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@dennisbon We do travel hockey and it’s the same thing. We fully support it though because our older one is kind of always on the brink of being in trouble, and the hockey commitment keeps him busy and doing something constructive with his time.

@poppa51 People are too sensitive. You didn’t do anything wrong. We should all be appreciative when someone cares enough to give a kind correction, especially when it comes to the safety of our children. Her issue is all ego.

@corydm27 I have been struggling to figure this out. Mine turns 18 next week and is graduating high school next month. We have given him the following options: 1) move out, do whatever you want 2) get a full time 40hr/wk job and pay rent. Rent will be minimum $175/mo, maximum $400/mo, but...

@nyxstory I’m currently working on allowing my 18 year old to experience natural consequences. He has 4 days left until he graduates but he’s failing 1 class and if he doesn’t get it together, he doesn’t graduate. If I argue with him, he’ll not do it out of spite. So, he knows what he needs to...

@1stjohn0666 The other thing that has really helped me is that I budget time for cleaning/chores. I budget 3 hours per week to clean the entire house, and once every 3 months it’s an 8 hour day to shampoo the carpets or scrub down baseboards/cabinets/doors etc. whatever doesn’t get done in 3...

@1stjohn0666 I can definitely understand the struggle. I was a single mom when I had my older son at 17, so I did it all with the added struggle of poverty/living in a trailer park. It’s much much easier having an active partner who takes on 50% and money. And some days are easy and some days...

@1stjohn0666 How old is your child? A couple of thoughts. There are times when I feel like parenting is “work”. Dinner time, clean up time, getting ready time, bed time etc. then there are times when I feel like parenting is fulfilling. Play time, bath time, reading time, down time/tv time, etc...

@abraham7777 Yeah, you're right. You couldn't pay me enough to live in SF. This is coming from someone who, like I said, grew up in orange county CA and now lives in Michigan.

@abraham7777 My two cents, I don’t think living in/moving to a LCOL area is a sacrifice. I moved from SoCal to west MI and I’m a much happier person.