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<blockquote data-quote="KTMom91" data-source="post: 691344" data-attributes="member: 4040"><p>During a very bleak period when it was just Miss KT and me - I had just been let go from a job I really didn't like, had bought a house three months before that, ineligible for public assistance because my 10 year old car (that I bought used) was fully paid for, only $300 a month in child support, and wanted to go back to school for my teaching credential, knowing it would be a year or more before I would be working full time again...</p><p></p><p>Miss KT learned to shop clearance racks and end caps. At the age of 5, she was explaining to her grandmother that "all the good stuff is on the end caps." </p><p></p><p>Miss KT learned that creating Halloween costumes out of assorted pieces from Goodwill is more fun than buying a costume, and the costume looks cooler, anyway.</p><p></p><p>Miss KT learned that ice cream for dinner, when it is still over 100 degrees outside, is perfectly acceptable every so often.</p><p></p><p>Miss KT learned that you need to finish something you start. She wanted to try dance, sports, gymnastics, everything - and I told her she HAD to either finish the season or do the activity for six months, because she would have enough information then to decide if she wanted to quit or not.</p><p></p><p>Miss KT learned that it was all right to fight back. As long as she wasn't the instigator, and she didn't throw the first punch, I wouldn't be upset if the school called saying she'd been in a fight. And they did.</p><p></p><p>Miss KT learned to work and to do the stuff that needed to be done. She learned to suck it up and deal with it when things didn't go exactly as planned. She also learned to figure things out and keep working at it till you DO get pretty much what you want.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KTMom91, post: 691344, member: 4040"] During a very bleak period when it was just Miss KT and me - I had just been let go from a job I really didn't like, had bought a house three months before that, ineligible for public assistance because my 10 year old car (that I bought used) was fully paid for, only $300 a month in child support, and wanted to go back to school for my teaching credential, knowing it would be a year or more before I would be working full time again... Miss KT learned to shop clearance racks and end caps. At the age of 5, she was explaining to her grandmother that "all the good stuff is on the end caps." Miss KT learned that creating Halloween costumes out of assorted pieces from Goodwill is more fun than buying a costume, and the costume looks cooler, anyway. Miss KT learned that ice cream for dinner, when it is still over 100 degrees outside, is perfectly acceptable every so often. Miss KT learned that you need to finish something you start. She wanted to try dance, sports, gymnastics, everything - and I told her she HAD to either finish the season or do the activity for six months, because she would have enough information then to decide if she wanted to quit or not. Miss KT learned that it was all right to fight back. As long as she wasn't the instigator, and she didn't throw the first punch, I wouldn't be upset if the school called saying she'd been in a fight. And they did. Miss KT learned to work and to do the stuff that needed to be done. She learned to suck it up and deal with it when things didn't go exactly as planned. She also learned to figure things out and keep working at it till you DO get pretty much what you want. [/QUOTE]
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