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[quote=Anonymous]And that is really my point too.  I was there today, I may potentially benefit from this weighted policy, and I am grateful that that is possible.

At the same time, it makes me absolutely bonkers at the ignorance and lack of realism of those who imply or flat out say that pointing the above out is "complaining" or that those parents prevented from doing this are any less "motivated".

I'm obviously not leading the charge to get rid of this policy since I was there today and would do what I had to again tomorrow if I had to do it all over again.  But I also know many who would not have been able to do what I did and all I'm pointing out is that it is NOT a practice that all "motivated parents" will find a way to make work for them.  Most, yeah, probably, and no, no system is perfect.

But the "If you care about your kids you'll make it work.  Wouldn't you make it work if your kid's life depended on it?  Bring the kids with you" attitudes are so removed from the realities of a LOT of REAL families... it just stuns me.  But I'm also new to this forum - I'll probably get used to the judgement and lack of reality checking of the few pretty quickly.  And I realize this is not the majority view.[/quote]

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