to justify. We don't commute to school or work, and I try to consolidate as much as I can, doing my shopping in conjunction with dropping a kid at a friend's home or whatever.

All in all, I'd say that yes we are changing our habits but that it won't negatively affect the kids significantly. I think it's good for them to become more aware and conservative anyway.

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Registered: 08-17-2007
Mon, 04-14-2008 - 9:57pm

I don't think it will change anything in our home.


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Registered: 09-01-2006
Wed, 04-16-2008 - 7:51pm
It's about 3.40 here. Nothing changes in our home.