I love this! And fully agree that Americans have a system that demands so much more from workers than in most (all?) developed nations. When I was younger (seems like a life time ago) I routinely worked a 50 hour or more work week to just reach the extreme lower end of being 'middle class' and now wish I could've spent more time with my son, now 38 with 2 children of his own. He isn't making the same mistake I made and spends far more time with his children than I ever did with him.