“...and extended family too far away to have a positive influence.”
I tend to agree with that. Lot’s of snowbirds hardly ever see their grandchildren.
....Except when they fly up north to get away from the heat of the south.
Then there are those of us who will have much less influence because the job situation is causing a child to move 7 hours away with her two small children due to the job situation. She and her husband will have better jobs, but I will not be attending my youngest grandson’s first birthday this year.
The job my husband was forced to take a few years ago gives him a whooping two weeks per year vacation time.
Yes, I blame Obama.