Totally get you there, Aurora. That's why I did teaching.... it's something I can always go back to.
My Dad left my Mum when I was little and paid diddly squat maintenance so we lived on nothin'. Mum stayed home "for the kids" but was still home when "the kids" were grown and well out of high school. Now the gov't is forcing her to work and she can't find a job... so who is left looking after her? Her "kids" urrgh! She's not even 50 yet!