That's my attitude. Is the new Lexus in the driveway worth finding out your kids are doing drugs, or your eldest daughter was "entertaining" her boyfriend upstairs while both of you were at work?
BTW, we also homeschool
My daughters sister in law wanted to have a baby for a VERY long time... finally she got pregnant there was much celebration ..then she lost the baby
A few months later she became pregnant with twins..again much celebration..
Dad has a VERY good job and makes alot of money to most of us (6 figure neighborhood) Mom also had an excellent job..that paid around 50K
Dad decided that mom should not give up her job..(they needed the money)...he flies for a hobby and wanted to keep his plane... they bought a house in a up scale development with all the surgeons and lawyers..new car etc..
So at a cost of 400 per week the girls were "raised " in day care..they are now in kindergarden and go to an after school program.
Dad has said that he would like to get a dog.. but he will not get one till one of them is home full time as it would not be fair to the dog
Does that say something to you of the value we place on our kids in this culture
"train up a child in the way it should go, and when it is old it will not depart from it"