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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think parents are just completely wiped at the end of the day.... Especially when both parents work outside of the home. Add on homework and extracurricular activities and there is just not enough mental and physical energy to go around.... Also, growing up my grandparents live next door to us and every relative lived within a 20 minute drive. Whereas today my sisters live over 8 hours away and my parents live seven....DH family lives nowhere near us so we are pretty much on our own as far as that goes.... Which means we miss out on some family events because we have to drive or fly for a day. I would love to not to have to work but with the economy if we want to keep any part of our lifestyle that is a luxury we cannot afford and I know many are in the same boat.... Especially if we want to help pay for college for our children.... My parents had zero money saved for me so I had to take out loans and luckily they are paid back. But there is no way I would ever want my kids to sign up for the cluster it is now. Mine were locked in under 2% whereas I know some kids nowadays have up to 10 %. I think our country as a whole really needs to have a come to Jesus meeting with itself and figure out what we want to prioritize and I would suggest it being our mental health and our future..... Now the rat race many of us are on is not sustainable[/quote]

Adult business is largely unavoidable but do kids really need to be a busy as they are? Why so many extracurriculars?  [/quote]

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