Yep, I have met a few cool parents out there, but a key feature of that is definitely "understands it's a job and a chore sometimes, and not everybody wants to sign up for it"!

But then, I consider peer pressure the sign of an immature mind, so that makes perfect sense. If you need me to do something in order to convince yourself your choice is valid... maybe you should reconsider your choice. If you *really* want to do something, you don't care whether it's what everybody is doing! Life is not a popularity contest: you don't get points for picking the most common path, and you don't get points for coercing others to join you.