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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No career is more important than my family and kids.

Being a well to do, well educated sahm,  with a lot of family support and hired help is what worked for me. I don't want to balance anything at all- because it is never balanced really.

I just wanted to maximize being the best parent that I could be for my kids and give them any leg-up I could. 
I am a valuable resource for my entire family and I take good care of me. It is stupid to be a martyr and it certainly does not serve your family and kids. [/quote]

“Well to do”? Are you 60?[/quote]

If she were 60, would that make her point less relevant? [/quote]

Yes, in my opinion. The professions that were allowing women to excel/lead 30 years ago when a 60 year old would have been in her working prime were much fewer than now. My daughter gets opportunities through my job that were
simply not available to moms with toddlers in my field in 1993, and rather than work a job that didn’t offer other benefits to their children plenty of women would have stayed home. Tammy Duckworth and Jacinda Ardern weren’t taking their children to the US Senate Floor or the UN when she was choosing to SAH.[/quote]

IMO I think people who are ahead of me usually have a perspective and knowledge that I don't. When we first got married I would ask older couples for advice, wisdom and tips about marriage. Now that I have kids, I rely heavily on the input, wisdom and experience of mothers with older kids and women who have successfully navigated working and parenting. I'd love to pick Nancy Pelosi's brain about everything and Michelle Obama's too. [/quote]

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