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[quote=Anonymous]Look what your priorities are telling your husband - you aren't good enough, I wouldn't want our kids to be like you.

I think you are right that you are fundamentally different. You value academics above all else - including your marriage, quality of life, your children's well-being - everything. he values other things beyond academics.

That is incredible pressure to put on your kids. The message they are nothing if they don't have advanced degrees. That that is all you want for them, above all else, including quality of life. I think you need to re-examine why you feel so strongly about this, that academic achievement is some kind of pinnacle of success? Are your children really a failure in life if they don't get a PhD?

There is a difference between trying to decide between public and private (not your issue) and having this vast disparity in what you prioritize and value.

Personally I could never be married to someone who valued academic achievement above all else. And I say that as someone who has a PhD. There is so much more to life and living than educational degrees.[/quote]

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