[mingus88]

My dad was a workaholic. Also as is typical with boomers they raised us as latchkey kids

I made it a requirement for my career that I wouldn’t treat my kids the same way. I set boundaries with work and am very upset when work intrudes

Could I have made more money and had more status?

Certainly, but my kids like spending time with me and they’re the whole reason I’m chasing a salary in the first place

[jleyank]

Although the generation of latchkey kids might have turned out better socialized or better organized than those that followed. Society was different back then, but the people entering adulthood seemed to have it going.