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[quote=Anonymous]I guess this blurs the lines between "settled" families and those of us who had kids later in life.

At 50, I could have a 25 yo.  Instead, I have a 12 and 8 yo.  I have friends ask me all the time - How do you do it?

do it?  I don't know any differently.  Or perhaps it's b/c some of my friends who have older kids never planned for retirement or saved for college.  So they have to work into their late 60s while I can choose to work into my mid to late 60s.

Health aside (b/c you really never know, right?), it's about how well you've maintained your finances.  If, for example, my own parents were reckless, Mom wouldn't have had the finances to care for my ailing father at home. That was $65K/year just to secure 2 12-hour employees who alternated shifts.  This doesn't factor in the thousands she spent on meds, diapers, and doctors' visits.  This went on for 6 years until he finally died.

So older parents who thought they were done but who ended up with bonus babies need financial security.  Once you have kids, you have to stop being selfish.[/quote]

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