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Hmm.  Well, our net worth is about $1.5 million, so I'm pretty sure we could afford it, if that's what we thought was important.  I still fail to understand why you think that it's appropriate to say "only $95k".  As far as I'm concerned $95k is a very good salary.  Somehow your world view is skewed and you are of the opinion that $95k is "poor".  It's not.  We're certainly not "making do", we're just not spending money unnecessarily.  What kids really need is love and attention and interest from their parents, particularly when they are young.  Sending them to violin or piano lessons when they are 5, or ice skating or whatever else you spend your money on, is no more likely to get them into Harvard than our approach -- reading to them, listening to them, playing with them, taking them to museums, on hikes, to the beach, to music concerts, camping, playing outdoors with friends, climbing trees and BEING KIDS.[/quote]

You're not responding to me, but I think $95K is a good salary. I also work in a nonprofit and make less than that. My husband works in a nonprofit and makes a bit more than that. But even having 8 / hour a day jobs we need to put our kids in aftercare (because it takes at least 1/2 hour to get to/ from work and school is only 6 1/2 hours). Also, how did you achieve such a high net worth with those kinds of salaries and taking tons of unpaid leave at in the early years, as you've described doing, and your husband making very little (so your salary is $95 and is is next to nothing? I'm a little confused.

I totally agree with all you're saying in "what kids need..." - just wondering how you are managing it! I've read all the past posts, FYI.[/quote]

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