This article is incomplete, yet the title alone was enough to trigger a trauma response in me. My new girlfriend is a school teacher, just like my mom was back

This article is incomplete, yet the title alone was enough to trigger a trauma response in me. My new girlfriend is a school teacher, just like my mom was back in the 80s, and so offers a good comparison of how modern life is different than that era. Between teaching summer school, professional development days, and continuing education, the new GF got approximately one week of actual vacation this summer, whereas mom could get away for a number of weeks. My dad, who I am estranged from, never took any vacation ever because he cared more about his career than his family, and yet here I am wanting nothing more than to spend time with my kids (single dad), but have to do nothing but work to keep a roof over our heads in this economic climate. So it's nice to talk about raising our kids in a simpler way, but it ignores that my parents had so much more disposable income and time. Yes my kids (teens) are left to figure it out on their own like kids of the past, but we're also in a far more competitive world today where a significant chunk of their summer vacation is put into activities that are "life prep" - and my family is significantly more relaxed in this regard than many high-achiever families.