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This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. So when your little sleuth asks, "Are we rich?" in particular, Lieber writes that the question can lead to discussions on possessions, wealth, and what it actually means to be "rich." One mom and sociology professor whose story is recounted in "The Opposite of Spoiled" took a straightforward approach when her third-grade son asked if his family was rich. She continued in a 2017 interview with Business Insider: "If they say, 'Are we rich?'

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☆ I moved from Dubai to the US as a British expat. It's been tough to adjust to credit scores, groceries, and guns the American way.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Claire Turrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewThis as-told-to essay is based on an interview with Karen Osman, a 45-year-old author based in New York City. We knew we'd have more stability if we moved to New York City. Three months later, we were living in New York City. Apartments in New York City are more expensive than in Dubai. New York City is a writer's paradise.

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☆ I'm a high school educator. I wish parents stayed active through school events.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-22 | by ( Jess Decourcy Hinds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

When I was a high school educator, I got a surprising phone call from a parent one morning. I was speechless — I'd never heard someone ask to volunteer at the high school level before. AdvertisementBut I don't see many parents in school hallways in middle and high school. Family involvement dwindles every year after 5th grade, and by high school, I only see parents discussing serious stuff like grades and college admissions. Some parents who usher at plays or poetry readings enjoy it so much, they say they want to go back to high school again.

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☆ I love being a messy, imperfect summer mom
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Sarah Seltzer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the email. Sure, I'm sad to say goodbye to another year, but I'm also elated to step into my favorite yearly role as — summer mom. And I hate all the planning and forethought that goes into summer scheduling, especially camp signups. That shirt and that hair will be covered by popsicle melt, sand, sweat, or dirt within a few hours anyway. And I'm at my best because I'm at my happiest and most relaxed.

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☆ I didn't change my name after I got married despite being traditional in other ways. It doesn't make me less in love.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Danielle Hayden | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

I got engaged at 23 and married my college sweetheart in a big church wedding. I didn't like how that felt, seeing last names that didn't match. To this day, I still sometimes get cards in the mail from family members addressed to Danielle James or even Danielle Hayden James, his last name tacked on right after my own. That doesn't make them any less "in love" or any less of a family unit. And once, when we rented a car, an employee didn't believe we were married and, therefore, both were permitted to drive, despite our wedding rings and my insistence.

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☆ How to survive ‘Maycember’ in three almost-easy steps
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Dr. Katie Hurley | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“Maycember” is a term that online content creators the Holderness family coined to describe the sheer chaos of the month of May, much like the month of December. Exhausted teenagers are running on empty as the school year comes to an end, while expectations of parental involvement remain high. I’m always grateful for the people who volunteer their time to head up committees on the PTA or parent board. Prioritize mental healthNo good comes from a family running around from event to event without a moment even to enjoy the ones they attend. In a few short weeks, Maycember will be behind us for another year, and we’ll all breathe a sigh of relief.

Persons: “, Holderness, it’s, I’ve, there’s, I’m, you’ll, It’s, Maycember, You’ll, Katie Hurley, Strong, Fiona McPhee Organizations: CNN

☆ Op-ed: My kids have credit cards and yours should, too
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Winnie Sun | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Now, my three kids — ages 15, 12 and 10 — have had credit cards since before they entered kindergarten. Adding your child as an authorized user on your credit cards can be a smart way to set them up for financial success. I keep my kids' credit cards safe and have shown my teen how to store his cards in his phone's Apple Pay. We pull my younger kids' credit cards out at least once a year to help pay for their expenses such as school PTA donations, tutoring costs and teachers' gifts. I even have them take their credit card to school to buy some items at the school book fair.

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☆ I've always been a people pleaser. I learned to stop saying 'yes' to everything after a painful body massage.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Jennifer Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Until the very idea of saying "yes" to one more thing left me feeling emotionally depleted, on edge, and lost. I was tackling it all, saying "yes" to all the things, when on the inside, my body was screaming for me to stop. The irony of it all was that by saying yes to everything, I wasn't helping anyone. How many times in a day do you catch yourself saying "yes" to things you don't even want to? We say "yes" to another date with a guy we're not even into, because we don't want to be mean.

Persons: Jennifer Thompson, —, I'm, We're, Jennifer, Candace, we'll, Jenn, we've, he's Organizations: Service, Urano

☆ A middle school PTA treasurer stole almost $30,000 from a student-led fundraiser to bet on DraftKings and FanDuel
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | Kenneth Niemeyer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A Maryland man stole $29,000 in proceeds from a middle school fundraiser. AdvertisementA Maryland man stole $29,000 in proceeds from a middle school fundraiser. James Michael Harris, who was the treasurer for the parent-teacher-student association at Stemmers Run Middle School, pleaded guilty to theft in March 2024. BCPS and Stemmers Run Middle School are not responsible for its debts," the school said in a statement. Representatives for Baltimore County Public Schools, World's Finest Chocolates, DraftKings, FanDuel, The Baltimore County State Attorney's Office, and the Baltimore County Police Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment from BI.

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☆ Turns out that giving up the grind and retiring to Italy is as good as it sounds
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( Joi-Marie Mckenzie | Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

If you've ever dreamed of giving up the grind and retiring in Italy, apparently it's as good as it sounds. On the agenda today:This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. In fact, this is a topic my colleagues at Business Insider cover extensively all year long. But understanding and improving your VO2 Max, a measure of how much oxygen you use during exercise, could be the key to unlocking a longer life. AdvertisementA higher VO2 max can give you a better chance at a longer life.

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☆ Death of Fringe Friendships: Making Gen Z Sad, Hurting Job Prospects
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +16 min

One of the biggest reasons for our shrinking social circles is the loss of fringe friends — casual friends that you enjoy seeing occasionally. These relationships might seem trivial or inconsequential, but experts and research indicate that fringe friends are vital. But now these fringe friend groups are disappearing, and we're all worse off for it. AdvertisementGlimmers of hope for Gen ZThe decline in fringe friends has also created a generational divide when it comes to who's doing well socially. There's no real solution to the loss of fringe friends.

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☆ They survived life in the murderous LeBaron cult. Figuring out how to move on was just as difficult.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Julie Gerstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Celia and Anna LeBaron are the children of murderous cult leader Ervil LeBaron. AdvertisementTo look at them, you would never know that Celia and Anna LeBaron grew up in a violent cult. AdvertisementCelia and Anna say they barely knew their father — Anna only recalls meeting him twice. They were just two of more than 50 children Ervil fathered with his 13 wives. A yearslong killing spreeAnna and Celia's father Ervil LeBaron.

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☆ Christina Applegate Presents the First Emmy
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Alexis Soloski | More About Alexis Soloski | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Christina Applegate made a rare public appearance to present the first Emmy, for supporting actress in a comedy series. Glamorous in a plunging gown and visibly overcome by the long standing ovation she received, she still made self-deprecating jokes about Ozempic and disability. “You’re totally shaming me with disability by standing up,” she told the crowd. Applegate hasn’t announced any new projects since receiving a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis in 2021. (“It’s not like I came on the other side of it, like, ‘Woohoo, I’m totally fine,’” she told The Times in 2022, speaking of that diagnosis.

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A friend suggested substitute teaching as a way to get extra income in a way that fits my schedule. The pay isn't great, but every little bit helps, and it's nice getting involved in my kids' schools. Substitute teaching is the perfect side hustle for meA friend suggested substitute teaching to me this summer when I was spinning in pre-holiday financial anxiety. But the difference is that, unlike volunteer PTA work, substitute teaching will also pay for my family's Christmas. I'm sure I'll have less time and more money someday, and substitute teaching will be the necessary trading card.

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☆ A teacher who spent over $4,000 of her own money to outfit her classroom explains why funding from schools for supplies just isn't enough
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Madison Hoff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Nicole, a third-grade teacher, believes teachers need more money from schools for supplies and materials. Based on documentation shared with Insider, Nicole had spent a minimum of $4,000 of her own money on classroom materials and supplies since 2019. "Teachers said the median classroom school supply budget during the 2022-2023 school year was $200," a post about the results on AdoptAClassroom.org said. Nicole said that if teachers only spent the money given to them, "it would make our lives very difficult." AdvertisementAdvertisement"I think based on the amount of money teachers spend each year on supplies, resources, etc., school districts should provide teachers with more money," Nicole told Insider.

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I married my husband when we were both 21 years old. We sold our first house for twice what we paid for it, and I found a way to make my English degree pay. We always wait for movies to leave theaters before we see them, and we've walked miles to avoid paid parking. This mindset has saved us a lot of money through the years, even as it shifted from survival strategy to muscle memory. Because honestly, I am pretty sure those younger, hungrier versions of ourselves are the ones who got us here.

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Illinois' Pretrial Fairness Act, which abolishes cash bail as a condition of pretrial release, will take effect Sept. 18, making Illinois the first state to end cash bail and a testing ground for whether — and how — it works on a large scale. Critics say cash bail policies are especially unfair to Black people and other people of color. In 2017, New Jersey essentially replaced its cash bail system with a risk assessment process that gauged the potential danger a released defendant could pose to the community. But cash bail is still allowed in some instances in that state and others that have curtailed the practice, such as New York and Alaska. California has made several efforts to reform its cash bail system, but lawmakers balked at sweeping reform.

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☆ Brazen, original, poetic: hip-hop's mark on fashion continues
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Alicia Powell | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"Hip-hop fashion is defined by its brazenness, its originality, its verbal symphony. Earlier this year, the Museum at FIT celebrated hip-hop fashion with an exhibition titled "Fresh, Fly and Fabulous: 50 Years of Hip Hop Style." After five decades, luxury and fast-fashion brands are collaborating with hip-hop designers instead of just being inspired by them. "Us not asking for permission to work with high fashion designers," Ambrose said. "All these are a result of the influence of hip-hop, hip-hop culture, hip-hop fashion.

Persons: June Ambrose, DJ Kool Herc, Joe Blow, Constance White, Ambrose, Jay, Mariah Carey, Mary J, Blige, White, Virgil Abloh, Louis Vuitton, Pharrell Williams, Alicia Powell, Richard Chang, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: York, Puma, PTA, Rappers, FIT, Thomson Locations: American, New York's Bronx

Joseph Biggs, the former second-in-command of the Proud Boys, was sentenced to 17 years in prison, and Zach Riehl, who presided over the Proud Boys’ Philadelphia chapter, received a 15-year sentence. “I definitely don't want to be a person affiliated with any more groups unless it's my daughter's PTA," he said. “My curiosity got the best of me, and I’m going to have to live with that for the rest of my life." "I let it consume my life and I lost track of who and what mattered most.”“It wasn’t just January 6th. “That day broke our tradition of peacefully transferring power, which is among the most precious things we had as Americans.

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☆ The Southern Tornado Alley: Where the deadliest twisters touch down in the US
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Amy O'Kruk | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Some climate scientists call it the Southern Tornado Alley (STA): An area above the Gulf of Mexico that stretches from the western borders of Arkansas and Louisiana to eastern Georgia, encapsulating Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee in between. But in the Southern Alley, tornadoes are uniquely dangerous and often much more fatal. “The Southern Alley is where you get the human population to meet up with the storms. “Because when it gets down to it, the minutes matter.”Tornadoes that occur in the Southern Tornado Alley are far less predictable than in the Great Plains Tornado Alley, often making them more deadly. “A lot of times people hear Tornado Alley and they just think Kansas.

Persons: Oz ”, twisters, ”, John Gagan, who’s, Gagan, there’s Organizations: Southern Tornado, Tornados, CNN, National Weather Service, ”, Tornado, Rockies Locations: of Mexico, Arkansas, Louisiana, Georgia, encapsulating Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Kansas, Sullivan , Wisconsin, Mississippi

☆ This PTA Mom From Escambia County Is Suing Her School District For Banning Books - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Michelle Goldberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

in bright-red Escambia County, Fla., knows that coming out as a public face in the fight against book banning could make her life difficult, but she’s made peace with it. “I don’t want my business to suffer,” the optometrist and mother of elementary school-age girls told me. I’m not one to keep my mouth shut.”Durtschi is part of a groundbreaking lawsuit, filed on Wednesday, against the Escambia County School District and Escambia County School Board for their sweeping school library censorship. In addition to Durtschi and another Escambia County parent, the plaintiffs include the free expression organization PEN America, Penguin Random House and a group of authors of children’s and young adult books. The suit seeks to have Escambia’s book restrictions declared unconstitutional for targeting specific viewpoints and for infringing on the rights of students to receive information.

☆ Opinion: The surprising antidote to burnout
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Opinion Tess Taylor | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Community feels good. Activism feels good. Cultivating feels good. Sometimes we go out and work in community because we want to alter and renew our sense of what is possible. Last year, author Laura Vanderkam wrote in The New York Times that quitting is not the answer to burnout.

☆ Fact Check-‘The Simpsons’ did not predict collapse of Silicon Valley Bank
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A clip from a 1995 episode of “The Simpsons” animated series that shows the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) running out of money has been altered to claim that the show predicted the start-up focused bank’s collapse decades ahead of its time. In the video, panic ensues as character Burt Simpson announces to customers waiting at a bank “What do you mean the bank is out of money? The bank in the original episode is the First Bank of Springfield, named after the fictitious town, where the show is set. Reuters has previously fact-checked several other claims that falsely suggested “The Simpsons” predicted important world events (here), (here) and (here). A 1990s episode of The Simpsons about a bank failure was edited to substitute the name Silicon Valley Bank instead of First Bank of Springfield.

☆ Thousands of mobile phone towers go offline in Pakistan after power outage - source
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KARACHI, Pakistan, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Thousands of mobile phone towers have gone offline across Pakistan due to a nationwide power cut on Monday, an industry source told Reuters, raising the spectre of a telecommunications blackout in parts of the country of 220 million people. The disruption has begun hitting the country's approximately 40,000 telecommunication towers. Separately, the country's telecommunication regulator, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA), warned of outages. "Due to country wide power outage, users may face service disruptions," PTA said in a statement. A spokesperson for PTA did not respond to a question on how many of Pakistan's telecommunication towers were offline.

☆ 'Santa School' taught me how be a year-round professional Santa. Here's how I act with kids so they think I'm the real thing.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Hannah Smith | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Michael Facherty, 71, retired after a career in IT and now plays Santa year-round. He attended "Santa School," where he learned to say "merry Christmas" in several languages. At around the same time, an actress I knew was working at a grotto which needed a Santa. How much I make as a Santa variesI do quite a lot free of charge for charities. If you really don't want a job, you price high and hope they say no.

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