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[quote=Anonymous]DS has psychiatric diagnoses and DD has a serious medical diagnosis, so for us success is defined differently. What helped: 1. Prioritizing parenting over everything else. When we got married, we both wanted kids, and we were both prepared to put in the work to parent. We didn't have date nights or that sort of thing when DS was little. There were no nannies, we were always with him. We are used to putting ourselves last over the needs of our kids. Even when we fought really hard, and really publicly, the priority was always our kids' best interests. We have not divorced, even though we've been on the brink several times. 2. Money. Money to sustain us when I quit my job to look after DS. Money to pay for evaluations, treatments, doctors, tutors, therapies, training. And finally, money for a future trust fund we are considering, so our kids won't be on the street when we are no longer able to help them out and if they may not be able to work. [/quote]
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