> you also have to support them in equal measure On aggregate over the course of your life, yes, but that's not a useful thing to state is it. It is certainly

> you also have to support them in equal measure On aggregate over the course of your life, yes, but that's not a useful thing to state is it. It is certainly not true for an individual day/week, you get a lot of extra help when you're raising kids. It becomes more true once the kids reach a certain age where they are amenable to listening to anyone in the house, freeing up the parents for what you mentioned. The difference is simply night and day, having seen both first hand.