I believe I have. There are sacrifices that every parent makes for their kids. If Bristol would be scarred because Governor of Alaska was the most successful her mother ever was, then there are other issues at work. As has been said in this forum, nobody ever said on their death bed that they wished they had spent more time at the office.
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I would not want my child to carry guilt over a mistake they made that prevented me from achieving success. Chances are the press would bring it out anyway.
I love my son. If my son made a mistake, got a teen pregnant and I was in politics and offered the VP nomination, I'd take it and I hope to Hell I'd have the strength and class Mrs. Palin show in handling it.
If I turned down that offer solely because of my son's issue, then my son would feel that guilt for the rest of his life. And I may someday resent him, no matter how much I would want to believe I wouldn't.
But if I stood up and said, "I love my son, I see my son being responsible and mature in this time and I may not have handled this situation as well as my son when I was his age." My son realizes that he has my unconditional love. And to me that is more important than any office, any job, anything else outside of family.
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And that to me is more important than any office, and job, anything else out side this family. Do you not see how many times you contradict yourself?
That last sentence is exactly what I would say, followed by, "Governor of Alaska is more success than I ever dreamed of, so we'll be happy out of the lime light".
How can you say you're all pro-family values and then say it would destroy your son to know that he kept you from success - success being that next rung on the career ladder. I always thought the democratic party's measure of success was balancing a career with a family without forcing parents to abandon their children for a job, not glory hopping up the political chain.