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[quote=Anonymous]This seems like an outdated way of looking at things. Look, in this area there are a lot of women who get grad degrees and have years of professional work experience by the time they have kids. I had kids in my early 30s, in a meh career/not "big job" and it always made financial sense for me to work. Sure, those first few years I was only netting a little bit. But now, I'm mid 40s, 2 kids are in school and don't require childcare, and I'm making $160K a year plus good retirement matching. By the time I retire lets say at 65, I'll have earned low millions by staying in the workforce. The short term costs are just for a few years, mainly daycare. And I agree with others - I get Starbucks all the time and I WFH, I still buy clothes. And you'd leave the house for lunches and activities and coffees etc. if you stayed home with kids. And most kids are in preschool so that is a cost. [/quote]
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