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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP back and I want to steer this back on course. The response to many of these questions confirms my hypothesis. I like my job and have had some success here, but I also don’t want to have a child that resents me or thinks that I put a career before his happiness. [/quote]

Have you considered moving out to a place like Burke or Chantilly where people don't get so crazy about politics?[/quote]

I live in Chantilly. I don’t know how people act where you live, but we have a lot of immigrants and a lot of politically active parents. Lots of feds. It’s hard to see people hanging with Trumpkins even in Chantilly.

The kids?  Depends on the age. ES aged kids don’t deserve to be excluded because of what their parents do. My HS kids have their own beliefs and opinions. They are expected to be polite and civil to everyone. But we are way past the stage where I am forcing them to be friends with someone they don’t want to hang out with. Their call. Not mine. [/quote]

From my experience, people in those outer areas are involved in real life and not going to ostracize children due to their parents' jobs or politics. The level of DC craziness has not permeated everything outside the beltway, which is a very good thing.

Areas like West Springfield, Burke, Clifton, etc are full of neighborhoods where people do not really care what your politics are and people who even if they care about politics, are not going to take it out on your kids.

If OP moves further out, she might have a sucky commute, but I can almost guarantee no one will ostracize her kid.
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