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Post by dawnomite on Aug 6, 2007 21:03:01 GMT -5
^I've always gotten the impression that she grew up in a family that was upper middle class or higher, quite well to do really.
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Post by mckay on Aug 7, 2007 21:59:05 GMT -5
^ Totally agree. Was just about to post another good one I found yesterday. In Karen's Doll Hospital, she and Natalie Springer use their own money to pay for supplies for their school project of making the Mayflower pole. Kids paying for homework. Maybe I'm spoiled but this seems really ridiculous. I never thought about that, but you're right. My only guess (in other words, fanwank) was that half of the subplot of this book seemed to be Karen wanting to be treated like a "grown-up," so it's possible that she decided she wanted to spend her own money on everything.
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Post by sparklymouse on Aug 22, 2007 15:07:24 GMT -5
^I just read that book and Karen wanting to be "grown-up" like Charlie, Sam, and Kristy was exactly what happened. I'm not sure why Natalie agreed to to pay half. Her dad accidentally threw away the first project and paid for the replacement supplies. Karen was ready to shell out more money but Natalie was like "Um, no. My dad tossed our stuff out and is buying us more. We aren't all Two-twos with 35 grandparents who send us money every time we sneeze." Ok, she didn't say the grandparent part but I totally would have if I were her. It was weird that half the book was about Karen being a big girl and the other half was about her playing with dolls.
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Post by sweetvalleygirl99 on Sept 18, 2007 21:40:16 GMT -5
Heh, imagine how pissed you'd be if your millianaire father made you pay for half of your new bike, but your mother and her carpenter husband just bought you a whole one. I would definitely be pissed. The whole "pay-half" thing was annoying to me, especially because Watson was a millionaire and he could probably pull money out from all corners to buy Karen a bike. I would expect the pay-half thing out of Lisa and Seth, but definitely not Watson and Elizabeth, that was messed up.
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Post by aln1982 on Sept 18, 2007 23:22:45 GMT -5
Was this the one where the whole paid Karen to "make the stationary?" I know I recently reread one where they supposedly made Karen pay for something but they actually pretty much gave her the money because they "bought" stationary from her at like $1 a sheet. So that didn't seem to bad. I thought it was stupid, though, that they didn't just give her the money outright. Of course, I'm probably a "spoiled" kid but oh well ;D If I had kids, I'd spoil them too ;D
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Post by sweetvalleygirl99 on Sept 19, 2007 21:33:34 GMT -5
Yeah I think this is the one where she sells the stationary. I actually thought it was a creative idea.
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Post by aln1982 on Sept 19, 2007 23:30:36 GMT -5
^ Definitely ;D She has some pretty good money making ideas. Maybe I could learn from her ;D
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Post by sweetvalleygirl99 on Sept 22, 2007 22:55:03 GMT -5
There was another LS book I read where Karen, Hannie and Nancy want to get these baby dolls and they start an odd job service or something. I thought it was cute and it was one of my favorite LS books, but I can't remember the name of it.
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Post by wenonah4th on Jan 4, 2009 14:16:12 GMT -5
That was Karen's Cartwheel.
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Post by sweetvalleygirl99 on Jan 5, 2009 16:43:01 GMT -5
Thanks, I remember now because I read it not long ago ;D.
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Post by tiff85 on Apr 10, 2009 19:33:26 GMT -5
Karen's Cartwheel was also one of my favorite books too!
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Post by Kylie90210 on Apr 30, 2009 23:33:24 GMT -5
See, making them do chores and stuff to buy special dols is reasonable. Making her do chores or whatever to earn money to buy a bike is not. I think it's situational, but there are just some things parents should buy. I agree that everytime your kid wants a new doll or something, you gotta say no, but this bike situation was different.
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Post by sweetvalleygirl99 on May 3, 2009 18:37:07 GMT -5
See, making them do chores and stuff to buy special dols is reasonable. Making her do chores or whatever to earn money to buy a bike is not. I think it's situational, but there are just some things parents should buy. I agree that everytime your kid wants a new doll or something, you gotta say no, but this bike situation was different. I totally agree, a bike was something that Karen actually needed because she grew out of hers. You could live without a new doll for much longer than you could without a bike. I could see Watson maybe trying to instill in Karen that just because they come from money, that doesn't mean she still can't learn to save her money and learn the value of a dollar. However, lesson aside, I thought it was extremely unreasonable of Watson to not buy Karen the bike himself. I could see him not wanting to buy a doll but a bike? Sheesh.
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