<p>Homeschoolmom,
I stand corrected in not remembering KFS’s original post–which I read last night and failed to refer to before posting.</p>
<p>KFC’s father sounds a little like my father-in-law…immigrated to US when he was a teen, graduated from Purdue, and Masters in EE from USC. At that time, he made a decent income and raised three children. Surprisingly, after 28 yrs, he took the “golden handshake” and retired from Hughes. Admittedly, he was not a risk taker and, although successful in his profession, it became mundane/routine…now he encourages his grandchildren to find their passion. However, not knowing what he knows now, he did not provide the same encouragement to his OWN children. He discouraged his son from attending UCB—too far away from southern CA…and talked him out of majoring in engineering because of they were a “dime a dozen” at the time…4 yrs later, the market for engineers was wide open. Life is interesting and unpredictable. ;)</p>