Rock and a Hard Place

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Registered: 11-12-2003
Rock and a Hard Place
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Thu, 11-20-2003 - 10:45am

There's something on this board that has been bothering me, and I hope I can articulate it.

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Registered: 05-28-2003
Mon, 11-24-2003 - 3:06pm
"Living close to the edge of your finances" can apply to one or two income families. It's poor financial planning rather than a function of dual WOHP.
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Registered: 05-28-2003
Mon, 11-24-2003 - 3:11pm
Nope. Haven't read the book. But I really *am* curious to what she recommends. Can I look her book up? (What's the name?)
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Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 11-24-2003 - 3:11pm
Are you talking football? Who that cares about football attends an Ivy, LOL? I'm a hockey fan.

What she recommends? Go buy the book and support Harvard folks, she's there now! LOL. Short answer: #1. Really understanding your financial risks and making informed decisions. #2. It's a little complicated, and I'm not sure it's workable, but revising policy to allow people to choose schools outside of their own districts. There may be other things but I can't come up with my copy. Need to go do more of that housework, LOL!

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 11-24-2003 - 3:16pm
Answered above, but sure. It's The Two Income Trap by Elizabeth Warren and her daughter, I'm blanking on her daughter's name. It's an interesting book, I think at Barnes and Noble it was actually in the Sociology section. (She was my favorite professor of all time so I'm probably a bit biased.)
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Registered: 05-28-2003
Mon, 11-24-2003 - 3:18pm
<#1. Really understanding your financial risks and making informed decisions. #2. It's a little complicated, and I'm not sure it's workable, but revising policy to allow people to choose schools outside of their own districts.>

Heck, that's what she says? Where does the SAH/WOH thing come in? (Confusion...that's what I get for skipping messages and post after reading the last few... )
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Registered: 03-27-2003
Mon, 11-24-2003 - 3:23pm
Shoot, I didnt have use of a computer till my late teens, early 20's. Didnt OWN a home computer till my 30's! I still managed to figure them out just fine, used them at work for many years, and so on.

Computers are nice, but I dont think that its necessarily important that a preschooler or even kindergarten be proficient in order to *keep up*.

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"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 11-24-2003 - 3:25pm
"She doesn't advocate living on one income."

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 11-24-2003 - 3:26pm
OK that's fine for your child.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 11-24-2003 - 3:28pm
See my posts to Audrey, and read the book, LOL! (It's good.)
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
Mon, 11-24-2003 - 3:28pm
No way. If people had free choice of public school districts, my home value would plummet!

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