tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211674678201251588.post3348768839955360876..comments2023-09-25T07:18:11.130-07:00Comments on It's All About Balance: What Stability Really MeansAprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12051174636017409935noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211674678201251588.post-16320144055593269642012-03-12T11:07:26.186-07:002012-03-12T11:07:26.186-07:00BLW, yes, we do indeed sacrifice some financial se...BLW, yes, we do indeed sacrifice some financial security to provide better education for our children, and I'm no different. Not only am I sacrificing in time, but certainly gas $$ when it comes to commuting 3 hours a day to take my daughters to better schools. <br />Having said that, I'm not willing to go into hundreds of thousands of dollars of debt to put them in private schools.<br />As always, it's finding that right balance :)Aprilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12051174636017409935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4211674678201251588.post-42895006426530540102012-03-12T11:00:16.159-07:002012-03-12T11:00:16.159-07:00This is such a huge discussion, April. And a very ...This is such a huge discussion, April. And a very rich one (no pun intended).<br /><br />We are indeed all told how much stability matters, but over the years what I've found, <i>for my children</i>, is that it mattered more for one (in the traditional sense of same home, schools, friends, etc.) than for the other.<br /><br />Or at least - it appeared that way.<br /><br />As to financial security, I hear what you're saying, but I will disagree somewhat - not that financial security isn't desirable, but that sometimes trading off financial security for education or other opportunities is a choice we make among the "lesser of evils" in hoping that some good comes out of our impossible financial predicament.<br /><br />In other words, if you're facing financial disaster anyway, and it's a matter of degree, some of us choose to do whatever we must to enable our kids to have a shot. <br /><br />It isn't what we want; it may be a decision forced upon us. We take on the burden as a matter of individual choice, because the other parent will not and we don't want our kids to pay that price.<br /><br />Is it right? Is it fair? Would a different path be better? We each answer those questions differently, I suspect. And in part, because <i>our kids are all so different</i>.<br /><br />No "one size fits all."BigLittleWolfhttp://dailyplateofcrazy.comnoreply@blogger.com