[ConservativeStLouisGuy]

Nag Note: divide $160,140 and you get the hourly equivalent of a full-time worker at minimum wage after taxes; IOW some people either do it for less or it can't be done, which is probably the thrust behind this piece.

To you "nattering naybobs of negativism".... :-) ....I believe the real thrust of this article was to point out that there ARE MORE IMPORTANT things than money in this world -- namely the nuturing and caring for other God-given souls....

[durasell]

There are some people who are simply not cut out to be parents. As previously noted on numerous threads, it's a tough job. So it should come as no surprise that some people do not want to undertake it. And, if by chance they do undertake, then they end up making not only their own lives miserable, but making the kids miserable as well.

Let's get real, some people do not want butterfly kisses and giggles under the blankets. They want plasma screen televisions and to see Venice.