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<blockquote data-quote="THAT Gurl" data-source="post: 4164468" data-attributes="member: 45551"><p>Yes and no. We were also the generation that wound up having to have 2 incomes to do what our parents did on one.</p><p></p><p>I've seen a lot of articles lately about younger kids (Gen Z) wanting the "tradwife" life -- husband works, wife stays home and takes care of EVERYTHING and the kids. Very much like the 1950s. I admire anyone who can do that now, in this day and age, and really do hope this lifestyle takes off as a "thing". </p><p></p><p>Kids need their parents and my kids are proof (at least as far as I am concerned) that one parent, no matter how hard they try, is not enough. Granted if I'd had any help from ANYWHERE it might have been different but I was keenly aware that my boys needed a dad. Unfortunately Grumpy didn't come along until they were teenagers. And they had been taught to make their own decisions and then stand my the consequences of those decisions. So for me to complain that they are being the men I raised them to be is a little bit disingenuous on my part. I just underestimated how much damage their grandmother could do. Hopefully, now that she is gone, we will be able to work things out but if we don't I will not be bitter about it. Because I raised them to make up their own minds and stand by that. So in the end, as long as they are happy and self-reliant, and successful (whatever success means to them) I am happy for them. Because they are successful, happy men.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="THAT Gurl, post: 4164468, member: 45551"] Yes and no. We were also the generation that wound up having to have 2 incomes to do what our parents did on one. I've seen a lot of articles lately about younger kids (Gen Z) wanting the "tradwife" life -- husband works, wife stays home and takes care of EVERYTHING and the kids. Very much like the 1950s. I admire anyone who can do that now, in this day and age, and really do hope this lifestyle takes off as a "thing". Kids need their parents and my kids are proof (at least as far as I am concerned) that one parent, no matter how hard they try, is not enough. Granted if I'd had any help from ANYWHERE it might have been different but I was keenly aware that my boys needed a dad. Unfortunately Grumpy didn't come along until they were teenagers. And they had been taught to make their own decisions and then stand my the consequences of those decisions. So for me to complain that they are being the men I raised them to be is a little bit disingenuous on my part. I just underestimated how much damage their grandmother could do. Hopefully, now that she is gone, we will be able to work things out but if we don't I will not be bitter about it. Because I raised them to make up their own minds and stand by that. So in the end, as long as they are happy and self-reliant, and successful (whatever success means to them) I am happy for them. Because they are successful, happy men. [/QUOTE]
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