Not So Simple Life »
To some people, time is the most precious resource that you can give to your children. Computers, toys, trips and the like are nice, but the time you give them is the most important of all these things. This argument makes sense to me. Don't get me wrong - we provide our fair share of the other junk, too. But the time is important.
I find it interesting that this group talks about time in the way it does, however. For instance, they mention sitting down to dinner. This is a "lost art", they say, so make sure you do it. At least a couple times a week. Wait a minute. A couple times a week? Two times, out of seven? I understand that this gets more difficult as the family gets older, but just two times a week?
We sit down to dinner almost every day. Sometimes we have lots more time than others. Sometimes, we have something else going on. But in almost every week, we'd have to cut back severely to have dinner together just twice a week.
On the other hand, there are people who believe that life requires three hundred thousand dollars per month. Of course, with a mortgage of seventy-five thousand and a full time staff of nine plus others to fill in the odd jobs, three hundred thousand might not be enough. Frankly, I just don't see how they afford the plastic surgery ($20,000 per year), personal expenses ($50,000 per month) and clothing ($15,000 per month). How does it all go so quickly?
