Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Seeking input on compassionate HOA calculation

[Villines Sharon (sharon]

On Dec 10, 2007, at 2:26 PM, Mac Thomson wrote:

> Everyone counts in the census, any age.  In truth, babies don't cause
> much wear and tear, but by the time they're 3, I'd wager that they
> cause more than their share of wear and tear -- at least in the dining
> room.

Our biggest expense from babies is that the parents withdraw from work  
assignments for a year or more.

Dumbfounds me but they do it regularly since we don't have mandatory  
work hours. Both parents although many are single parents.

Fortunately we seem to have run the having babies or adopting cycle  
but it's been hard increasing the number of children from 3 to 20.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing,Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org