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ParticipantNot in Clairemont. If they fill their garages with junk, where would they hang out with the guys and watch football ?
Lots of garages-turned-TV-rooms around here.
ParticipantNot in Clairemont. If they fill their garages with junk, where would they hang out with the guys and watch football ?
Lots of garages-turned-TV-rooms around here.
ParticipantNot in Clairemont. If they fill their garages with junk, where would they hang out with the guys and watch football ?
Lots of garages-turned-TV-rooms around here.
Participant[quote=flu]Thanks folks for the advice.
I have mixed feelings about this.
On one hand, I’m trying not to push my kid too hard. At the same time, it’s kinda in my blood too, and especially it doesn’t help to have peers to that are doing the same with their kids. I keep saying each kid is different so no worries, but I don’t want to screw this up.[/quote]
I think there is a huge difference between trying to teach your kids something and pushing them too hard. It is an important distinction, though, and I understand where you are coming from now that you have said this.
If you make it all a game, it isn’t pushing them too hard. If they like to learn, then let them absorb all they can as soon as possible. I would say “pushing them too hard” for a 4-year old would be making them study something they don’t have interest in, giving them a rigorous study schedule, encouraging them to be intellectually competitive with their friends, and pushing them to do something they don’t wane, even after they have exceeded their “normal” expectations.
There is also a fine line between telling them they are doing well and giving them a big head about it such that they brag about it. If they really are picking up some concepts early, you have to teach them not to be jerks. If your kid really is smarter than their kid, you don’t want your kid to make it known.
So, teaching them to be good friends is just as important as teaching them to be good students.
Participant[quote=flu]Thanks folks for the advice.
I have mixed feelings about this.
On one hand, I’m trying not to push my kid too hard. At the same time, it’s kinda in my blood too, and especially it doesn’t help to have peers to that are doing the same with their kids. I keep saying each kid is different so no worries, but I don’t want to screw this up.[/quote]
I think there is a huge difference between trying to teach your kids something and pushing them too hard. It is an important distinction, though, and I understand where you are coming from now that you have said this.
If you make it all a game, it isn’t pushing them too hard. If they like to learn, then let them absorb all they can as soon as possible. I would say “pushing them too hard” for a 4-year old would be making them study something they don’t have interest in, giving them a rigorous study schedule, encouraging them to be intellectually competitive with their friends, and pushing them to do something they don’t wane, even after they have exceeded their “normal” expectations.
There is also a fine line between telling them they are doing well and giving them a big head about it such that they brag about it. If they really are picking up some concepts early, you have to teach them not to be jerks. If your kid really is smarter than their kid, you don’t want your kid to make it known.
So, teaching them to be good friends is just as important as teaching them to be good students.
Participant[quote=flu]Thanks folks for the advice.
I have mixed feelings about this.
On one hand, I’m trying not to push my kid too hard. At the same time, it’s kinda in my blood too, and especially it doesn’t help to have peers to that are doing the same with their kids. I keep saying each kid is different so no worries, but I don’t want to screw this up.[/quote]
I think there is a huge difference between trying to teach your kids something and pushing them too hard. It is an important distinction, though, and I understand where you are coming from now that you have said this.
If you make it all a game, it isn’t pushing them too hard. If they like to learn, then let them absorb all they can as soon as possible. I would say “pushing them too hard” for a 4-year old would be making them study something they don’t have interest in, giving them a rigorous study schedule, encouraging them to be intellectually competitive with their friends, and pushing them to do something they don’t wane, even after they have exceeded their “normal” expectations.
There is also a fine line between telling them they are doing well and giving them a big head about it such that they brag about it. If they really are picking up some concepts early, you have to teach them not to be jerks. If your kid really is smarter than their kid, you don’t want your kid to make it known.
So, teaching them to be good friends is just as important as teaching them to be good students.
Participant[quote=flu]Thanks folks for the advice.
I have mixed feelings about this.
On one hand, I’m trying not to push my kid too hard. At the same time, it’s kinda in my blood too, and especially it doesn’t help to have peers to that are doing the same with their kids. I keep saying each kid is different so no worries, but I don’t want to screw this up.[/quote]
I think there is a huge difference between trying to teach your kids something and pushing them too hard. It is an important distinction, though, and I understand where you are coming from now that you have said this.
If you make it all a game, it isn’t pushing them too hard. If they like to learn, then let them absorb all they can as soon as possible. I would say “pushing them too hard” for a 4-year old would be making them study something they don’t have interest in, giving them a rigorous study schedule, encouraging them to be intellectually competitive with their friends, and pushing them to do something they don’t wane, even after they have exceeded their “normal” expectations.
There is also a fine line between telling them they are doing well and giving them a big head about it such that they brag about it. If they really are picking up some concepts early, you have to teach them not to be jerks. If your kid really is smarter than their kid, you don’t want your kid to make it known.
So, teaching them to be good friends is just as important as teaching them to be good students.
Participant[quote=flu]Thanks folks for the advice.
I have mixed feelings about this.
On one hand, I’m trying not to push my kid too hard. At the same time, it’s kinda in my blood too, and especially it doesn’t help to have peers to that are doing the same with their kids. I keep saying each kid is different so no worries, but I don’t want to screw this up.[/quote]
I think there is a huge difference between trying to teach your kids something and pushing them too hard. It is an important distinction, though, and I understand where you are coming from now that you have said this.
If you make it all a game, it isn’t pushing them too hard. If they like to learn, then let them absorb all they can as soon as possible. I would say “pushing them too hard” for a 4-year old would be making them study something they don’t have interest in, giving them a rigorous study schedule, encouraging them to be intellectually competitive with their friends, and pushing them to do something they don’t wane, even after they have exceeded their “normal” expectations.
There is also a fine line between telling them they are doing well and giving them a big head about it such that they brag about it. If they really are picking up some concepts early, you have to teach them not to be jerks. If your kid really is smarter than their kid, you don’t want your kid to make it known.
So, teaching them to be good friends is just as important as teaching them to be good students.
Participant[quote=CA renter]Gosh, looks like a great reason to pass a flax tax instead of a (steeply) progressive income tax!
/snark[/quote]
Because this aggregates many countries, it doesn’t suggest either is good or bad.
Assume this scenario: You have one country with 80% of the wealth and 20% of the people, but all the people were equally wealthy; then another country with 80% of the people and 20% of the wealth but all the people are equally wealthy within that country. Assuming they don’t share taxes with each other, it seems the tax system in either country wouldn’t really have an effect on the balance at all.
Would be interesting to see how this looks on a country-by-country basis. It only takes a few Saudi Arabian Princes to skew this pretty heavily, and I suspect they won’t want to tax themselves to balance the power but you can call them and suggest they give it a try.
Participant[quote=CA renter]Gosh, looks like a great reason to pass a flax tax instead of a (steeply) progressive income tax!
/snark[/quote]
Because this aggregates many countries, it doesn’t suggest either is good or bad.
Assume this scenario: You have one country with 80% of the wealth and 20% of the people, but all the people were equally wealthy; then another country with 80% of the people and 20% of the wealth but all the people are equally wealthy within that country. Assuming they don’t share taxes with each other, it seems the tax system in either country wouldn’t really have an effect on the balance at all.
Would be interesting to see how this looks on a country-by-country basis. It only takes a few Saudi Arabian Princes to skew this pretty heavily, and I suspect they won’t want to tax themselves to balance the power but you can call them and suggest they give it a try.
Participant[quote=CA renter]Gosh, looks like a great reason to pass a flax tax instead of a (steeply) progressive income tax!
/snark[/quote]
Because this aggregates many countries, it doesn’t suggest either is good or bad.
Assume this scenario: You have one country with 80% of the wealth and 20% of the people, but all the people were equally wealthy; then another country with 80% of the people and 20% of the wealth but all the people are equally wealthy within that country. Assuming they don’t share taxes with each other, it seems the tax system in either country wouldn’t really have an effect on the balance at all.
Would be interesting to see how this looks on a country-by-country basis. It only takes a few Saudi Arabian Princes to skew this pretty heavily, and I suspect they won’t want to tax themselves to balance the power but you can call them and suggest they give it a try.
Participant[quote=CA renter]Gosh, looks like a great reason to pass a flax tax instead of a (steeply) progressive income tax!
/snark[/quote]
Because this aggregates many countries, it doesn’t suggest either is good or bad.
Assume this scenario: You have one country with 80% of the wealth and 20% of the people, but all the people were equally wealthy; then another country with 80% of the people and 20% of the wealth but all the people are equally wealthy within that country. Assuming they don’t share taxes with each other, it seems the tax system in either country wouldn’t really have an effect on the balance at all.
Would be interesting to see how this looks on a country-by-country basis. It only takes a few Saudi Arabian Princes to skew this pretty heavily, and I suspect they won’t want to tax themselves to balance the power but you can call them and suggest they give it a try.
Participant[quote=CA renter]Gosh, looks like a great reason to pass a flax tax instead of a (steeply) progressive income tax!
/snark[/quote]
Because this aggregates many countries, it doesn’t suggest either is good or bad.
Assume this scenario: You have one country with 80% of the wealth and 20% of the people, but all the people were equally wealthy; then another country with 80% of the people and 20% of the wealth but all the people are equally wealthy within that country. Assuming they don’t share taxes with each other, it seems the tax system in either country wouldn’t really have an effect on the balance at all.
Would be interesting to see how this looks on a country-by-country basis. It only takes a few Saudi Arabian Princes to skew this pretty heavily, and I suspect they won’t want to tax themselves to balance the power but you can call them and suggest they give it a try.
ParticipantIt’s a margarita glass, people.
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