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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]0-3 for sure[/quote]

Ehhh. I was raised by a SAHM and a dad who worked long hours/traveled for most of my childhood. I don’t have a ton of memories from those early years, but I had a good childhood and was generally happy,

My dad became senior enough to drastically cut hours around the time I hit 8th grade. I then had a SAHM and very hands-on working dad for those bumpy teenage years when I skirted with falling into the wrong crowd. At the time I found it annoying that my parents constantly wanted to know who my friends are, always home so I couldn’t sneak friends over, attended all my extracurricular activities (e.g. swim meets, mock trials, etc.), and were just generally always around to my dismay during my teenage years.

But now I’m so glad I had that level of parental involvement during those years. I’m a working mom, but have a fairly flexible job (WAH, flex hours, etc.), but if I’m going to take time out of the workforce it will be when my kids hit middle/high school. [/quote]

My job is flexible enough that I will be home before my kids during the "bumpy teenage years."

I would honestly say flexible jobs are the key here from the responses from other moms. Flexibility throughout your kids entire childhood allows you to be there when they need you most.  I'd rather have 18 years of very flexible work than 2 years of SAHM followed by 16 years of not being available.[/quote]

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