I'm glad you were able to care for him. That's not the reality for most kids and parents. Most people with debilitating illnesses need professional care.
Why does anybody do anything? On a deeper level, it's just a personal decision. As for the second PhD in retirement: I want to do some very late in career writing about the history of education, and it's also proven that the longer you stay intellectually active, the easier it is to stave off cognitive decline.
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I'm glad you were able to care for him. That's not the reality for most kids and parents. Most people with debilitating illnesses need professional care.
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Why does anybody do anything? On a deeper level, it's just a personal decision. As for the second PhD in retirement: I want to do some very late in career writing about the history of education, and it's also proven that the longer you stay intellectually active, the easier it is to stave off cognitive decline.
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