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<blockquote data-quote="DammitJanet" data-source="post: 322676" data-attributes="member: 1514"><p>I think all kids, to some extent, think that when the grow up are going to have it all so easy and us parents are just idiots who tell them all these dire warnings because we are stupid. They are so smart and everything is going to fall into their hands with a blink of their eyes. </p><p></p><p>Then they move out and rent comes due, lights have to be paid or they get turned off, you actually have to wash clothes, cars cost money, OMG...there is such a thing as insurance? HUH? LOL. Most kids falter through this stuff in a normal progression. They mess up a time or two. Lights get cut off sometimes. They may be late in the rent and get a nasty note. But they learn and it becomes less and less. </p><p></p><p>Ive been utterly amazed that once Cory figured out that bills actually came each month that he figured out that he had to pay them first and live on what was left. He is a very thrifty shopper. He buys good food and not a ton of junk food so he has actual meals. He hasnt had his power turned off once.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DammitJanet, post: 322676, member: 1514"] I think all kids, to some extent, think that when the grow up are going to have it all so easy and us parents are just idiots who tell them all these dire warnings because we are stupid. They are so smart and everything is going to fall into their hands with a blink of their eyes. Then they move out and rent comes due, lights have to be paid or they get turned off, you actually have to wash clothes, cars cost money, OMG...there is such a thing as insurance? HUH? LOL. Most kids falter through this stuff in a normal progression. They mess up a time or two. Lights get cut off sometimes. They may be late in the rent and get a nasty note. But they learn and it becomes less and less. Ive been utterly amazed that once Cory figured out that bills actually came each month that he figured out that he had to pay them first and live on what was left. He is a very thrifty shopper. He buys good food and not a ton of junk food so he has actual meals. He hasnt had his power turned off once. [/QUOTE]
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