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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What's really BS about articles like this is we are 11 pages deep fighting about moms v dads but really, for the working poor, this is just what life is like. Do you think the mom who is a bus driver by day and home health aide by night is organizing school events, taking her kids trick or treating, and throwing birthday parties? But we don't talk about that. We talk about how sad it is when professional, upper middle class moms can't show up at f*47ing Sky Zone 8 out of 9 years. [/quote]

1). I don’t think that many women on DCUM believe these women should have children.  There was a huge thread a while ago where many people agreed that a couple shouldn’t have children if they can’t make it to every soccer game.  I am positive they don’t think you should have children if you are working poor and working two jobs.

2). I know many people in similar positions to what you describe.  There are tons of downsides, but one benefit of jobs like these is that they don’t tend to take you away from friends and family.  Of the people I know, usually only one parent works these long hours while the other pretty much stays home ior works very part time while family members watch the children.  A lot of time extended family lives together or very nearby, and they are all just home a lot.  Frankly, I think they are often much closer than a lot of UMC families that are separated by distance and always “go go go.”  
And of course, like most people, my friends celebrate holidays and birthdays with their children and host birthday parties.  Of course, there are good and bad parents in every walk of life, but I am not sure why you think that someone wouldn’t acknowledge their child’s birthday just because they are a bus driver or a CNA.

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