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   -=> Doug Cooper wrote to All <=-   
      
    DC> Just introducing myself, fellow Dad of 4 kids.  I have a 3, 9, and 12   
    DC> year old Boy, and recently discovered via 23andme that I have a 26 year   
    DC> old Daughter .. yes, I'm 48.  So .. love the Dad topic and hope to   
    DC> learn from the pro's while also just sharing cool experiences.   
      
    DC> Lots of great moments this past summer:  My 12 year old started BMX'ing   
    DC> -- absolutely NOT influenced by a nostalgic BBS dad (coughing).  My 7   
    DC> year old off training wheels.  My 2 almost 3 year old officially out of   
    DC> diapers. Great moments!  This year I have them on a cool ap called Busy   
    DC> Kid.  I can assign them daily chores with a cents value per chore. I   
    DC> then can assign how much they must save, can spend, and if how much to   
    DC> donate.  They can even invest in fractional stocks.  Payday is every   
    DC> Friday, and they have Visa Pay Cards they can spend online.  It's a   
    DC> pretty cool thing and all purchases are monitored so as they get older   
    DC> I can shut the shit down if porn is purchased, then take their PC's and   
    DC> watch them.  Other then that I'm not sure of the purpose of this group   
    DC> but glad that theres a place to talk about fatherhood -- it's the best   
    DC> part of me -- my kids.   
      
    DC> --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Windows/32)   
    DC>  * Origin: The Underground BBS (1:227/702)   
      
   Hi Doug,   
      
   I'm new here too, partly for reasons of nostalgia and partly because it seems   
   to make more sense than Facebook, which I don't trust nor like.  I have two    
   girls, 5 and 7.  We have a pocket money system for them too, but they haven't   
   quite learned the value of money.  That is to say, they don't quite get that   
   when it runs out, you stop getting things you like.  Perhaps a better lesson is   
   to suggest they save up for something big they like, so that there is a goal to   
   achieve and work towards.   
      
   I'm not quite sure the purpose, if there even supposed to be one.  But its good   
   to be somewhere where it isn't "noisy", as many other places on the Internet   
   are.   
      
   ... Dennis Katsonis   
   --- MultiMail/Linux v0.52   
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