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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a reason for why one spouse chose not to work or works from home/at a flexible part time job? Or is this an acceptable turn of phrase? [/quote]

It's an absolutely valid statement. Many of my friends didn't want their children to be raised by strangers, some had the privilege to do it themselves or get family to support while others had to send them to daycare or leave them with nannies.[/quote]

It might be shocking to the SAHP crew,  but have you ever considered it’s actually developmentally superior for a few hours of the day for the child not to be attached to the parent at the hip?[/quote]

Also let’s be real. There are plenty of SAHPs plopping their kids in front of a screen so they can fold laundry and meal prep etc. and who lack the basic education to provide their child intellectual stimulation and enrichment. This is the equivalent to the unlicensed daycare that just keeps your kid alive while you work.

And then there are the well educated SAHMs who can outsource the grunt work and take their kids to museums all day. The counter to that are the parents with flexible jobs/enough disposable income to pay for high quality care.

I suspect it’s the moms on the latter two well resourced groups having a pissing match over whose choice was better. When study after study shows that maternal education level and socioeconomic status are far and away more influential than whether a mom works or not. Literally every study trying to compare use of childcare vs home care has to the control for these factors.[/quote]

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