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In many homes on the first day of school, kids are asked the same question (and every good Pinterest mom has a board ready for the photo-op answer): "What do you want to be when you grow up?" This year my son said, "a secret agent" and my daughter said, "a princess who eats, a lot."

The Day I Demoted Myself: The Power of Transparency in the Workplace

At my twins' ten-year well visits this summer, we were put through the normal routine—charting growth and promising again to always wear bike helmets.

Let's get something straight: We didn't volunteer to be the "poster women" for choosing a childfree existence. We love kids—other people's kids. This isn't so much an anthem we march to the beat of as a combination of timing, life events, and choice (shocking, we know) that led us to brandish the stylish acronym of DINK (Dual Income No Kids—that's a "thing") as we close in on the magic age of forty.

Senior year: For the child, so exciting! As a mom ... well, you start to think of the fact that she will be leaving, for good.

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