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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Newsflash: Raising kids is a contribution to society.[/quote]

Newsflash: you can raise kids, plus have a career.[/quote]

I spent 30 plus years as working mom. Then I got laid off and now I work part time while staying at home. I'm not bored. I realize that  I was way overextended while trying to raise kids and work full time and that it almost ruined my mental health for good. The expectation that women can take on full time jobs while still performing most of their traditional roles is, in my view, nothing short of abuse. You can say that men should take on half of the home roles but that doesn't work for most of us. Meanwhile, men have come to expect women who can "do it all" and still be hot in the bedroom.

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I've never had any interest in "doing it all," because I realize life has seasons.  So I can do it all in my lifetime, but have no desire to try cramming everything in, all at once.  I also did the working mom BS for a long time, until I came to the same conclusions as you.  I want to focus on one thing at a time and give it 100%; and at this time, that would be my kids.  Life is long.  First things first.[/quote]

The problem is that if you want a corporate career, it's hard to do that after your children are all 18 and older. How exactly does that work, or do you mean you don't plan a season for a time consuming career like that?[/quote]

I don't want, and have never wanted, a "corporate career."  You see, not everyone wants what you want.[/quote]

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