-=> Doug Cooper wrote to All <=-

 DC> Just introducing myself, fellow Dad of 4 kids.  I have a 3, 9, and 12
 DC> year old Boy, and recently discovered via 23andme that I have a 26 year
 DC> old Daughter .. yes, I'm 48.  So .. love the Dad topic and hope to
 DC> learn from the pro's while also just sharing cool experiences.

 DC> Lots of great moments this past summer:  My 12 year old started BMX'ing
 DC> -- absolutely NOT influenced by a nostalgic BBS dad (coughing).  My 7
 DC> year old off training wheels.  My 2 almost 3 year old officially out of
 DC> diapers. Great moments!  This year I have them on a cool ap called Busy
 DC> Kid.  I can assign them daily chores with a cents value per chore. I
 DC> then can assign how much they must save, can spend, and if how much to
 DC> donate.  They can even invest in fractional stocks.  Payday is every
 DC> Friday, and they have Visa Pay Cards they can spend online.  It's a
 DC> pretty cool thing and all purchases are monitored so as they get older
 DC> I can shut the shit down if porn is purchased, then take their PC's and
 DC> watch them.  Other then that I'm not sure of the purpose of this group
 DC> but glad that theres a place to talk about fatherhood -- it's the best
 DC> part of me -- my kids.

 DC> --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A45 2020/02/18 (Windows/32)

Hi Doug,

I'm new here too, partly for reasons of nostalgia and partly because it seems
to make more sense than Facebook, which I don't trust nor like.  I have two 
girls, 5 and 7.  We have a pocket money system for them too, but they haven't
quite learned the value of money.  That is to say, they don't quite get that
when it runs out, you stop getting things you like.  Perhaps a better lesson is
to suggest they save up for something big they like, so that there is a goal to
achieve and work towards.

I'm not quite sure the purpose, if there even supposed to be one.  But its good
to be somewhere where it isn't "noisy", as many other places on the Internet
are.

... Dennis Katsonis
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