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zits says it all

Submitted by Barbara Bova on Fri, 04/28/2006 - 13:04.

The comic strip ZITS has brought up an important point when Zits, a fifteen-year-old asks his parents whether they have set up a trust fund for him. Are parents responsible for an adult child's livelihood? Isn't time we let our teenagers set up their own funds for their futures and work weekends to add earned money to provide for themselves as they become young adults? Why do our labor laws deny youngster who have entered their teens and are able to make babies but can't get a paying job?

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Grandchildren change your lifestyle

Submitted by Barbara Bova on Sun, 05/28/2006 - 11:41.

Bonding with grandchildren long distance can change retirees' plans for their future. Where once they thought that they would be free, once retired, to travel the world to exotic places, retired grandparents find that they are spending their carefully saved dollars not on exciting travel but on airfares to see their grandchildren. Is it worth leaving your long time dreams unfulfilled when time has become so important for those in their later years?

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