College ? Think Again, It's Your Money !

       By now most know unless you're heading to college to become a lawyer, teacher, doctor etc. You may just end up paying for loans for time. spent. Administrators may tell you, you get a year before you need to start paying off college loans, but they don't really sit down with kids and show them in black and white what a money scam loans are if you get in a situation where you don't get that high paying job or career you thought you'd get by going to college.
        A Ten thousand dollar loan, can quickly add up to twenty thousand in two years if you can't pay.  So maybe at the tender age of eighteen you need time and space to fill up your bank account and your maturity account.
          Give yourself the most important gift you can, TIME! Do you think if you don't rush off to college you'll never go because mom and dad are telling you that? Not gonna happen. If you deeply want to go, You will go when You are ready! Parents push kids into college and some never return because theirs an element of college indifference when it comes to planning, finances, parties and become one of the kids who have the need to join, or FIT IN!
   Time and maturity is the best gift you can give to you. Time allows you to explore ideas and maturity allows you to know whats wrong or right. In the meantime, volunteer at hospitals, nurseries, and intern at places you think you'd want to work at some day. Give, Give ,and give some more. But take it all in. Think you want to be a pastor? How much will that pay or does it matter?
             Volunteer at a church day camp or the Y if you want to be a child psychologist.  Thinking about becoming an architect? Volunteer or get a paying job at a construction site from the bottom up.
Also think about careers and jobs that are being outsourced and will those jobs still be available or taken over by computers.
       In closing, maybe you want to own your own business so you do need accounting. Trust yourself! It's your money that you will either owe or earn!

School's Out Education in 4 Summer

       Years ago I lived in Oregon and there was year round school in my area. I loved it it as I think most stay at home parents did. But if you're a working parent outside of the home, it just doesn't seem to jell, but it can. Year round school helps kids keep their brains trained to education, as ongoing and steady. That two week break in between is helpful and enjoyable. If that isn't better than having school from September to June, nothing else is.
      If nine months as it seems to be of school is so great then why is it parents are so relieved to have kids back in school after just about five or six weeks at home? Because it's too much togetherness for many.
       Think about it this way: day care centers, jobs, traffic and more can be lessened but making the same money and less congestion on highways. Why? Because year round school will be different in every district or every county. It can be worked out. After all, look at those who run businesses, schools, hospitals, and more. If they're smart enough to do that why can't a better system of education be figured out. Think about vacations too. All of the retirees leave to go places in September and October because kids are in school so let's screw with them :)
      Our Children need to be educated year round and it's up to us as parents to do just that. Kids will complain... and we'll hear them moan and groan oh mom or dad, it's summer, why now ? Tough. Keep their brain trained to learn while it's young and curious. Do your job too. Listen, really, really listen to what they ask and say. Get  a few books and lay them on the coffee table. They'll look, they'll be curious. Even put one that you really want them to read in the bathroom-if you have two bathrooms . Lay a book on the back seat of the car. They'll pick it up, but make sure they don't bring a toy along or any other distraction. A book is better than being bored on a car trip.
       Teachers are there for our kids in so many ways that we forget about and yes they get paid to teach, but not to play psychologist, nursemaid, referee, and friend. But they do it anyway, so let's appreciate that, not take education for granted as kids do when they're young, but help out. Education is a right, but it' also a privilege, so pitch in. You'll be happy with the results.

Single Dads Vs. Stay at Home Dads

      What's the difference? Support is the difference. There are so many single father's who do a great job, but what do many people think about more? Deadbeat dads. What about deadbeat moms? More and more life takes a seesaw effect. Change happens with the economy. In addition because a mom or dad doesn't have custody it doesn't mean they're a poor parent. We just don't know why. The most likely reason is again, economics. Sure there are the no-good parents. We know who many of them are, may even have been raised by them, but let's not assume.

     What I don't understand is why single dads are seemingly getting more praise than single moms. To be honest maybe I feel that way because I am a woman and a single mom, with now grown children on their own. But I never received praise. Myself and many women received catty comments such as, oh she must be....all kinds of names, yet a single guy gets, oh you must be such a great dad. What a bunch of crapola! You can be either a poor or good parent, married or single. Take people as they are. Don't group them all together.

    Now stay at home dads; Recently there was an article on line about what stay at home dads do better. I didn't even bother to read it. Why? Because again it comes down to the individual. Dads who stay at home are just as fortunate as moms who stay at home for any kind of reason. It usually comes down to who can earn more money, economics. But also in that equation other factors should come into play. Will one parent be a better stay at home parent ? Most times, no. What about health benefits ? Which parent has benefits that will benefit the family as a whole. Do stay at home parents think about the time when the kids enter school ?

     What then? Start looking now? Train for a job that will offer a better future now? Do on-line education ? Go back to your old job, No. If it didn't support the family then it won't now. Which ever gender stays home, you should prepare always, for a just in case happening. What if your spouse loses their job? Get something serious your kids will be proud of. Start a stay at home business? Start a community support business? Has anyone ever heard of dads doing a day care? Why not? Because old thinking that men can't do it as well as women, or aren't trustworthy. Stereotypical Crapola! They can do it just as well and are just as trustworthy.
All in all, we all need to support families...enough said.