[rottingfruit]

I sympathize with what you’re saying but I don’t think you should be advising people to write off a diplomatic career if they have kids. I like many other people had a very volatile childhood for no real reason. I don’t think I particularly minded the moving a lot and enjoyed making new friends in different places. It’s also worth noting that if your kids are anything like my friends who grew up in really stable suburbs they’re going to be peeling their eyes out in boredom and waiting for the first chance they get to take off and go as far away from that stable suburb as they can. All I’m saying is that every kid is different and what was bad for you may be great for another kid and what sounds amazing to you may feel like hell to someone else.

[tokai]

> what was bad for you may be great for another kid

Great point. Don't have kids regardless of your career. Break the cycle.

[emteycz]

Who cares about some cycles?

[saiya-jin]

and thus lose the best thing that happens in most people's lives? great thinking