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edit to #919: He concluded today with parents losing all influence over their children about the[ir] age of seven. I saw that with my son who was born in the 1970s, when he went to first grade. I barely saw him in his teenage years, even though we lived together half time.

I'm getting more from other sources, Alex Christoforou in Cyprus and Palki Sharma in India (Afghanistan: Has Taliban Handed Over Bagram Airbase to US? | Vantage with Palki Sharma.

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Originally Posted by freebeard

edit to #919: He concluded today with parents losing all influence over their children about the[ir] age of seven. I saw that with my son who was born in the 1970s, when he went to first grade. I barely saw him in his teenage years, even though we lived together half time.

My daughter is approaching 7. I expect she'll be more influenced by us than typical girls her age since she has a difficult time making friends and seeks rule-following. The next older one will be a complete rebel.

I suppose that partially explains whey big societal changes occur generationally, as one cohort abandons the ways of the older generation.

My grandfather always said that academia was the "golden ticket", and that I need to pursue that as hard as possible. I hated 99 out of every 100 seconds of school. No way was I going to subject myself to that until I was 30 so that I can sign things with PhD

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I was the first and only member of my immediate family to obtain a B. S. degree. All it got me was a cushy assignment int the one-time Republic of South Vietnam.

I stepped out my door at noon and there was a Cahoot's van parked next door. They were interacting with my next door neighbors for an hour or so. They told me White Bird Clinic has fallen on hard times.

KLCC
White Bird, City end CAHOOTS in Eugene over contract, funding issues - KLCC
4 days agoOn Monday, the City of Eugene and White Bird Clinic announced that mobile crisis response service CAHOOTS would no longer serve Eugene due to contract and funding issues.. White Bird said it did not have the financial capacity to continue the nationally-known program, and had laid

In 1969, I left the most socialist environment I'd ever been in (the U S Army) and went directly into White Bird Clinic, a hotbed of anarchism. Most informative at the time.

White Bird Clinic
White Bird Clinic History
Out of this effort came White Bird Socio-medical Aid Station (later White Bird Clinic), incorporated in February 1970 as a 501(c)3 non-profit agency. With the help of many volunteers, the group could rent a house, staff it 24/7, train folks in crisis intervention, hold medical clinics with doctors and nurses, offer...

edit: Oh yeah, what I was going to say. No cats today; but it looks like I haven't been missing much.