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appleannie1

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34. The size of a house is not what is important to child, the size of your heart is.

Sat Oct 29, 2016, 01:01 PM

Oct 2016

It is taking the time to read to the child. Taking the time to play age related games with the child. Allowing the child to help you whether cleaning or cooking and praising them for doing so. It is teaching them right from wrong and showing them what respect is. A child raised with all of the above in a one room shack is better off than a child with a whole floor to himself in a mansion.

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family chastised for raising 2 kids in two bedroom condo [View all] Liberal_in_LA Oct 2016 OP

There is only one response to writers of notes like this one Warpy Oct 2016 #1

I agree rockfordfile Oct 2016 #8

I can think of a few other responses . . . You can fill in the blanks. NBachers Oct 2016 #44

I had someone accuse me of cruelty for keeping a lab/aussie mix in a condo, even though hlthe2b Oct 2016 #2

Your dog must simply love you exboyfil Oct 2016 #27

I like to think so... hlthe2b Oct 2016 #32

A lot of people feel entitled to tell other people how to run their lives, don't they. Warren DeMontague Oct 2016 #3

And also they apparently need to get a life. nt raccoon Oct 2016 #16

Pfft - my grandparents raised seven kids Retrograde Oct 2016 #4

You sure as hell got that right. raccoon Oct 2016 #17

Grew up in a family of 5 in a 1000 square foot house. spooky3 Oct 2016 #22

... Lucinda Oct 2016 #5

Guess rudeness and intruding into other people's lives is the new normal. n/t dixiegrrrrl Oct 2016 #6

Wow, I bet 50% of american children would love that situation. Seems like a great place. n/t ScienceIsGood Oct 2016 #7

yeah because every family can afford a house with a yard and swingset Takket Oct 2016 #9

That's how we raised our daughter Generic Brad Oct 2016 #10

What's with all these anonymous notes? dalton99 Oct 2016 #11

Golly Gee Mendocino Oct 2016 #12

Fuck Off! Dawson Leery Oct 2016 #13

No shit. That backyard swing set is a total yawn Warpy Oct 2016 #14

Ever grow up in a white flight yuppie suburb? Dawson Leery Oct 2016 #20

I grew up in the 50s Warpy Oct 2016 #43

5 of us kids madokie Oct 2016 #15

I bet this person leaving the note is the same kind of lunatic who calls CPS... Odin2005 Oct 2016 #18

if this is real the person is an idiot. the beach is the yard for them JI7 Oct 2016 #19

I had to share a room with my brother and 6 of us shared a bathroom at one point, Nye Bevan Oct 2016 #21

I grew up in a tiny house w/six people and one bath, one tv and one telephone. KittyWampus Oct 2016 #41

The note was probably from a neighbor who hates kids NightWatcher Oct 2016 #23

dear anonymous.....go fuck yourselves spanone Oct 2016 #24

Steps to the Beach......to the note writer..Jealous Much!!! Tikki Oct 2016 #25

Sounds like somebody DUgosh Oct 2016 #26

What horseshit. I'm currently fighting to keep my sons in separate rooms. Barack_America Oct 2016 #28

I bet mrsv Oct 2016 #29

I grew up oldtime dfl_er Oct 2016 #30

Generations of kids were raised in small houses The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2016 #31

the writer of that letter needs to get busy 0rganism Oct 2016 #33

The size of a house is not what is important to child, the size of your heart is. appleannie1 Oct 2016 #34

signed, person that is trying to buy up beach front property to turn into McMansions... Johonny Oct 2016 #35

My wife grew up in a two bedroom apartment, in a city of 15 million... Marengo Oct 2016 #36

Yeah, those kids sure are suffering mcar Oct 2016 #38

Poor kids. Imagine . . . forced to play on the beach every day. Vinca Oct 2016 #40

WTF is wrong with people? Initech Oct 2016 #42