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I think we're all familiar with m supervise so shedecided to keep ONTARIO “as; COUNLII The city‘s am facilities also need constant attention, with the helicopter model of parent 1, A“, them in line. The Waterloo Chronicle IS a mem» deferred maintenance only adding tothose costs. ing where mom or dad swoop _‘ Likewise, when we were on Mt f‘f “If 0mm“ We“ (burial That number will probably grow with the city in the mid in to solve their children's pmbâ€" ., 1 the beach in Vodka Croatia, my "hm â€mm“ “mph“ “st?“ die of its asset manawment plan expected by the end of the Iems instead of remaining on 1 ‘ boys soon found that they could ï¬fï¬'m_ O‘Pnffgzï¬â€™gifï¬mï¬g 2: year, which will ï¬ve the municipality a much clearer picture the sidelines. Kids are constantly 1 J 1 go down a watcrslide or jump tondutt should ï¬rst be taken to the of where it stands now and it's liabilities going forward. 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M 1h“ "WWW" if? city expenditures need to be increased in order to provide the where we're raising adult chil- hility for dieiractions money and watch them go. 52:3“;3‘1Yhf’u‘rwltfl‘1‘zfl‘?‘$311: level of performance that the city and its citizens expect of dren who need that type of If we like to hover here in It was only when I thought menial purposes All olhrv nghit these hard services. handholding well Into their North America, my European they might be landing on the are reserved and tomnirrtial me IK How did we get here is the question that (nun. I?“ Henry W011 lives. experience W5 they prefer people bekyw that l abused my Pf"h'l""1'd I.“ "uh?“ “I: “I â€L" asked of the consultant. The reality is this situation has been I've heard tales of parents a little more free range parent boundary pushing kids they m“‘i:“x':: $:'::w1:'01'1;;'1"“1“‘ comingfor a while, 1 who have sat in on the workâ€" ing- ,, might have gone too far But I ugh! Pm turthn lnIn'malittn “in After the Second World War there was a building boom place performance renews of kids there are allowed to R" found I was the only par-“n! tat Bolt Wham. Managing Mum both in housing and the services that city's were expected their sciâ€"called adult children flu! and explore on their own. doing it as kids from German». W'i'ffl‘“"‘»hf‘:““l’ 17â€) “WW \1' to provide their growing populations. Most of those services answering questions for them. and the“ PM?!“ rarely hlldflf' a Austria and other areas of Iltt' THEMâ€: ‘fl‘ “a'r'l'm 1 "W1“ \" were expected to have a life tycle of40to 50 years on average while others haw called tip the "1115le to see What they are up Balkans were left to fend for l I» H Hts N I] It Y before the replacement would have to Stan. human resources department If) in their absence themselves. 1mm in the cdnm mutt innit-rm [hr Well, were effectively at the end of the usefulness tycle to say their kid needs to be re 0"? Of the farm kids at the I got used to some of that will,†MllbrI-‘miili‘mm “N: If}! for much of that water. sewer and road Infrastructure, and all evaluated when they’ve received village my boys visited ï¬hnwt‘d freeâ€"range parenting and found I“ â€N "um ' ‘ mm m " ' around the province communities are struggling to replace some constructive criticism them hflw he could <h0€lk 1 th ' ht k ' in» mitten d n I to ., 1 y ‘ 1 _ y 1 ‘ ‘ » n at my Iys soon too Itllm I; a::l;mrwwai"bi:mnaln grim. It ( fly 6 like Waterloo face tough dectsinm In raising fees or [his all starts in Ihe school whole herd of goats with a stick. responsibility for themsclws withheld We reserve the right to rd" raising taxes In order to pay for that infrastructure deï¬cit system where parents how been He then encouraged my boys While I wouldn't rm not immune m "If“ It"! (â€T‘M'm" "" At the same time, upper levels of government have more known to lobby for marks for I" put their tongues on Ihf‘ PM†mend it all the time, it was inlet '1:_':'1:;r:::1::§‘1h5‘:'"‘"11’ “1 31121111212 money to support that work. Taxpayers have to make sure their kids instead of asking what trifled fence 1m lily, my guy" acting to note that not onh‘ dill “whuhmml’, a they live uptothc commitments they've made they could do to Improve their were a little smaner than (h? mykids survive. diev thnwd 7 I ‘ «Mia-w“:- .â€" t- L, 4