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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hopefully, PP, your children will learn humility from someone in their lives, as it is clear they won't be learning it from you.

(Also, no one believes any of the fiction you have posted here. But, surely, you knew that already.)[/quote]

Surely you understand that I would never tell my children any of these things, except to say that I am proud of them, because that would make them arrogant  - and, as the grandchildren of immigrants who came to the U.S. with nothing, they know to be humble and deferential.

I suppose that it is hard for anyone to believe it when their neighbor's, friend's, or colleague's child is admitted to a top school, or graduates first in their class, because those things are hard to accomplish, and thus rare.  I am grateful for those things - and I would like to think that, in some little way, my decision to give up a successful, and well-paid career to support my significant other and our children as we moved around for SO's career, contributed to an overall stability that led to their being well-adjusted and academically successful - BUT, I would be just as happy with my children if they were in the middle of their class and attended a community college (and my spouse's mother did).

And, finally, I think that a WOHP just as likely as a SAHP to raise wonderful, loved,  successful children.  Truly, I stayed at home not because I though that it was the better choice (I do not necessarily think that it is), but rather because my significant other's peripatetic career made it impossible for me to continue to work consistently, sustainedly, and meaningfully.

Let's raise a New Year's toast to WOHP and SAHP both!  Previous poster, I have the feeling that we would be good friends if we met because we have more in common than you think.  [/quote]

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