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I agree, but does suck for upper middle class kids who's parents suck. My parents were poor so I was eligible for all kinds of scholarships/aid. My hs boyfriend's dad was well off enough that he qualified for zero aid even though his dad wasn't interested in supporting him financially at all.

He ended up with much higher student loans than me, though we received equal financial support from our parents.

Our mindsets around money were different though so maybe it evens out? He wasn't afraid of debt, took out loans for everything, became an engineer, does ok. I got a full ride, worked three jobs to cover room and board, ended up overwhelmed and depressed and dropped out. Eventually got my AA at community college. Still have like 7k in student loans a decade later with no real degree.

Where do you draw the line? Not being combative, just curious. Like my toddler should not have bodily autonomy. I don't think a 5 year old would handle that responsibility well either. At what age do you get it, or does it increase gradually?

I try to let my toddler choose who they hug, or let them pick their clothes when I can, but they are very dumb. They don't understand the consequences of not wearing shoes, or insisting on a jacket on a hot day. They should have little to no autonomy over their diet or it would just be 15 bananas and constant constipation.

I am ON BOARD for discontinuing the barbaric genital mutilation that is the norm in my country, but do you let a teen get a breast augmentation or a nose job just because their high school peers are bullies? Your teen's (and young adult's) brain isn't done cooking. Where's the line for body modification expression? Even just evidence of ear piercings don't go away fully for decades.

What are the basic rights kids and teens should have? (And sorry to hear you live in a community where physical abuse is normalized)

I touch hand rails. And i never wash my hands immediately upon entering my home unless I've just been shopping. I don't get sick almost ever. Is the idea that this prevents you from getting sick or just that it helps you not to feel gross?

Of course 2 years ago I had a child, I touch as little as possible in public, I wash my hands constantly while out and at home. I am sick all the time. The child doesn't go to daycare and we don't go to church but we're all sick several times a year.

No, at least for some people they can control it. I told my loud sneezing husband who "couldn't help it " if his sneeze woke the child, the child was his responsibility alone to care for and he found a way to sneeze normally.

Communication is not an option when the man speaks no English and is functionally blind. You can't mime any thing. You wouldn't have been able to guess his language either to use a translator app, because it's not like he was speaking something recognizable to the average American.

I agree, calling the police is a gamble at best, but so is letting a stranger into your home who is holding a curtain rod. It was not obviously a walking stick with red tape on the end. Unfortunately, as a woman in America, your default is to be wary if not afraid of men.

This situation just sucks for everyone involved, and is a downright tragedy for the man. He was abused by the authorities, not the random woman whose porch he ended up on.

Yep! I'm both! My glass hutch in the kitchen is all clear and white glass and matching sets, daily use. My hoarders nest cabinet in the pantry holds cups from mystic pizza, the pirate restaurant, promotional yetis, my nostalgic Tupperware from college with no lid.

Lmfao I thought they meant eat the food jfc I am dumb. The worst part is, i've seen this tweet before, and I understood what it meant the first time. Pregnancy brain.

This time. I figured neighborhood must be an app like uber eats, and they're saying just act like the food is for yourself.

If i avoided every place I ever encountered misogyny, my life would shrink considerably. Forget work. Never a church. Goodbye school, the grocery store, movie theaters, almost all spaces online, my local park.

Oh sheesh. It runs in families. They're saying growing up with a schizophrenic parent exposes you to stress that makes you more likely to indulge in pot. Their point stands.

My nephew was also in the nicu for three months, and he cost a million dollars. Also picked up by Medicaid. As much as I hate the US Healthcare system, I will be forever grateful to the united states of America for providing life to my nephew when in any other time or situation he would have just died immediately. He is and continues to be a miracle, a very special, bright boy who just scored a goal for his soccer team this weekend for the first time.

Obviously drinking lowers your inhibitions so it's a social lubricant from that, but I always liked how drinking/ weed are also a helpful gauge of how long people plan to be around. Are they getting drunk? They plan to stay a while. One more beer? 20 minutes to half an hour more of socializing at least. They've switched to water? Not the time to suggest starting a game or to get into a deep conversation.

Idk i kind of get it. I don't want the government regulating how I raise my kids. I don't want them to enforce that i follow rfk jrs recommendations. I don't want them saying I legally have to educate my kids according to turning point's curriculum.

It's a slippery slope and I don't trust the government as far as I can throw it to set what is considered scientific consensus.

Hard agree these parents should be found criminally negligent, but how will that be possible when their own government is telling them not to trust vaccines?