It's actually been known for a while that, in the developing world, women are more likely to spend money on their family's education, while men are more likely to blow it on booze.
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How English became Globish.
My cluttered fridge door does not indicate the level of clutter in the rest of the house. But yes, being around some families is the best birth control, ever.
While this personal finance column isn't exactly full of useful tidbits, I agree with the overall premise: the realms of personal finance and nutrition are full of parallels.
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Oh, I used to say that line about watching kids "being the best birth control ever." But I did have kids as soon as scientifically possible. AND the person who said "best birth control ever" did in fact go on to have kids himself, so really he was being disingenuous. I actually found this whole article in that vein. It was curiously anti-family, focusing on the negative statistics that came out of the sty. While glossing over or ignoring the positive ones. In the end, I felt like I was getting a rather biased half-story.
But I did find the yard factoid intriguing. I take Betty out to play in the yard for about ten minutes once a week. The truth is I'm not a huge fan of nature. I don't like that the grass is buggy and it's also hard to keep your baby from eating the grass. I doubt this situation will get better, since our generation has been taught to fear so for our children. On one hand, I would bored out of my skull playing in the backyard myself, on the other hand, it is no longer an option to open the back door and tell your children to just go out an play outside. Betty and I go on walks to run errands every day. Good stimulation for her. Good exercise for me. I can't feel guilty about the yard issue.
Yes, I'm denying her "the most soothing area in the house," but what does that even mean? If all family members truly found it soothing as they claim, wouldn't they spend more time in the yard? Also, does walking or going to the park really not make up for more yard time? I wanted the reporter to delve further into the study, instead it feels like the whole article can be summed up as "haha! being in a middle-class family sucks to live and sucks to watch!"
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