I couldn't agree more with Matt's perspective. I can also testify that, when we had children, my wife and I both already knew that she would become a homemaker and full-time mother, and that I would do my very best to make family my highest priority as a father as I sought to provide for them. Although we of course did not do everything as well as we might have liked, we managed to homeschool all three of our children, seeking to instill in them the Christian values we ourselves endeavor to live out, and each of them, by God's grace, has grown up to be a fine adult. Two of them are married, and we now have six grandchildren. So far our children are making the same kinds of choices with their children that we made with them, and we are making our best effort to be as devoted as parents and grandparents now as we tried to be as parents while rearing our three children.

No, we did not make nearly as much money as we might have. No, our children didn't always have the things other children had. But they did have something that many, perhaps most, other children have precious little of, they had their parents.They had us. They had our constant love as we sought to be with them as much as we possibly could, endeavoring to establish relationships with them that would be strong enough to weather anything for the rest of our lives and that would cause them to value our continued role in their lives and in the lives of their children. We don't regret any of it. We only had one chance to raise our children, and we sought by the grace and strength of God not to foul it up. I never thought of it like Matt put it before, but I guess you could say that we were very "ambitious parents." It is my hope that others who watch the video above and read my comments will be motivated to be ambitious parents as well.