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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The reality is that raising children is more than a full-time job.
If mom or dad wants a career, the family needs to hire someone who will prioritize the children since the parents won't.
I've said this before - there are commitments one makes in life. [b]The commitment to 4 years of college comes with assumptions that you aren't going to be working full-time, right?
The commitment to a job comes with assumptions that you aren't working another 2 or 3 jobs on the sides too, right?[/b]
How is it that people think that a commitment to parenting allows you to have an uninterrupted career too? It is an intensive 10 years which starts to taper off gradually, then quickly in the next 10 years.[/quote]
Neither of these are accurate. You clearly don't live in the real world. Many many people work FT during college and many many people work multiple jobs. [/quote]

And how healthy and sustainable is that?[/quote]

I worked basically full time in college (35 hours a week) and went to a private liberal arts college. I finished in 3.5 years. I would not recommend it, but it can be done. I did not have a choice. It was in the 1990s. My loan debt was astronomical. 70k in late 1990s…equivalent to nearly 200k in debt now. [/quote]

That was not the best choice.  Why not a state University?  A student can pay for 75% of that each year with a FT job in the summer/breaks and PT (10-20 hours/week) during the school year. Live at home (if possible) and you can pay for more.  Kids need to stop attending college they cannot afford.  And setting themselves up for debt.  
It's not needed
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