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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t want strangers raising my children. [/quote]

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Also, I felt that my DH's salary was enough for us to fund college and retirement. If my DH was not making a good enough salary, I would have continued working so that my kids could afford college.

We had some lucky financial leg ups - we did not have college debt, we bought a nice new SFH in an inexpensive neighborhood at the bottom of the market and at a good interst rate (we accepted  DH's long commute and mediocre public schools), our COL was low, we did not have pets, we only had two kids, we drive old cars, we did not have to look after our parents, we did not need IVF or therapy, we are heavily insured, we will never divorce or cheat etc.

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So you’re ok with strangers raising your children if you can’t otherwise fund college? So strangers must be pretty darn good at child rearing if they can get your kid to an acceptable college.

These mommy war threads are so predictable and so depressing. Why can’t we be more supportive of each other? Why can’t we address OP’s question without judgement?[/quote]

Yes.  Actually, I am fine with working to keep our household afloat and afford college for my kids and retirement for us. I did not have to after a few years because DH made enough for me to stay home.  And our kids went to in-state flagships so it was not as if I was aiming for full pay at Harvard.

I would never raise my kid is poverty if I had the option to work.  [/quote]

This is a hilarious summation of the mentality that’s wrong with parenting today. No, not paying for your child to go to college is not the same as “living in poverty.” LOL [/quote]

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