You're right on addressing the first account...

Posted by dark_dave56 (A) on April 15, 2022 at 06:05:05

In Reply to: RE: Just a couple questions... posted by Uncle Mike on April 14, 2022 at 18:10:59:

...homes are way too big, families have too many vehicles, and just too much "stuff" (in general)--and I'm guilty as charged--totally willing to acknowledge that.

When my parents married, my mother was a nurse, and my father an engineer for Westinghouse. When my mother got pregnant with me, she quit working to be a stay at home mom for two decades--until my younger sister and I both were ready to go out on our own. While I was finishing my undergrad, and my sister was starting nursing school, my mother was upgrading her degree/qualifications from an RN to an MSN--and then went back to work.

We got by. We could have had "bigger, better, more" if my mother had worked, but she wanted to be a parent. We were never handed-off to a baby-sitter (unless it was one of my aunts or grandmothers). Our family raised us--not some underpaid and overworked "lackies" that only cared about a paycheck.

We (my sister and I) did the dishes, I mowed the lawns, and still worked on local farms to earn my own money. I had enough money stashed to buy my first car before I was even old enough to get my driver's license.

My wife and I both worked while raising our daughters, but we "juggled" our schedules to be parents (and sometimes it was tough) but the girls were never "farmed-out" to strangers. We both sacrificed some "career advancements" while putting being parents ahead of $$$.

I'll step out on a limb--and hand you the chainsaw--but IMO 90% of the recent "issues" in society are due to "poor parenting"--or just lack of parenting. There are just as many f**ked-up rich kids as there are poor kids. The rich kids just have better attorneys.

I admire the Ukrainians that we have taken-in. Their primary objective was to keep the family together, safe, and provided for--at any cost, including their lives.

"And today is for sale and it's all you can afford. Buy your own admission. The whole things got you bored. Well the Lord chooses the good ones, and the bad ones use the Lord"--a very dear friend for decades Michael Stanley (Gee)--RIP

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Topic - Am I the only one concerned with political activism on the part of government agencies? - Goober58 10:11:39 04/14/22 (34)

RE: Am I the only one concerned with political activism on the part of government agencies? - Uncle Mike 16:04:08 04/14/22 (0)

Somewhat. More concerned that agencies tasked to protect children are seriously - tinear 10:23:52 04/14/22 (32)

Just a couple questions... - dark_dave56 13:04:25 04/14/22 (29)

RE: Just a couple questions... - Uncle Mike 16:08:17 04/14/22 (1)

I've been harping on this for years/decades - dark_dave56 03:27:30 04/15/22 (0)

RE: Just a couple questions... - b.l.zeebub 15:36:00 04/14/22 (12)

I agree completely, and hope - John_the_Scot 11:26:03 04/15/22 (0)

The issue is not the importance or relevance of education... - dark_dave56 17:50:40 04/14/22 (0)

RE: Just a couple questions... - Uncle Mike 16:21:44 04/14/22 (9)

RE: Just a couple questions... - pictureguy 17:13:34 04/14/22 (8)

RE: Just a couple questions... - Inmate51 19:16:58 04/14/22 (1)

RE: Just a couple questions... - pictureguy 20:17:54 04/14/22 (0)

RE: Just a couple questions... - dark_dave56 18:21:37 04/14/22 (3)

RE: Just a couple questions... - pictureguy 20:04:41 04/14/22 (2)

But again--women were never "forced" into the workforce... - dark_dave56 04:01:28 04/15/22 (1)

RE: But again--women were never "forced" into the workforce... - pictureguy 14:14:00 04/15/22 (0)

RE: Just a couple questions... - Uncle Mike 18:10:59 04/14/22 (1)

You're right on addressing the first account... - dark_dave56 04/15/2206:05:05 04/15/22 (0)

The better question is why some folks don't have any empathy for the needy, why - tinear 14:08:12 04/14/22 (0)

Uh, maybe because we live in an interconnected society? One that's... - MWE 13:14:22 04/14/22 (12)

I chair a foundation that reaches out to "at risk" youth... - dark_dave56 13:59:33 04/14/22 (8)

Exactly what are your solutions? - Rick W 11:37:43 04/16/22 (0)

Some do-gooders don't do as much good... - Ivan303 15:36:32 04/14/22 (0)

I think you generalize too much - Goober58 15:17:19 04/14/22 (2)

Do you have kids? - dark_dave56 03:34:52 04/15/22 (1)

Didn't realize this conversation was about you. - Goober58 10:21:10 04/15/22 (0)

RE: I chair a foundation that reaches out to "at risk" youth... - dean_martin 14:39:28 04/14/22 (0)

Sure, the parents should be held accountable. How does that help the kids, though, short/medium-term? nt. - MWE 14:19:20 04/14/22 (0)

Telling them their parents should be in jail is probably a really - tinear 14:16:47 04/14/22 (0)

RE: Uh, maybe because we live in an interconnected society? One that's... - grantv 13:55:53 04/14/22 (2)

It's horrible seeing that sort of pathology, especially given that what you're seeing is likely just the... - MWE 14:15:15 04/14/22 (1)

That's it. - grantv 14:18:01 04/14/22 (0)

Agree same with mental health - Goober58 13:03:43 04/14/22 (0)

Unfortunately, so true---NT - lancelot 12:51:26 04/14/22 (0)

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You're right on addressing the first account... - dark_dave56 04/15/2206:05:05 04/15/22 (0)

You're right on addressing the first account...

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