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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I shifted my whole perspective on ambition.

I thought I would for sure be a private school parent invested in giving my child the best of everything. But now I find that sort of striving and wealth accumulation kind of... gross.

I just want my child to have a happy, low-pressure childhood filled with simple pleasures. And I want that for other kids too. Now as a parent, I find the haves versus have nots even more upsetting. Why should some kids get so much and some get so little? I think the more socialist countries have it right with universal daycare access and tax-funded higher ed that's accessible for everyone.

I've also dramatically scaled back my own professional ambition. My intense job is no longer worth it. My kid doesn't need what it can buy as much as they need me.[/quote]

I wish I could afford to be a private school parent (I’m in the donut hole, could afford it if we stretched) and it’s not because I’m striving. It’s because the public schools of today seem a lot worse than the public schools I went to. Too much state testing and work on screens, bad curricula and large class sizes.[/quote]

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