http://www.3princessesmomma.com/2009/09/planning-childrens-futures/ One Opinionated Woman's Thoughts on Family, Finance, and Everything Else Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:14:24 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.3princessesmomma.com/2009/09/planning-childrens-futures/comment-page-1/#comment-2942 Michele Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:15:58 +0000 http://www.3princessesmomma.com/?p=1749#comment-2942 I enjoyed your post. My husband and I are experiencing a similar situation but perhaps even more precarious as our earnings have taken a huge hit this year. We never thought we'd be facing financial issues after enjoying career successes earlier in our lives. Especially since we play by the rules, work hard and tirelessly and did all the right things. That said, when I was substitute teaching the other day I had a student complain that a game we were playing wasn't fair. Another child piped up (a 4th grader), "A fair is a place where you go to show a pig and a pie; it is not a state of being." I loved that expression. So in answer to how I explain things to my children (and myself), I say, life's not fair; deal with it and move on. I enjoyed your post. My husband and I are experiencing a similar situation but perhaps even more precarious as our earnings have taken a huge hit this year. We never thought we’d be facing financial issues after enjoying career successes earlier in our lives. Especially since we play by the rules, work hard and tirelessly and did all the right things. That said, when I was substitute teaching the other day I had a student complain that a game we were playing wasn’t fair. Another child piped up (a 4th grader), “A fair is a place where you go to show a pig and a pie; it is not a state of being.” I loved that expression. So in answer to how I explain things to my children (and myself), I say, life’s not fair; deal with it and move on.

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