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It is not about daycare being good or bad - it is about optimal times in a child's development for introducing that care.  18 to 30 is the worst possible time and even daycare centers will tell you that.  Seriously, take two minutes and google it.

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No.  This is about parent's making decisions for their child.  Have you ever made a 'suboptimal decision' because, for whatever reason, that's what you decided at the time.  Would you appreciate a family member blowing up in your face because you give your kids chicken nuggets once a week from McDonalds and that's not optimal?

We are all making non-optimal choices all the time because we have competing factors to manage.  This is parenting.[/quote]

Any suboptimal decision I ever made had no one giving me the counter-point.  Had they, perhaps I wouldn't have made the lesser decision.  PP said she apologized and felt bad for blowing up at her SIL.  And I am just not that delicate of a flower - I don't wither and hold it against people forever when they have a strong emotional response to anything - even when it is in my face.  I have always been more interested in honestly than decorum anyway - that is just me.

If someone raising their voice to you causes you so much stress than you are right to avoid emotional and high-strung people - you couldn't handle it.  [/quote]

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