Hi Kathy Jo,

  Do your parents give you an allowance? If so this is a good place to start learning about money and budgeting. Cooking is very easy - especially with all the ready made stuff today. If you can read you can put together a meal. Budgeting is the most thing - becasue if you can't budget you can really get yourself on big trouble. Budgeting gets the bills paid, and helps you figure out what kind of groceries you can get. Sometimes when times are bad you may just have soup and toast to make the parts work right. 


Using Amber as an example:  
I give Amber $50 dollars a month  for an allowance, and she is reponsible for some house work and pet care. I am told by some people I am a very bad mother becasue I don't make her have a part -time job, and pay for things but I figure she is about to be 17 - Wednesday is her birthday. I have to admit - I think kids primary job is getting an education, and I don't see that having a part-time job actually works for kids across the board. Amber already comes home exhausted and needs nap before she can do homework - I can't see wedging in job and wiping her out more, as responsible parenting or helping her get a good education. She happy to help with house, and do laundry, sweep, vacuum, dust, pick-up etc. Next year she will be away at college - hopefully , and I will up her allowance and she will have to budget to get the extra's I provide now. I am hoping to start - the budget process in January by asking her father to up her allowance (my child support) $25 dollars and having her start buying her own face wash and concealors and stuff - with that extra money. 

When she gets older and has a job - she will be responsible to pay for her car insurance, and gas, and contribute to the household finances - to defray food and uiltity costs. I think this will be a good start before she gets out on her own. 

                        Trisha



> What's Feldenkais, Mag?  No, I don't know how to pay bills, grocery shop, make meals, or make a budget.:(((
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> again, I will say that There Is a way for the brain to fix itself to a
> certain degree, and it will improve arm and leg movement, speech, hand coordination
> with a little help from a bodywork called feldenkrais. BUT it would be far
> better for you, Kathy Jo to focus on becoming as independent as you can the way
> you are right now. If you got cured, Kathy Jo, would you know how to live on
> your own? Do you know how to pay your bills, make meals, grocery shop, make
> budgets? It is hard work, but it's so worthwhile!
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