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@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.