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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is scary is that these are the sorts of parents you might be inclined to trust instinctively as being okay for a drop off playdate.  After all, on paper they only have positive attributes:
professional jobs, 
graduate school degrees,
high SES
nice home
nice appearance
married
middle aged

These are the sorts of people [b]you'd think would be responsible and would take excellent care of their children.[/b]  And it's unnerving to see that's not the case at all.  [/quote]

But why would you assume that?  I'm not just snarking at you, really, look at your list, and look at this assumption, why are these things connected?  [b]Why does evidence of, say, good financial decisionmaking make one think people would be good decisionmakers about other topics[/b]?  [/quote]

Are you really that dense?  
Graduate school degrees: takes time and attention to study and follow through
Nice home, nice appearance: show that they can have attention to details
Professional jobs: have positions that require to have initiative, able to handle responsibilities, able to think on one's own
Middle aged: have life experience, maturity 
High SES: assuming that money was not inherited, they had to show diligence and commitment to a particular field to earn more and more money [/quote]

How the hell does anyone know if they are living paycheck-to-paycheck or barely paying their mortgage, credit card debt, etc.?

I know similar people that are financial wrecks- and live in million dollar homes with good jobs.
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