tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post114653613894130831..comments2024-03-24T05:22:27.179-04:00Comments on Orthonomics: Orthonomicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07892074485262548496noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-1146593353436834032006-05-02T14:09:00.000-04:002006-05-02T14:09:00.000-04:00I love this line;"Stop overindulging your children...I love this line;<BR/>"Stop overindulging your children so I can have some peace in my house."kasambahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15851529433849846912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-1146584451312544662006-05-02T11:40:00.000-04:002006-05-02T11:40:00.000-04:00Of course, all kids beg. My 3 year old is constan...Of course, all kids beg. My 3 year old is constantly begging for new Spiderman underwear or other crazy toys he hears about at school (which by the way is a pretty yeshivish place). But I think the problems she is talking about is a huge problem in the frum community. Before I moved to the middle of nowhere, I taught at a Bais Yaakov. Many of the girls there had cell phones and that was 3 years ago! I have no doubut that if you popped your head into a frum school is NY or LA, you would see tons of cell phones and ipods.<BR/><BR/>I think one of the best ways to combat this, or at least postpone it, is to get out of big cities. I have found that kids here stay kids for longer. They will still beg for cell phones, but they wait until they are 14 or 15. Here, you will see kids who are 11 or 12 going to the park on Shabbos. That is something you would never see in a big city. In most big cities kids are too big for a park by the time they are about 8. It is pretty sad.Selenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01131171115871320579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-1146576649727247332006-05-02T09:30:00.000-04:002006-05-02T09:30:00.000-04:00One could make the calculation the other way if pa...One could make the calculation the other way if parents are financing these "needs" through debt. Scary on one side! A definite incentive on the other!Orthonomicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07892074485262548496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21976303.post-1146552808860255092006-05-02T02:53:00.000-04:002006-05-02T02:53:00.000-04:00At just 5% a year, that $40 a month would be worth...At just 5% a year, that $40 a month would be worth well over $6,000 after 10 years.<BR/><BR/>And if you include taxes and fees and call it $50, and make it 8%, it's over $9,000.<BR/><BR/>Just a thought.Ezziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494592434522239195noreply@blogger.com