You know you're on the right track first and foremost if in your own head you know that your job as a parent is to put yourself out of a job by raising your kid to independent adulthood (where independence equals not turning to you to handle / fix / resolve everything) and when you appreciate that every day offers a chance to build that independence, no matter what age and stage your kid's at. (bookpage.com)
Physicists may put themselves out of a job when they get their theory of everything, but they won't put the rest of us scientists out of work. (discovermagazine.com)
(Seattle's politicians are very liberal and Democratic, hence they care nothing about all those blue - collar men put out of a job.) (bergsland.org)