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[quote=Anonymous] [quote]I would never want a job for either my spouse or for me that required us to work so much that we weren't able to enjoy evenings and weekends with our kids and each other just being a family. I don't care how much money/success this job would bring. The trade-off would not be worth it. Instead, I work pt and DH is home by 6:30 most evenings and almost never works on the weekends. We earn enough to live in a nice house in a nice neighborhood, send our kids to private school, save for retirement and college, take nice vacations and have a lifestyle that, while not totally lavish, allows us to not have to watch our pennies. Sure, we could both work more and earn more, but we prefer our time over the extra money and prestige we could earn. By the same token, I want my kids to enjoy their lives and childhoods. I trust our well-regarded private school to teach them math at an appropriate level. If they fall behind, we'd certainly hire a tudor, but I will not consider enrolling them in Kumon or anything else so they can get ahead. I don't see the point and I honestly don't understand the thinking behind this kind of mentality. I don't think my kids will ever resent me for not pushing calculus at an earlier age. I would be concerned that they'd resent me for filling their childhoods with work.[/quote] [quote]I have read the boards on this topic and some posters tease these frantic and desperate posters. It very obvious why these posters are up in arms? Check the pedigree ... Big 3 and Yale. In sociology and anthropology circles we call this the fear of the increasing noise from the pounding hooves gaining on them in the background. Posters are very concerned their children will not enjoy their entitlements of yesteryear because of the invasion of "Kumon kids". This drives them absolutely bonkers as they go around and around in circles bashing and rationalizing their choices. They would prefer other kids did not do Kumon, prep for tests, or study all the time so their kids can have "fun and play", vacation and go to the country club en route to Big 3 and the Ivies.[/quote] I am not sure why she feels anyone is pushing her to put her kids in Kumon. She says she has the perfect life and schooling (Big 3 and Yale). She and her husband are happy. I am sure she would want the same for her children. It's bizarre she is behaving like her world is threatened by "Kumon kid". Why all the fuzz over another's kid if she is so convinced this kid will not amount to anything in the long-run but an unhappy fela. [/quote]
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