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I agree with this and think about it a lot.  It's like, some parents decide to quit jobs/tone down responsibility to give the kids everything time- and opportunity-wise, but they give up what THEIR parent did for them, right?  I often think - ok, I'm 33, and my parents paid for my education, etc.  So if I quit work to raise kids (and this is NOT meant to bash SAHM's), and give them everything, will they just do the same thing?  And if so, why am I doing it?  Hope this makes sense to someone, I know it's a bit convoluted.[/quote]

I know exactly what you mean...you can go around in circles for hours with this thought process.  I eventually broke out - this is my thinking: Unless you're Steve Jobs or Oprah Winfrey (to give a female example, although she has no husband/kids), when you die there aren't groups of strangers assessing your life's accomplishments. Even if they name a conference room or a scholarship after you when you die, what good does that do you?  I've decided that life is really just a compilation of days and what's important is you are happy day-to-day, so I chose to do what I think will make me the most happy on a daily basis.  Before anyone accuses me of being selfish, one of the things that makes me the most happy is happy kids and spending quality family time.  I also like earning an income at a job with reasonable hours and nice people.  So that's what I'm doing.[/quote]

PP here and I do the EXACT same thing.
I do admit that I find it kind of ironic when SAHM's push for their daughters to be in the BEST activities, go to the BEST schools, etc.  What do you want for them that you didn't want for yourself?  I know we all have choices to make, but it seems like it's worth discussion.  [/quote]

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