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Another stat I read recently: Parents spend ~75% of their child’s life with them before the age of 12. Puts into perspective the good and bad influences long be
by robg 4y ago
Another stat I read recently: Parents spend ~75% of their child’s life with them before the age of 12. Puts into perspective the good and bad influences long before they fly from the nest.
- user5678 4y ago[dead]
- jmathai 4y agoI was explaining to my 12yo son when he wanted to play video games instead of hanging with the family that I only had 6 more Christmas eves while he lives at home.
- quickthrower2 4y agoCousins is the solution: kids get bored hanging around with olders talking about interest rates etc. Mixed age play amongst kids is magic.
- ckaygusu 4y agoIt's really not a great argument considering that's all he had.
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- imtringued 4y agoChildren live with their parents until their thirties nowadays. You mean he still has another 18 Christmas eves left. That is why life is short. The barriers to young people are growing bigger and bigger. Their adult lives keep getting shorter faster than their lifespan increases. 80 years is not a short period of time by any stretch of the imagination.
- Nomentatus 4y agoThe lifetime of a galaxy isn't that much different than 80 years, right? Right? As Lincoln said, everyone's legs are long enough to reach the ground; but even so, mine are short compared to his.
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