I completely agree with everything you said. Especially classes in school to teach not only how to deal with money (balance a checkbook, etc), but how to be responsible with money as well.

I will say that I am one of those people who was poorer when growing up, and you are completely right, it is VERY HARD to overcome…

I'm going to say not. She gets all the perks of being a Kardashian, and if she ever decides to drop out of the circus, she's got a less visible last name. Plus, it seems like Bruce is by far the better parent.

2 parents and 3 kids, we grew up in 600 sq ft. Tens of thousands of families do this every single day in NYC. alone.

Just because Americans have had ridiculous standards for home size for a long time does not mean that they actually need that much space.

This is important knowledge that needs to be spread like strawberry-scented happy measles. Before they change the name to Merry Measles Plus.

A little man slaps a big man in the face. The big man beats him to a bloody pulp with a crowbar, then beats up anyone standing near him, then complains to sympathetic bystanders about how much his face hurts now.

Gotta protect the unborn baby! Oh it's born? Youre on your own!

It appears from this article that the park was a short distance from the McDonalds and that the girl walked there for lunch and to see her mom. I could be convinced otherwise, but I'm not so sure this is so different from going to a park near your own house.

This bears repeating.

I am in my mind.

Eh I am on the fence. Leaving your child unattended for a full work day. Eight hours of just a child alone? Especially that young. Would we be ok if the child was left at home that long, probably not. I dont see why it is ok that she is left in a park alone.

What's really upsetting about this story is that it's happening at the same time as reproductive rights restrictions. So: Don't have an abortion, don't have access to birth control, but once you have that kid, child care? You're on your own.

If I were a movie star I would seek to be typecast only for period dramas and epic films. And sci-fi.

And how.

"I would love to play Nefertiti or Cleopatra or the Queen of Sheba" Translation: I would like to pay an attractive, glamorous, powerful woman in an epic movie with insane costume changes and infinity budget.

Is she really that popular, because I've never heard of herbivore.

I remember being so excited for that movie when I was in high school. Then I went to see it and there was far too much Real Life for my liking. I thought it was just going to be two hours of Charlize and Keanu making out while twirling around and/or taking baths together, while that Enya song played on a loop. That's…

The point of the tip is that just because you got a raise or a windfall, don't run out and spend it and just inflate your standard of living because you think you have more money, when you could put that money to good use saving for retirement. Sure, if you've already spent past your means by making yourself housepoor…

I'm still living off the monthly income rate of my first job out of college. Every time I've received a raise I'll add the increase to my bi-monthly automatic transfer from my checking to my savings. The hardest part is to mentally hold back from impulse purchases. Can't be saying "oh I make $XX more now, I can afford…