We grew up very slowly. Summertime, and time to think how to simplify our lives. If a second job within a family makes great use of God-given talents, fine. If that job is needed to provide daily bread, fine. But if that second job simply provides money not absolutely needed, and if the earner's family is suffering in the meantime, it is time to reconsider.
Reconsideration can start even in small ways.
But the place to begin analyzing our expenses is not just with acknowledgment of luxuries, but investigation of whether necessities are truly necessities. After all, if more people confess to home haircutting, some politicians might worry that too many of us are missing out on clean, well-lit barber shops, with opportunities for socialization and the security of governmental regulation. That's our tendency-to complicate things. No-in the summertime kids should be free to explore, with a parent in hailing distance should trouble ensue. And if home haircuts are among what is needed to make that happen, so be it.