Many teenagers are supplementing the family income. Connecticut has a high standard of living, and people need more money to live on.

I suppose they are not your typical teenagers. They're normal for our family.

Essentially, they've made no new proposals since the last strike. We were hoping to withdraw this week's (strike) notice, if we had made some significant progress.

It's not an apples-to-apples comparison. Yes, there are less expensive plans, but they don't offer comparable coverage to the union's plan.

Every indication that they've given us formally or informally is that they don't plan to make any improvements to their proposals.

The summit, which is set up to educate people about managing their money and protecting their income, leads to empowerment of self, for which this summit needs to be applauded.