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# of kids=total income?
| Tue, 07-24-2007 - 10:26pm |
How did your household income/potential income influence the number of children in your family? Did you and dh stop at a certain number of kids because you wanted to be able to provide certain things for each child?
Robin

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"What steps are you and your family taking to address the situation of racial and economic inequities in your area?"
Absolutely nothing. People move here to get away from the awful areas. We like living crime free with great schools. Don't you?
Sure, I like living in an area where I don't have to think very much about crime and where there are good schools. But that doesn't mean that the area isn't rich in racial, religious, and economic diversity, and that I don't feel some need to do something to reduce the kinds of inequalities that lead to the kinds of neighborhood people want to escape.
I am having a hard time wrapping my mind around the idea that you think that PKA ought to choose to put her kids into baseball programs that don't, for whatever reason, best meet her children's needs, and yet you insulate yourself in a community where you can avoid dealing with any of these issues at all and think that that is a good thing.
I think the problem you are having is that you keep equating bad schools with minority schools. I have no problem putting my children in good minority schools. (That exist, whether or not you believe it.) I have a problem putting my children in bad schools that are underfunded, regardless of the racial make up of that school.
I don't think anyone will post a link to their local schools. It would be kind of stupid to do so. Most of the people here are the LAST people on earth I want knowing where I live.
So you can think everyone is not admitting the truth, but people are admitting plenty. It's just that noone agrees with your faulty (racist) assumption that minority schools are bad schools.
Edited 7/27/2007 7:14 pm ET by lamom2007
You have eluded to having a lot of money several times on another thread Myshka. If you're as financially well off as you lead people to believe...it is charmed IMO(not that I'd choose it but good for you). Correct me if I am wrong please."
No its not "charmed" anymore than its "lucky." Its called -- hard work. My sister, who has the same parents as me, has very little money or resources other than what they still give her. I chose to make my own "luck" and I don't call that "charmed."
"I never said that and don't agree with the statement. I do believe they should not be handed everything in life; especially not things that are an opportunity to teach them dedication, responsibility and appreciation. That is just how I feel about it. I only make my daughter grovel for Roasted Pepper, Potato and Egg Salad(her favourite)."
LOL. Well I make my kids grovel for ice cream, but anway.....I don't believe in 'handing everything in life' to children, or anyone for that matter. But I do believe in paying for their education. There is a huge difference between handing a kid "everything" -- eg. spoiling them, and paying for their college.
Good parenting means helping them to understand and value material, and hopefully more important non material things/gifts. You can be generous with your children, even a bit indulgent at times, and teach them great values. My parents did. Again, the two arent mutually exlusive.
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