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When I was teaching reading I had a book in my classroom entitled The Long Walk. (Not to be confused with the Stephen King short story of the same title.) It is the same story as Rabbit Proof Fence. It is a very touching and educational story. I had no idea there was a movie as well.

On a side note - we are Ghibli fans here too!

It is perfectly normal for teens to want their own space. Mine retreat to their rooms often whether it be to practice their instruments, read a book, listen to music, do homework, or just enjoy the solitude.

But thinking kids need 2000 square feet of space to call their own is just insane.

My kids are lucky that our neighborhood has four different rec areas/parks all within walking or biking distance. So swimming, volleyball, basketball and so forth are all viable options for them. And I have often been very impressed by how the teens in the area behave.

But I realize that this is more the exception then the norm. I grew up in the middle of no where and finding a place to hang out with my friends was sometimes hard to do. And some of the places we picked were probably not the best!

Throwing the things left behind that you hate out the window couldn't hurt.

I love the ship hanging in the sky. What is the pattern on the curtains?

We received permission to plant them in a conservation area own buy our water management district. They just asked that the trees be indigenous and not something that might cause harm to the surrounding area. The area has flourished so much that we really do not know which trees our the ones we planted but that is certainly nothing to complain about!

And yet I clicked this link solely for the comments.

Mine was the Game of Thrones astrolabe until my daughter used my computer. Now it says "Ayla is Awesome."

When I lived in an apartment on the beach our landlord seemed to match the laid back beach motif. If you had something you needed to talk to him about you had better being a towel because you knew you would be meeting with him by the water. He was always out there. But he always listened and took care of what needed to be done.

Plus he threw great bonfire parties for all of the tenants.

I never rented with children but I guess that I am fortunate that my children have not done any of these things other than draw on the walls. I, however, stupidly grabbed a towel bar when my clutzy self fell in the bathroom. Sometimes it is not children who cause these problems.

I hate our 90's bathroom. It is ridiculously large and has a giant tub that I have never used in the two years we have lived here. (The cats sleep in it.) And I won't even go into the massively huge mirror like the one pictured above. Because it is only seen by myself and my husband it has taken a back seat to the renovation budget, but I can't wait until we redo it.