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Sacrificing for your kids - by Russell Max Simon

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My one and only letter to other parents

After my sister and I left home, my mom transformed her life. She left her career, went back to school, and announced her separation from my step-dad, who had helped raise my sister and me for the previous, formative ten years. She had been working in computers and tech consulting—but now she quit all that and started volunteering as a ballet teacher for toddlers. The classes were held at a nearby school that catered to kids interested in careers in the performing arts. It had been easy to forget growing up, but my mom had actually been a double major in theatre and dance at Bard College.…

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