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Originally Posted by Simplex3
My question to you is this:
What the f**k is so important about a career? What will it ever give you in return that really matters in the long run?
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I am glad that my mom stayed home when I was little. She quit working when I was little, and didn't go back until my youngest brother was old enough to come home and be by himself after school.
I'm really grateful for it. They definitely sacrificed financially.. my mom was a nurse, probably made more than my dad made at his blue-collar job, but I almost always had a parent with me all the time instead of being dumped off at some daycare place at 7AM and picked up at 7PM like a lot of kids are nowadays. I think some people nowadays aren't willing to sacrifice the bigger house or the nicer car for their kids because they don't want to lose the additional income. My parents did and I think I owe them for it, a huge debt.
I think that it really helped me develop. We did something 'educational' daily, she worked with me a lot on learning how to read, all those things. I could play outside with the neighborhood kids and get plenty of socialization that way, and without being relegated to an inconvenience to my parents' careers. I knew that my brothers and I were the #1 priority in our parents lives. Besides the developmental and bonding benefits I think that mentally, that really means something to a kid.