As Madeline Levine persuasively contended in her most recent post,
an essential job of parenting in our (especially electronic) media - saturated society is teaching media literacy.
Not exact matches
But though I believe standardized testing is
essential, school districts across the country are doing a terrible
job of being responsive to
parents who disagree.
As a result, my
essential job as a family law lawyer was to help my clients work out: how the pool
of property and debt accumulating during the relationship would be used and managed by the parties now that they were living apart; how the same financial inputs that existed before living apart would be allocated to maintain the family in two homes; and, how the same
parenting resources and commitments the parties had while living together would be distributed and optimized now that they were living apart.
As a
parent, you want the best for your child - everything from good health to a
job that can provide him or her with all
of life's
essentials.
The good news about this type
of coverage: if your
parent or spouse gets coverage through his or her
job, it almost certainly counts as minimum
essential coverage.
Unless you feel like taking up residence in the garden apartment (read basement)
of your
parent's home for the remainder
of your adult years, getting started on the
job search and landing a new gig ASAP are
essential to your bank account and sanity.