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January 17, 2008, 1:21 pm PST
01/17 "Get Your Act Together!"
Quote From: kimikkiTwo weeks after I graduated high school, my mom said I needed to find a place in town. She wasn't kicking me out, but I had a job, and no car; I needed to be closer to my job. I moved and haven't looked back. At one time, my daughter and I needed a place for two months and Mom let us stay with her. It was agreed that it was only two months, and we stuck to that agreement. Life hasn't always been easy, we lived on state assistance for a while. Now I own my own home, my daughter has put herself through college and has a career, a home and a family of her own. It can be done! Get those kids motivated. Quit mollycoddling them and make them do things for themselves, quit holding their hands through all of what they do. I was kicked out a few weeks before graduation mainly because the child suppost checks ran out. I made it on my own, I struggled and am still struggling with some things but I can take care of myself. I would also not do that to my child. I actually love my child. What I think more parents need to do is prepare their kids to be adults. Get them ready while in high school. I am currently raising my sixteen year old sister and I tell her that if she goes to college then we will help her in anyway we can but if she does not go then she is on her own. If she stays with me she would have to pay rent.
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