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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I get your point OP (and I've always been a WOHM). Some working parents will pay their nannies big bucks and implement all kinds of rules on what their nannies should be doing for 8 hours but devalue it when a parent wants to do it on their own and tell them they are doing it wrong if they don't have free time and aren't stress-free. It's ridiculous. [b]I've said it before and I stand by this--this SAH vs WOH/WAH debate has always boiled down to people who are insecure or unhappy in their own working situations projecting that bitterness onto the opposite side to make themselves feel better[/b]. For the most part, my friends (and I think most people) are all pretty happy with their varying work situations and we never talk about it because it's not an issue. Most people don't care and you need to ignore those who insult you as long as it works for YOU.  [/quote]

A million times +1[/quote]

Yes, this sums it up nicely. I find it bizarre that people get caught up in this debate as if one answer is right and the other wrong. Any mentally healthy person who knows a lot of older teens and young adults well enough to know their family situations will realize that the ones who are doing well were raised in families with all variations of WOH and SAHM moms, and the same for the ones that are doing poorly. There only thing you need to do strive to do as a parent is figure out a path that will enable you to raise healthy, secure kids and hopefully have fun while doing that along with whatever else you put your mind to. If you are doing that, then there is no need to care in the slightest what a single other person besides your spouse thinks about it. [/quote]

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