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Originally Posted by Flames in 07
Well to me almost anyone who WANTED to be a good parent, or really WANTED to be good at something ... can. If you dedicate yourself to something you can be good at it. I wasn't naturally good at connecting with 10 year olds but after some committment I figured that out ... and now have a large folder full of letters from parents thanking me for being about to communicate with their kids in ways nobody has ... if you are truly dedicated to something ... you can figure it out. So to me a parent is still a better option than a institution (special needs kids and other unique situations notwithstanding).
You are right it's tough to use blanket statements, but when it all boils down, society has now decided that careers are more important than parenting. To me someone who is at home has a more important 'career' than anyone else on the planet ... but that view is becomming more and more of a minority, which is sad ... and to me, selfish.
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I've just told you the opposite, but you ignored it. We both work because we have to to afford to live in a booming city. We spend as much time as we can with our's, but in the end, we need two paychecks to make ends meet. The career is secondary, neither of us is married to our jobs. Could we do it on one? sure. But I'm not sure we'd all get along so well living in a one bedroom apartment.
In a perfect world, we'd all have a parent home all the time to look after the little ones. That was made all but impossible when Imperial Oil moved it's head office here and the housing market went bananas.