re: let's take a look at the "average american" in 2020

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quote: -58% of Americans have less than $1,000 saved. -8% of US citizens believe they will never recover from the recession. -Millennial Americans have a median emergency savings of just $2,000. -20% of Americans don’t save any of their annual income. -50% of American households live paycheck to paycheck.

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Could not sleep at night if any of those applied to me.

I read threads like this and feel great.

Then I go on the money board and feel like a piece of shite.

We live in a dysfunctional society. We place profit as our priority, and youth culture is a new concept over the last hundred years. We separate children from parents, and children are forced to learn from other children, it’s even encouraged by us, the parents. we have them in school, sports teams, kids church, kids table, and now with gaming and social media. Children or not capable of providing the environment for one to reach maturation, this creates a dysfunctional adult, one with childlike tendencies. A child’s compass points to either parents or peers, and doing so opposes the opposite.

Coinciding is the ever increasing distractions of parents. These distractions are workaholism, entertainment i.e. TV social media, substance use.
We seek human connection, but replace them with these distractions. We do this because they are predictable and easy, and they almost work to fill the void, but never do, this is why these distractions always increase.

With today’s parental distractions, and our societies placement of children with children, it is almost impossible for a parent to keep that compass point on them, and to have the power to parent their child into their teens.

when parents are not close to their children it forces them to use punishment techniques that actually suppress their thoughts, ideas, emotions. It hinders individualism, and self-esteem. And ultimately pushes the child away to peers.

If any of this resonates, read hold onto your kids by Gordon Neufeld

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Fornication, drunkenness, sloth, and gluttony

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This board delivers. Got a good belly laugh at this post.

No kids, no divorce, petite, not fat, money saved. Glad to be above average.

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15% body fat

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But how will you survive the coming winter?

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Damn. I'm shorter, fatter, and poorer broke than that

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The good news for you is that two of those problems only require one solution... Stop stuffing your fat face.

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nearly 30% of boys and girls under age 20 are either obese or overweight

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Honestly thought it would be higher. All I see at the beach these days are fat little kids waddling around everywhere. Sorry arse parents never gave them a chance.