[andrepd]

> I say this to make sure you know your employment status likely only effects your kids if it effects you

That's partially true but there are also things for some hobbies/activities which are really expensive. I'm thinking musical instruments (+lessons), or robotics (okay, those were very expensive when I was a kid but maybe they're cheaper now :p).

[dan-robertson]

When I was a kid I tried to do some robotics thing with my dad which was not terribly expensive (it failed due to the servos not being sufficiently powerful despite matching the spec from the book). But probably had the advantage that he knew about electronics a bit and could deal with the chemicals for etching a circuit board (and could borrow a uv lamp thing or oscilloscope or eprom writer from his employer). But these days you can have circuit boards printed for cheap and often there are ‘maker spaces’ which may have better equipment available (or just skip the PIC and use a raspberry pi).

For an expensive hobby I’d guess anything equestrian rather than music lessons though I don’t really know.

Also the OP doesn’t say they’re actively looking for work so they may be using ‘unemployed’ in the tongue-in-cheek sense of ‘I don’t have a job but I have enough money to live without one for a while and want to spend time with my kid’ rather than one of the more technical senses of ‘not employed and currently actively seeking/wanting/open to employment’, which even still may or may not imply tight financial constraints.

[Akronymus]

> robotics

that takes me back. Using NxC on a Lego NXT. One of the bigger reasons I moved towards programming.