That's a great idea! Will try this week!

None needed

Skinemax as my high school boyfriends called it (ok just kidding that's also what my 55yo husband and I still call it to this day)

No! That's terrible! I don't use those lists after reading a warning about them

A very good boy!

#TheArchers Leonard is a true Renaissance man and could easily rock up on Josh's bicycle ready to ho-ho-ho

I'm trialing both at the moment.

I used to teach one of those catch-all, first semester, you- just-started-college type classes that was perfect for building the skills you mentioned. Also research literacy, civil debate, and others. Very fulfilling course to teach - in every way but financially. #EduSky

Interesting! There are pros & cons to each so I suppose it makes sense. My parents raised us in the suburbs, an easy train ride into the city - best of both worlds?

#TheArchers we moved to the country as young parents and let our children go full feral - no regrets. (They both choose to live in the big city now, unwilding? 😂)

I left for my dad's bedside straight after the funeral service, & missed at least 2 weeks of work. My boss asked me to sign up for FMLA, my husband was barely holding it together at home...such a bad time. I resigned a few months later & haven't worked fulltime since, changing our finances forever

Boundaries can be so difficult to hold! Good for you for sticking to yours. Deathbed is TOO late, dear ol' Dad!

Exactly!!! Is it some kind of Christian thing with the 10 commandments? Honor thy father and mother? Because people treated me horribly for placing my father in skilled nursing instead of moving him in with my family. "But he's your FATHER!"

My mother has lived in our home for a few years but has her own kitchen. It wouldn't work at all without strong boundaries, and it definitely wouldn't have worked with my dad. You're right not to do it if you have doubts! We also didn't do it til our kids were 13 and 18.