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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’d say anyone who makes the claim that they stay home because they didn’t want someone to raise their kids wasn’t really cut out to advance in a career.  They believe they can’t manage others to do what they want and they have to do everything themselves for it to be effective.  This mentality is effective early in careers, but management is selected from the group who can trust their team, lead, and delegate.  Someone who believes their lack of presence means they aren’t doing something are too insecure to be a good manager.  So perhaps their DIY skills and micromanaging approach are better applied managing a household.

We’ve focused our energy to hiring good help and putting our children in high quality centers.  We’ve quickly made adjustments when things aren’t working and we trust the people/orgs we’ve vetted and hired until we have a reason not to.

I also think people who find either child rearing or maintaining employment the most challenging are the most likely to pick one or the other.  Some people just don’t find it that hard to raise kids while working.  It can certainly be hard at times, but from what I’ve observed there are certain types of people who are incredibly challenged and some aren’t challenged at all.  And many people along the spectrum in between.
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Glad we heard from the resident middle manager who is quick to claim credit but slow to do any of the actual… work.  Either at her job or at home, apparently.

Bet she gets paid a ton to “delegate” while adding little to any actual value, and the size of her paycheck makes her think her opinion matters :roll: [/quote]

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