The school year's almost half over...

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Registered: 06-30-2006
The school year's almost half over...
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Tue, 01-16-2007 - 7:47pm
Is your work status working for you wrt

Sabina

Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,

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Registered: 11-14-2006
Sat, 01-20-2007 - 7:25am

Fire will not care whether or not you lock your firesafe!

So, let's be honest. It is absolutely okay to concede that we all have our concerns and put away valuables before the cleaning lady comes. In fact, it would be foolish not to take minimum precautions. If something were stolen, you'd be like, how silly that I didn't secrete my valuables when it was so easy to do so.

The only people who don't put away valuables either don't have any or they've had the same cleaning lady for so many years, it's no longer an issue. But, generally, most people have the same concerns Mariadia has with cleaning ladies in the house and, like you, they take simple precautions.

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Registered: 11-14-2006
Sat, 01-20-2007 - 7:38am

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That just seems so extreme. Do you really mean to say that you "forgave" them?

To me, it's not whining - it's communicating that they are in pain. Yes, we expect a 7 yr-old to just come out and say, My stomach hurts. But, an early talker or the pre-verbal child have no other way to communicate pain - say, teething. I was just so glad when a pre-verbal child was able to communicate discomfort, hunger or pain that I would never think to call it whining...or to require them to ask my forgiveness. Different strokes obviously.

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Registered: 11-08-2006
Sat, 01-20-2007 - 8:26am

NEWSFLASH: Not everyone seems to have the stranger anxiety/mistrust that you do. There are many, many people who are not only NOT uncomfortable with people being in their homes, that they never even give it a second thought.

Carole

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Registered: 01-15-2006
Sat, 01-20-2007 - 9:12am

piggy backing an ita to you both..i stick by what my 3rd grade child's teacher says too - homework is an opportunity for us to see how our kids are doing in school. homework isn't even part of an overall grade here while assignments (like science,social studies projects that require 3 days to a week to complete) are......i would hope that even as my child grows older,homework will continue to be an opportunity for us to sit down and review her/his work together.

of course,there's always going to be the parent who uses some measuring stick to determine her involvement - as long as my friend's child attains a 90 percent average or above,she allows unlimited television. his grades aren't suffering,ya know. to each,their own. lol.




Edited 1/20/2007 9:14 am ET by egd3blessed

 

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Registered: 01-18-2007
Sat, 01-20-2007 - 9:22am
Thanks! I'm new here and really surprised to see just how many messages are posted every day! Take care,
Jill
Mom to Erica 7, Brenden 4, Jason 21 months, Ava 7 months
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Registered: 06-30-2006
Sat, 01-20-2007 - 9:49am
I think we always wonder whether we could do or could have done something different that would help our kids more than we already do, no matter what our work status.

Sabina

Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,

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Sat, 01-20-2007 - 10:54am
Paying the kid to rake the leaves has nothing to do with him being cheaper than a lawn service. We don't have a lawn service - dh and I take care of all of our lawn maintenance ourselves including raking the leaves. However, this neighborhood boy came by on a day when our lawn had not yet been raked and asked if he could rake our leaves, explaining in the process why he was trying to earn money. I wanted to help him out so I paid him to rake the leaves. Has nothing to do with him being cheaper than a lawn service. He raked our leaves and bagged our leaves that one time and that was that.
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Registered: 03-27-2000
Sat, 01-20-2007 - 10:58am
Where did I say that I locked my valuable papers in a firesafe box to protect them from fire? I LOCK them so that my kids won't get into the papers. Prior to the first time my dd decided to open it and root through it, I didn't lock it. Actually, come to think of it, I didn't even HAVE the firesafe file box when I still had a cleaning lady. I haven't had a cleaning lady in nearly two years and it wasn't until last year that my dd decided to open the box and start pulling some of the papers out when she saw folders with her name on them.
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Sat, 01-20-2007 - 11:02am
Yesterday the cable guy was here for three hours. My purse was hanging right there in the kitchen in plain view. At one point he even had to go into my bedroom to check the cable. I wasn't following him around making sure he didn't touch anything or look at my personal stuff.
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Registered: 11-15-2006
Sat, 01-20-2007 - 11:07am

Oh, i see, i agree, with you, if i cannot afford to pay your bill's you cannot afford a claening lady.

You did mention that if your cleaning lady made more than you you cannot afford her, i do not agree with that.

It comes down to what one can afford in their budget after bills are paid. Not about who makes more money.

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