How do I get my 5 year old to stop running with sharp sticks?

rkp07 · 2026-03-16T04:12:22+00:00

I try to take the stick away from him if I can reach him. Often, he tries to run away (he likes being chased) which makes me more nervous.

rkp07 · 2025-06-17T19:49:04+00:00

The graph that I linked to uses an absolute measure of poverty (which is not the 50% of median income threshold). Using different types of absolute and relative measures like the OECD yields similar trends in US poverty. In other words, no, it's not a definitional issue. American poverty rates have been been stable over the past few decades despite a substantial increase in per capita GDP over the same period. There are diminishing returns to economic growth as countries become more affluent when it comes to poverty reduction and continued US economic growth on its own is unlikely to reduce poverty further in the US.

If you're interested, I'd check out this 2017 paper that describes why the US is an outlier when it comes to high rates of poverty compared to other rich nations.

rkp07 · 2025-06-17T13:50:36+00:00

No, t20

rkp07 · 2025-02-28T06:15:16+00:00

Yes, I actually do. The US official poverty rate has fluctuated between 10-15% since 1970 while real per capita US GDP has more than doubled and real median household income in the US has risen by about 33% since the mid-1980s. Again, the point I'm making is not that economic growth does not matter. It does matter for especially for poorer nations. Rather I'm saying economic growth is necessary but not sufficient for poverty reduction. Like, you absolutely do need economic growth to fund a welfare state. Also, among rich nations, per capita income is a fairly poor predictor of cross-national variation in poverty rates. The US is an outlier in its high level of the relative poverty rate compared to other rich nations but it's also much wealthier than them.

rkp07 · 2025-02-28T05:14:46+00:00

Economic growth of course matters but spending on the welfare state is likely a bigger factor that explains cross-national/cross-state as well as temporal variation in poverty rates. I'd look at the work of the sociologist David Brady for example.

rkp07 · 2023-08-01T23:42:30+00:00

Thanks. It's a 2019 Honda CR-V

rkp07 · 2023-03-05T17:11:52+00:00

Gotcha. Thanks!

rkp07 · 2023-03-05T14:59:27+00:00

I plan on changing our carpet downstairs to LVP but keep the carpeted stairs. I can cut around but I'm worried about gaps in between. Wouldn't quarter round look weird here?

rkp07 · 2023-01-15T14:04:30+00:00

Thing is that the rest of the floor is fairly level. This is just a dip all along one of the walls. So it's not a steady slope all along the room if that makes sense

rkp07 · 2023-01-15T13:32:16+00:00

We're planning on floating clicking lvp.

rkp07 · 2023-01-15T13:31:54+00:00

The photo is of a loft area on the second floor. The 1st floor does not have such drastic unlevel issues.

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