Of course it's from a wealthy perspective. The author was raising her kid in Silicon Valley in the the 2000s. Even before the startup/VC explosion, it was expen

Of course it's from a wealthy perspective. The author was raising her kid in Silicon Valley in the the 2000s. Even before the startup/VC explosion, it was expensive to live there. It's a good piece of writing, but also very sheltered and privileged. Not everyone has the luxury to romanticize parenting as a "hostage situation" where the child is always in control.