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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These women will end up like the men who are like that. The kids won’t really know them and will unlikely to be interested in them beyond $. It is what it is. People make choices that reflect their values and priorities. No one gives men a hard time about it. We shouldn’t give women one either. Nor should we be surprised by the end result. [/quote]

Meh. My dad worked at minimum 60 hours a week during my childhood and we are really close.

I swear, I think some of you think raising children is a function of pressing specific levers for X amount of time and you get a clone out. You have such a limited world view that it's fascinating. [/quote]

Exactly.  I am super close to my son but I know that spending more time with him than I do would not make our relationship any closer.  It truly does come down to quality time. And my working has opened the door for his dad to spend lots of quality time with him as well.  The career issue in some ways comes down to how well you can juggle an intense career with the quality time.  I know that for me personlly, I could not work a job like being a federal defender and have a kid, because I would be super stressed and not able to relate as well as I should.  which is why I, personally, mommy tracked.  [/quote]

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