Hi. My son has his own desktop and printer now, from the beginning of Year 7. He is 12 and a half. We bought these because we had decided that he should now have his own study area, which is in his playroom/media room, but we now call it his study. He used to do his homework on the computer near the kitchen downstairs. He is using our old home office desk. His Tv and Xbox are also in the study and it is also where he socialises with friends for a sleepover. It has a sofa bed in it. We have emphasised how lucky he is to have this and that computer is for school work mainly. We have rules to the effect that once he starts homework on a weekday evening he cannot fool around on the internet. Until it is all finished. This works well for us. I should say, only for reassurance purposes, not boasting, that he is a top student at a very selective private school, never hands homework in late and was described by his form teacher at parents evening as "an academic high flyer". He also is on grade 6 piano, 3 trombone and loves playing football more than being on the internet or Xbox. So, it can work. It depends on you and I guess the child. I would add that obviously we are a wealthy household, so not everyone can afford to do what we've done. Also, I would say that he has a problem of entitlement, a little. He is a very nice child but doesn't really get how lucky he is. We are not sure how to counteract this but recently I read that children do benefit from having chores. So, I am going explain how to clean his toilet (he has dyspraxia) and then he is going to do it every Sunday night and it will be inspected. If he fails inspection, he does it again until its right! Only then will he be paid pocket money for the week (which we are now bringing in because he is starting to go out with friends on his own at the weekend). I recently did some financial housekeeping and cancelled lots of subcriptions like Spotify premium, EA games, karaoke apps and the like and explained how much they all cost per year. He sort of gets that money doesn't grow on trees now. But not quite..yet. Hope this helps. Not sure it was quite on point.

I live in Reno, NV and want to install Belgard Dublin Cobble in my driveway. My HOA will not let me install any other paver but Basalite San Francisco Cobble. They claim that their research showed them that this was the better choice. Is that true? What are the pros and cons? Someone please help.

Ground hog day ;)

Didn't realise the "voting" was one thing only - might explain why "baking" rates so highly as I don't doubt that others went for that first, thinking they could "vote" for others afterwards! Ddddduuuuuhhhhhh. Anyway, we live in the kitchen as it's always warm thanks to an approx. 60-year old solid fuel AgA (runs on anthracite). We sleep in the bedroom, ablute in either the bathroom or shower-room and don't retire to the drawing room until we've lit the multi-fuel stove in there and then enjoy a pre-dinner drink and after dinner TV before going to bed. It may sound a little stuffy or old-fashioned, but that's just too bad. We like it. Oh and I nearly forgot: the dining room is for when we entertain to dinner/lunch only and the study is for.... you guessed it: studying (well, storing books, desktop PC, and as a 3rd spare bedroom if truth be told).