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Monday, September 16, 2019
Tips for starting your own business Hey Taylor - I’ve been thinking about renting out our basement to bring in a little extra monthly income. Problem is, my wife has loads Taylor Kovar of old stuff in there that she doesn’t want to get rid of. Any advice for a guy who’s trying to gently convince his wife she doesn’t need all this stuff? - Mario
If you lump all those things into the same category, your effort could be perceived as callous. Start with one thing or one small collection; maybe there are old children’s toys that can find a better home or one piece of furniture that could be sold online and open up a lot of space. Letting go of old possessions can be a long process, and allowing for it to happen in stages might be your best bet.
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Living with children Q: I want to legally change our daughter’s name. No one pronounces it correctly and I think it’s going to cause her more problems as she gets older. My husband doesn’t John Rosemond want to, however. He says that changing it will confuse her. She’s nineteen months old, for crying out loud! If she’s confused for a week or two, so what? She’ll get over it. What do you think?
after something virtually unmentionable! Oh, the ignominy! If I can survive that with my sanity intact, your daughter will do just fine with her new name. Just remember, however, Bobo’s already taken. Q: My first marriage dissolved when our son – who’s very sweet and happy – was just shy of three. He hasn’t seen his father since and never asks about him. The child support checks abruptly stopped a couple of months ago and I subsequently learned he committed suicide. I suppose I should tell my son, who is now seven, that his father is dead, but should I tell him he took his own life?
3. Make some trades. Compromise factors into most aspects of a healthy marriage and this situation is no different. If you’re going to ask your wife to Hey Mario - Looks like you’re A: I think she’s nineteen months part with things she loves, what already heeding my most old, for crying out loud! I think if immediate advice, which is to tread might you offer in return? There she’s confused for a week or two, A: No. cautiously. It’s easy to misjudge the could be some extra housework so what? She’ll get over it. That’s When it comes to giving a child connection someone else might feel you can start taking on, or there’s what I think, and I am an expert information of a “sensitive” nature, to things you view as old stuff, so a landscaping project that could be concerning this topic. the operative rule is “Tell a child done in exchange for clearing out you want to approach the ONLY what he NEEDS to know the basement. If there’s something Before I was born, my parents conversation with care. you can offer that turns the called me “the Bobo.” Talk about a and ONLY when he NEEDS to situation into a win-win, go for it. trauma! When I was born, and they know it.” That said, turning storage space into a money-making rental is a saw that I was male, they began Applying that rule to the situation great financial move. Try bringing I understand the urge to get the calling me Mister Bobo. I was at hand, an argument can be made these points up to see if something space turned into a rental as soon Mister Bobo or just Bobo until I that your son doesn’t even need to as possible, but I think patience is went to school. I will forever sticks. know his father is dead. Given the going to be a big part of making it remember Day One. My mother happen. When it works out in the 1. Sell some of your own and I were sitting in the principal’s fact that he never asks about him, I think you could wait until he’s things. A good starting place might end, it will have all been worth it. office. older, even a teenager. Even then, be to show her you’re serious about Good luck, Mario! there is no point in telling your son a little spring cleaning. If you can Taylor Kovar, CEO of Kovar The principal asked, “What shall the specifics of his father’s demise. Capital. Read more about organize a yard sale or do a we call him?” You risk nothing by leaving that donation run with your own clothes Taylor at GoFarWithKovar.com and some gadgets from the garage My mother looked at me. She was out. You risk something by adding you don’t use often, she might be Disclaimer: Information sad, I could tell. She looked back at it in. presented is for educational inspired to throw in a few of her the principal, put her hand on my own things. Sometimes it’s simply purposes only and is not an offer arm, and said, “I’d like you to call Family psychologist John Rosemond: johnrosemond.com, a matter of letting go of a couple of or solicitation for the sale or him John.” parentguru.com. purchase of any specific small items and realizing that undertaking doesn’t create a lasting securities, investments, or John? Adding to my trauma, my investment strategies. sense of regret. If you initiate the mother referred to the toilet as the John Rosemond has worked with process, you won’t have to hound Investments involve risk and, “Johnny.” I don’t need to explain families, children, and parents unless otherwise stated, are not your wife and she won’t feel like why I went into psychology, now since 1971 in the field of family she’s being pressured. Even if you guaranteed. Be sure to first do I? Isn’t it enough that I don’t psychology. In 1971, John earned only end up selling your own stuff, consult with a qualified financial know my name is John until the his masters in psychology from adviser and/or tax professional there’s nothing wrong with that. first day of first grade? Oh, no! Western Illinois University and before implementing any Now, after five halcyon years being was elected to the Phi Kappa Phi 2. One step at a time. If you’re strategy discussed herein. To Bobo, my mother re-names me National Honor Society. asking your wife to get rid of years submit a question to be and years of collected storage, it’s answered in this column, please Continued from page 2 no wonder she finds the idea a little send it via email to Question@GoFarWithKovar.com, or upsetting. 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