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You will first need to play an online game called "SPENT." This game is linked below. "SPENT" is a simulated experience. Imagine this: You are 29 years old. You've lost your job. After a couple of months of unemployment, your savings are depleted. You've lost your house, or you're about to. You're a single parent. You have $1,000 too your name. This online experience will allow you to make choices about how to secure an income and housing for you and your family. What norms have you been "socialized" to follow, and how do you make choices to either follow them or perhaps depart a bit?

After the game, please answer the following questions:

1. Which job or jobs did you take?
2. In the game, when you found an apartment that was too small for your stuff, what did you decide to do, and why?
3. Several of the choices involved spending money that would benefit your child. What types of choices did you make here, what helped you decide what to do, and how did the expectation that as a parent you "should" put your child first enter into your thinking?
4. A couple of the choices involved behaving in a way that might challenge norms, laws, or your moral values. What issues did these choices raise?
5. In the end, how long did you survive before you ran out of money? If you played more than once, please give all your scores and discuss what you did differently in order to keep from going broke sooner.