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...become responsible adults. Some common parenting set pieces can lay a good foundation. In homes with nearly limitless assets, the challenge is to create limits, so that children can learn that money is something to be earned and husbanded - it is not a birthright that they are free to squander at will. One of the first steps parents should take is setting up an allowance for kids as soon as they start school, according to the Gallos. "The purpose [of an allowance] is to learn how to budget, to be able to plan for things to buy - to postpone gratification...
...question is whether that will build Obama's momentum for bigger change or merely squander his honeymoon. Here too, Clinton's history is telling. In his first year, he put so much energy and capital into his deficit-reduction package and NAFTA that, in the view of some who served with him, he had little left for health care in his second...
...Red’s Liz Zorn was called for a five-minute major penalty at 12:36, giving the Crimson an extended power-play opportunity that it did not squander...
...feelings without rancor, hostility or bitterness. That's the mark of a true diplomat. I did not realize at the time how wonderful it was to have a prudent, wise, cautious, intelligent individual like her in office. The cowboys and cowgirls who took over demonstrated how quickly they could squander our nation's prestige in the world. Oren M. Spiegler, UPPER SAINT CLAIR...
Whether you’re a Peer Advising Fellow who was just handed a crisp $500 check or just have some cash to burn, there are a few ways you can squander it around Cambridge: spend a night at the Charles Hotel and treat a few friends to brunch at Henrietta’s Table, or buy a handful of socks at the Andover Shop. But for everyone who wants to escape the memories of finals haunting the Square, you can blow it all on an exotic intercession trip. FM’s trawled the net to compile five...