> and multiple 2-6 month breaks between jobs, all affordable because I owned rather than rented Indeed! I've taken a long break from working to be with my chil

> and multiple 2-6 month breaks between jobs, all affordable because I owned rather than rented Indeed! I've taken a long break from working to be with my child, which I could afford to do only because I'd bought a home years earlier. If I'd been renting with ever-increasing rents I never could have done that.