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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"(sorry, that was not clear - both my husband and I chose lower-paying jobs because we love what we do. We both had opportunities to switch to somewhat higher paying and less rewarding jobs, probably the difference between middle class and upper middle class, but we are not willing to make that change)"

So neither of you "optimize your outcomes" but you think your DC should try it some other way.  Why?

Or do you and DH just think you love your jobs or just prefer not to deal with change?[/quote]

No, we honestly love our jobs.  He is a tenured researcher, and I work in a low-income clinic as a nurse practitioner.  In order to communicate with my patients, I learned two languages over the last 10 years.  So yea, 5K per year is a big deal to us; these are not UMC occupations in the greater DMV.

I guess I look at our own choices as a little bit stupid, like an illness or an affliction.  We love it, but the opportunity cost is not negligible.  Our daughter is actually proud of our jobs.  She wants to follow her dad's footsteps and become a researcher.

I want to make sure that we do all we can to launch her into a successful path in life.  [/quote]

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