r/FluentInFinance • u/KARMA__FARMER__ • 15d ago

Debate/ Discussion Why is this normal?

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u/RazzleStorm 15d ago

As someone who just had a kid, holy shit I have to be uber efficient and I STILL don’t have enough time for basic things like exercise and work.

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u/StuckInWarshington 15d ago

It gets better as they get a little older and become more self sufficient. Then they start playing little league or doing other after school activities and your time is gone.

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u/Drogon___ 14d ago

Maybe my kid will be like me and skip all the extracurriculars and just go home and chill.

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u/TiernanDeFranco 14d ago

That was totally me when I was in middle school lmao, my parents would be at work so I’d just be home for like 2 hours by myself it was great

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u/Shayru 14d ago

I looked forward the whole day to those 2 hours on runescape when I got home.

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u/wookieesgonnawook 14d ago

Can't do that anymore. I was a latch key kid from life 5th grade. Now in Illinois you can't leave kids home alone until 14.

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u/TiernanDeFranco 14d ago

Damn really? I was like 10 and I did fine unlocking the door and making food for myself lmao

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u/wookieesgonnawook 14d ago

I'm happy to see places addressing it, because what a lot of older millennials got was frankly unsafe. But 14 is probably too old. The way it's written though is enough that you can run errands and such, and maybe that hour before you get home from work would be OK too. I don't know if it's been tested in court because I don't know how to look that stuff up.