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• We are the median: Four kids on $50,000 'isn't that difficult'

  Fri Dec 9, 2011
  • Another option, for those of us at retirement age, is to retire out of the country. Your money goes a lot further, and the standard of living is higher. YOu can afford help with the house as you get older.

• Empty summer in the city for kids hit by cutbacks

  Mon May 30, 2011
  • If they cant find a job, and mom and dad cant send them to summer camp ( at his age??), the surely there are numerous volunteer opportunities that will help the city of NY and keep him off the couch and away from video games. Who would ever want to hire him in the future.

• Postal Service to cut 7,500 jobs, close offices

  Thu Mar 24, 2011
  • you may love your job, but so did the people who made typewriters. Technology is taking things a different way now. Everything is email, and the post office I would predict some day wont exist--not as it does now.

• Postal Service to cut 7,500 jobs, close offices

  Thu Mar 24, 2011
  • How about delivering every other day.  We really dont need mail every day.  Lets do Monday Wednesday and Friday and see how many jobs we can cut then.  And How about doing something about all the junk mail and catalogues that we dont want.

• Fliers liken pat-downs to sexual assault

  Thu Nov 18, 2010
  • I'd agree with that. Profile. but if they want to pat me down, fine. We have it better here in the US than any other country, but we complain more.

• Fliers liken pat-downs to sexual assault

  Thu Nov 18, 2010
  • If you fly in other countries, then you know that some of them do pat downs as well. And they are very intrusive. Just get over it and get on the plane.

• Fourth-grader's backpack too sexy for school?

  Thu Nov 4, 2010
  • Why didnt the Mom have a say in any of this? Makes you wonder what kind of home this child lives in. Does the Mom approve, or was she too afraid to speak up. What else does Dad approve of for this child... why would he want his child to carry that kind of book back.

• Top three parenting mistakes with tweens and teens

  Wed Oct 13, 2010
  • i disagree. I think you need firm rules before they reach this age so you wont have to worry about phrasing things. "anything you can do to help" is silly--ask them for what you need specifically, then everyone knows what is expected and they are happy they can meet expectations.

• Understanding the power of birth order

  Sat Oct 2, 2010
  • I'd like to see an additional article on those of us from the second marriages with much older siblings on either side. My brothers (mom's kids) were 12 and 14 years older. I was raised with them. My Dad's kids were 24 and 22 when I was born.

• Time for truce in ‘chore wars’ between couples

  Mon Sep 20, 2010
  • Husbands,  doing chores leads to a better sex life.  Honest!