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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
It is good if you can spend time with your children as they grow up, but for many this is a luxury that they cannot afford...and what is more important ....a roof over their heads, bills paid, food on the table and clothes on their backs.......or spending time with them?
A child who knows his/her father is working so that they can be fed and clothed still feels the presence of their dad, and also it makes them see that things do not come easily...they have to be earned.
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This kind of hit home with me..Sorry if this is a thread wander, I had my own key from age of 7, there was Never anybody in when I got in from school and I often wondered seriously what the point of me, was? When my Mum got home from work at 7-8 pm (career woman) and my Dad returned from wherever neither said much to me anyway. I agree definitely that kids need to know things do not come easy and money has to be made-do not think unemployed parents are a good role model for example but, there needs to be a balance somewhere.
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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
Threads only stay alive while people want to post to them....and even a thread wander(which could be considered to be about morals...although not the morals of employment) will keep a thread 'live' and in some cases will even add to the general interest.
People also have lives outside of Accyweb...these can be something that gets in the way of posting....so don't be too hasty in condemning the thread starter...or for that matter those who meander the thread about a bit.
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Originally Posted by susie123
Give him a chance, he only started the thread at 11am today, since then, he may have been at work, visiting relatives, out with the dog, watching TV, enjoying a nice Sunday dinner - as Mrs P says we all have lives outside of Accyweb and he's back online now, and other folk have posted in the meantime so its not dead by any means.
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^^This, if you start a thread I don't think it means you have to sit at your desk all day waiting to see if others reply so you can be there to comment...?
My job probably denotes questionable morals, I'm lucky enough to be a bit of a miser and I don't have many responsibilities aside from vehicles, a dog and rodents! If money got bad for some reason though, I think my morals wouldn't let me go any 'further' so to speak. That's perhaps something other than morals?