Among the OBLIGATIONS you take on when you become a parent is setting a good example/being a good role model. Are you?

Thank you for your reply. What I want to know is are you obliged to set a good example for your children and be their role models and if so would working at a job to earn money be a better example than staying at home eating chocolates getting fat on welfare checks? Who would OPT for that if children are watching?

You are not obliged to Rosie, but it's good when others show you the way to be self sufficient and not a useless drain on society....

I disagree totally with thee D. You are not a parent are you? Are your parents good role models for you? Do they think they are obliged to be that along with being obliged to provide food clothing shelter and other things necessary for you to survive even thrive? I know some parents are lousy at it and some are great and probably most of us are lousy sometimes and great sometimes but it seems to me that we should try to be the BEST we can be not the worst or most selfish or indifferent. That's just my opinion of course. Thank you for your reply.

It's not possible to eat chocolates and get fat on welfare cheques, unless you're living pretty much rent free (you just can NOT buy a house on welfare). The hardest job is finding one. Not necessarily a job that pays well, finding ANY JOB AT ALL is the tough part. I worked for commission only for years, and it was tough to get that one. Thankfully it was temporary, I'm a full-time employee again now.

Geez R I am not that brave! Working on commission means you can't depend on a certain amount of money to pay your bills. I could not live that way. I'd be a nervous wreck! I'm not outgoing and the only way I could ever sell anything to anyone would be if THEY CAME TO ME and told me they wanted to buy it. I am not joking. So you can see how impossible it would be for me to make a living on commish. I get scared just thinking about it. I don't have "the right stuff" and I could never sell something I didn't believe in or use myself. That would be very limiting. I'm glad you are a full-time employee now. Hope you never have to worry again about that. Is your country opening up slowly methodically? You know ours is not. We're still the wild wild west with gunslingers and lawlessness. But you already know that. Thank you for your reply! :)

She appears to be a very kind and loving person. You are lucky to have her as a role model. Thank you for your reply! :)

I can only agree Rosie...xx

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