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I don't have "lots of extra money" since I'm just a public school teacher, but hey, it's your kid. I just don't ever want to tell my child that I could have [u]tried[/u] something else to keep you safe, but I didn't want to lose any money.[/quote]

Or, more accurately, "I could have tried something that probably wouldn't have worked, and would certainly have had a major effect on the whole family's financial security, but I decided instead to try something that had a greater chance of success."

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Like I said, it's your kid. People are allowed to have different priorities.[/quote]

How sweet of you to imply that, unless OP is willing to throw away large sums of money on something that won't (according to you) work anyway, OP's child is not OP's priority.[/quote]

I'm actually not implying that all. I mean what I said about people having different priorities. Perhaps OP's priority for her DD is to be able to use the equity in the house to pay for college some day. Or maybe her priority for her DD is to grow up in a SFH with her own bedroom and a large yard. I don't know and it actually isn't a value judgement to say people are allowed to have different priorities. I'd prioritize my kid's mental health and physical safety over any financial benefit of staying in the house, but some people would argue that's hurting the child down the road if they had to take out college loans or live in an apartment. People do have different priorities when it comes to their kids. Breast vs bottle. Public vs private. We can express that we'd do things differently without it being a blanket statement about how the other person feels about their child.[/quote]

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