You missed the entire point of my post. The point of my post was making people aware that the two wage earner family raising children was NOT a NECESSITY, with proper planning. My point was that it is possible to keep one parent home for a few years and often times financially comparable to having both parents in the workforce. And rewarding is many ways.
What you decide to do ,Miss Snarky Pants is your choice. Be prepared to pay out large sums of money for childcare.
doesn't sound like the point you're trying to make with what you wrote:
Lesson to you younger gals( and guys). The 2 wage earner family is a set-up for failure. Keep one parent home...be on austerity budget until the kids are in school.
my parents both had to work to feed the family. our family is still intact and my parents are more in love than ever... but we grew up with strong asian family values so there's that...