"If the surviving spouse or the kids are relatively young, the extra years of tax-deferred compounding could actually be worth as much as or more than the estate tax savings, " says Pasadena, Calif. lawyer Steven Trytten, who has written software to evaluate such cases.
It's a tremendous option for the living room, a dorm, or for the kids.
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The Wal-Mart screeds contain the usual union twaddle about the hell that happens when individuals choose freely, whether that's working at Wal-Mart or sending the kids off to private school.
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Or load the kids up for a sleigh ride and snuggle by one of the many fireplaces with hot cocoa afterwards.
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Yeah, I know you thought your Hello Kitty digicam was some hot stuff, but believe it or not the kids at Darpa have even got that one beat.
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And one of the findings he makes is not only that were the civilians in charge -- and he makes it clear, as awful and dumb as the kids were, the six or seven kids that are going to be charged for photographing it -- they were not -- they were being directed.
But how can you argue with parents whose minds are put at ease by the fact that the teachers at this school care about the kids or that the bathrooms are clean?
Or we might play out in the yard and play ball with the kids, or lay on the sofa and watch TV or play cards or play dominoes.
The crew is so busy during the game when they're not on the ice they're refilling the Zambonis with water or entertaining the Garden of Dreams kids they estimate they see no more than three or four minutes of the action.
If the Catchups leave the money to the kids or grandkids, the family gains decades of extra tax-free growth.
But the lesson is the same: whether the sacrifice is mornings with the kids or nights on the town following your passions is well worth the trade.
The six year old has informed me that Santa must have one because the teachers call him to report how good (or not) the kids have been.
Or the high school kids who stop for a minute, rate it high on the coolness quotient and stick around for an hour.
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But then Lisette was rarely called on in math class sometimes she shut her eyes, pretending that she was thinking really hard, and when she opened them there was one of the three or four smart kids in the class at the board, taking the chalk from Nowicki.
Or, it might be thoughts of the kids or grandkids with whom you spent hours on end building cities and airports and castles with those little plastic blocks.
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You know the sacrifices that folks are making every single day just to pay the mortgage, or fill up the car, or to keep the lights on, keep kids in school.
Either way, the process gives you something to focus on besides just watching the grand kids or puttering around the house.
Should I make a play for the corner office, or stay home with the kids?
Maybe participating in a family outing to Montana or Europe where the kids make some of the decisions would be a good choice.
Mom (or Mom and the kids together) can even be allowed to replace the trustee, but if they do, the new one they pick better be truly independent, i.e.
So what are the family values conservatives going to do, send the parents or grandparents packing, while the kids stay here?
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They either work 70 hours per week at a job they loathe or count the hours until the kids go to sleep, or they just generally long to be somewhere anywhere but here.
"Bully" is a teaching tool, and the language in question turns on words routinely heard or used by the very kids who should be seeing it, both for enlightenment and solace.
And wondering whether the house will be too small if you get a dog or too big when the kids leave for college is inevitable.
Then there is the commercial -- I don't even remember what they were pitching -- of two or three kids in the kitchen making a mess after spilling the cereal.
Where are the marchers, the protestors, the outraged parents who care for their kids, or the youth of America whose future is being decimated?
"But now we have the ability to go to Singapore or some other country with the kids, " he says.
Or the last time you took your kids to the mall and found no toilet paper in the bathrooms?
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