I think a lot of how much you give depends on how close you are to these nieces and nephews. If not close--if you don't see them or stay in touch, I'd give a lower amount. I gave $50 to my kids' friends on high school graduation. But for close kids or family, I'd give $100.
â[The Rules Do Not Apply] is a short, sharp American memoir in the Mary Karr tradition of life-chronicling. Which is to say that Levy, like Karr, is a natural writer who is also as unsparing and bleakly hilarious as itâs possible to be about oneself. . . .
Whereas the rules governing mechanical systems are prescriptive (that is, they dictate what must happen under specific circumstances), emergent laws within complex systems tend to be proscriptive (that is, they dictate what cannot happen)â¦ A system defined only by prescriptive rules (what must happen) will be rigid and predictable. In contrast, proscriptive rules (what must not happen) can open spaces to diverse and flexible possibility.