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☆ If you're a rich parent like Elon Musk, Texas is a much better place than California for a child support showdown
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

If the case turns into a child support battle, Musk would be better off if it plays out in Texas. The jurisdiction will come down to who can prove where the kids actually live, Texas or California. It's unclear what either party's ultimate goal is, whether it is related to physical custody, legal custody, child support, or some other issue. Texas caps monthly child support payments at $1,840 for one child, or $2,760 for three children, which is how many Musk and Grimes share. Many factors go into calculating child support payments in California, including net disposable income, but it ultimately comes down to the judge to decide.

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☆ Elon Musk whispered to his first wife, Justine, that he was 'the alpha in this relationship' during their first dance
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

During Elon Musk's first dance with Justine Musk, he told her he was the "alpha" in the relationship. Justine Musk was his first wife and the mother of five of Elon Musk's surviving children. "I am the alpha in this relationship," Elon Musk whispered to author Justine Musk, his first wife, as they danced following their ceremony on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, Walter Isaacson wrote in "Elon Musk," his new biography of the tech mogul. Elon Musk met Justine Musk when he was a sophomore and she a freshman at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. AdvertisementAdvertisementShe told Isaacson that Elon Musk told her to dye her hair blonder and that she felt like she was being turned into a "trophy wife."

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Median prices for nearly every type of child care in New York City have shot up since 2017, according to state surveys of providers. And the workers who provide child care are reeling from high costs and are leaving the industry. Many make just over minimum wage, leaving them barely able to afford to stay in New York City or pay for care for their own children. Interviews with more than three dozen parents, nannies, day care providers and experts revealed a potentially devastating crisis for the future of New York City. In recent years, only the astronomical cost of housing has presented a greater obstacle to working families than the cost of child care, experts said.

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☆ A.I. is on a collision course with white-collar, high-paid jobs — and with unknown impact
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

And it has had various effects on the workplace, by displacing, changing, enhancing or creating jobs, experts said. "It is reaching up from the factory floors into the office spaces where white-collar, higher-paid workers tend to be." About 1 in 5 American workers have 'high exposure' to AIwatch nowwatch nowConversely, 23% of American workers have low exposure to AI, according to the Pew report. The remaining share of jobs — 58% — have varying AI exposure. It will also create new challenges and needs like retraining or reskilling; those may have knock-on effects, like child care needs for disadvantaged workers, Holzer said.

Persons: it's, Rakesh Kochhar, Kochhar, Harry Holzer, Holzer, Gene Kindberg, Hanlon, " Holzer, — Organizations: Pew Research Center, Department of Labor, Occupational Information, Georgetown University, federal Labor Department, Technology, World Bank, Pew Research, Business Locations: U.S

☆ My Friend Is Mistreating Her Nanny. Should I Say Something?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Kwame Anthony Appiah | More About Kwame Anthony Appiah | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

My friend’s nanny is good friends with my own nanny. This friend introduced me to her circle of friends a few years ago, and it’s because of her that I am part of a great group of women. Should I intervene and risk her behaving even worse toward her nannies and creating a rift in the friend circle? If you live in one of these jurisdictions, you could give your friend’s nanny the phone number of the office in the labor department that investigates such cases. But this line of approach probably makes sense only if the nanny is ready to move on.

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☆ United States chase more glory at expanded Women's World Cup
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Ian Ransom | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

MELBOURNE, July 18 (Reuters) - Bigger, bolder and breaking new ground, the Women's World Cup kicks off in Australia and New Zealand on Thursday with the United States bidding to extend their golden era by winning an unprecedented third straight title. Four years on from dominating in France, the top-ranked Americans remain favourites to secure a record-extending fifth World Cup triumph with a new generation of players. However, the landscape has changed irrevocably through the World Cup cycle, with money, talent and professionalism shifting to the sport's traditional European heartlands. Olympic champions Canada, who upset the U.S. in the Tokyo Games semi-finals, also cannot be discounted as they look to give 40-year-old Christine Sinclair a first title at her sixth World Cup. Other players say the money is not nearly enough, given the $440 million prize pool for the men's World Cup.

Persons: Sam Kerr, Christine Sinclair, Prizemoney, mums, Megan Rapinoe, Alexia Putellas, Ghizlane Chebbak, Ian Ransom, Peter Rutherford Organizations: MELBOURNE, United, U.S, New Zealand, Norway, Sydney's, Ireland, Sydney, England, Olympic, Canada, Tokyo Games, FIFPRO, FIFA, France, Thomson Locations: Australia, New Zealand, United States, China, New, Eden, France, Germany, Sweden, Rich, Morocco, Melbourne

☆ Luxury homes like Beyoncé and Jay-Z's Malibu estate take a staff of up to 50 to maintain — and could cost owners $1 million a year
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-16 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

"These homes run like a well-oiled machine," Jenny Greenwood Huber, owner and founder of Heritage Estate Management, told Insider. Heritage Estate ManagementHeritage Estate Management provides household staffing and property management services for West Coast estates in places like Beverly Hills and Malibu, where the Carters' new home is located. With a staff of 20, property owners could be paying nearly $5,000 a day — or $1.8 million a year. Heritage Estate Management charges $150 per hour of property management service. Heritage Estate ManagementAccording to Huber, her staff could work 20 hours to 50 hours a month at a single estate.

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☆ Special Report: Dozens of babies die in orphanage as Sudan war takes grim toll on Khartoum
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( Maggie Michael | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +13 min

[1/7] A view from inside an orphanage in Khartoum, Sudan, in this handout image released April 20, 2023. There was no one there,” said Abdullah, speaking by phone from the orphanage, the cries of wailing babies audible in the background. Frini and the director of the orphanage, Zeinab Jouda, referred questions about the total death toll to Abdullah, Mygoma’s medical chief. ABANDONED CHILDRENOfficially called The Orphan's Care Centre, Mygoma, the orphanage is housed in a three-storey building in central Khartoum. She said that a day earlier, two babies who died were instead buried in a city square close to the orphanage.

☆ Chinese postpartum confinement, called ‘zuo yue zi,’ is gaining Western appeal
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( Mayumi Maruyama | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Hong Kong CNN —You cannot carry heavy things. Chan is a “pui yuet,” also called a confinement nanny, who lives with families after a baby is born. Richard, a content creator from Canada, traveled to Hong Kong to become a model and fell in love with her husband, Tom, there. During that time, the pui yuet makes dishes catering to the mother’s physical needs and helps her with milk production and other concerns. Few entities track the pricing of nannies in Hong Kong on a consistent basis because most negotiations are directly between clients and the nannies.

The 34-year-old is primarily an actress, but on the side, she's a travel nanny for billionaires in New York. "The qualities it takes to work for the ultra-wealthy is patience and a nuanced perception of anticipating a person's needs." Here's what they said about their lucrative side hustles:Nannying ultra-wealthy kidsNanny-matching site Care.com advises New York families to pay full-time nannies $21.25 per hour, the company's website says. Chauffeuring rich familiesA typical Uber driver in New York makes just over $45,000 per year, according to Glassdoor data. Frank Dorfman (right), alongside one of his daughters, started chauffeuring four years after he retired as a New York police detective.

☆ When to-do lists fail, some highly successful people boost productivity by hiring a babysitter—for themselves
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

On Monday morning, Sarah Isenberg began her workday by logging onto a 9:30 a.m. Zoom session with a bunch of strangers. For the next three hours, they worked alongside each other in mostly silence, breaking every hour or so for collective stretching or deep breathing. Welcome to the world of "productivity babysitters," "accountabilibuddies" and "procrastination nannies" — paid services to keep tabs on you for a set time period to help you get work done. "At the base level, productivity babysitters are someone who plays the role of the person that says, 'Keep going,'" Jeremy Redleaf, a Caveday co-founder, tells CNBC Make It. Redleaf likens the cave experience to a fitness class or trainer, but instead of training physical muscles, you train your focus.

☆ Need a nanny? Chinese school trains women to take care of newborns
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Casey Hall | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Confinement care is not new in China, where the practice of one month confinement post-birth, which traditionally included strict rules around bathing, hair washing and teeth brushing for mothers, has long been the norm. What is different today is the professionalism and expectations of those doing the caring, says Jiang Lei, a teacher at the centre. "We need professionals to do professional things for professional people," Jiang added, explaining that the centre teaches "scientific feeding knowledge, sleep cultivation and other knowledge such as early childhood education". The experience of caring for her own child made the idea of a career in childcare attractive, she said. ($1 = 6.9045 Chinese yuan renminbi)Reporting by Casey Hall; Editing by Shounak DasguptaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

[1/3] Sales representatives stand outside their kiosks inside a luxury residential project by Indian property developer DLF in Gurugram, India, February 28, 2023. Many people want to upgrade their homes after the COVID-19 pandemic confined them indoors, industry executives say. "I haven't seen such a mad rush in a decade," said Prashant Thakur, head of research at real estate consultant Anarock. Mercedes sold a record number of high-end cars in India last year and luxury goods are in high demand too. So far, around 160 people were invited for a viewing and 17 of 46 flats sold in the eight-storey project.

☆ The Public Has a Lot of Apologizing to Do
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-24 | by ( Joe Queenan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Recently The Wall Street Journal ran an article about companies that send personal apologies to customers. Companies are made up of people, and people sometimes admit that they are wrong. As children learn, confessing to misdeeds is cathartic and healing. It’s not just that it makes your parents or nannies feel better. It makes you feel better about yourself.

☆ Larry Page, Sergey Brin Post-Google Lives: Investments, Yachts, Islands
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-11 | by ( Hugh Langley | Rob Price | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +33 min

Even before their retirement from Google, Page and Brin relied heavily on their respective family offices to bring order to their worlds. The Bay Area headquarters of Koop, Larry Page's family office, is nondescript and gives little indication of the billionaire's empire. Insider; Marianne Ayala/Insider Show less Bayshore Global Management, Sergey Brin's family office, is based in Palo Alto and has a bit more of a public face. Insider; Marianne Ayala/Insider Show lessThe difference in styles holds true for Brin's family office, Bayshore Global Management. The CEO of Page's family office is Wayne Osborne, a former elder in the Presbyterian Church who attended Princeton Theological Seminary.

My family budget has a line item for my income: my paid work as a writer, and my unpaid work as a mom. This budgeting strategy gives my unpaid labor value — it recognizes that I work 12-14 hours a day. This unpaid labor balances out in the expense column, so there's no positive cash flow from it, but it appears on the budget anyway. If stay-at-home parents spoke up more about our monetary value, we might be more accurately seen as aggressively employed. Maybe the judgments would subside if we spoke up more about the monetary value of unpaid childcare, starting at home with our personal budgets.

For those who can't afford these experiences, you may be wondering how to explain that to your kids. "[Frances] sees the disparity in some cases between what we're able to afford and what her friends' parents are able to afford." $0 Intro Offer Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options. "You're mindful that saving money for you is also potentially taking away an experience for your kids," Gee says. She thinks that volunteering will help parents and kids see how well off they truly are — even if they can't afford every holiday activity.

☆ Billionaire Sara Blakely's 2 assistants detail all the work that goes into keeping her life running smoothly — and how there's no room for egos
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Elle Hardy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

They worked together to support Sara Blakely, the Spanx founder and CEO, in all areas of her life. Sara Blakely began researching and developing what would become the popular intimates company Spanx in 1998, with just $5,000 in savings. Behind the scenes, Magazine and Kenya Graham, Blakely's executive assistant for six years in total across two stints, called themselves Blakely's "hype crew." "It's sharing of information, setting up a cadence of meetings, making sure that no one's hoarding information." Kenya and Jamie, the editorial strategist, are in the venue making sure this is the side she likes to sit on.

I've balanced childcare and working from home for years. I fit in paid freelance work and use the money to fund my retirement and my kids' college. It's also helped me afford two life insurance policies to protect my family. I'm able to cover a reasonable life insurance cushion for our familyI've seen and read enough to know how important a life insurance policy is, particularly for a family with young kids. We opened our first life insurance policy in the months leading up to the birth of our first daughter, and then we increased the policy after our third daughter was born.

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