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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These topics are difficult to discuss in mom forums (like this one) because people feel judged for the choices they make/made.

But let's assume you had access to any childcare option. There's no monetary constraint. You have loving grandparents who want to be caretakers for your infant. You have found the Mary Poppins of baby nannies and the cost is no big deal to you. How many would still choose center-based care for an infant?

Most of these findings line up with my intuitive feelings as a mom whose been through this a couple of times. But I didn't have infinite financial resources, we didn't have grandparents who lived nearby, the US does not grant a year or two years of parental leave, so we did the best we could.[/quote]

Yeah, I think it's tough because most people are just not in this situation where money is no object. I'd absolutely pick Mary Poppins nanny until preschool (I can't even imagine myself into having different grandparents), but it's simply not an option, so it's tough to read this stuff and feel like we're screwing up our kids just by being middle income.[/quote]

+1  I would pick grandparents in a heartbeat but my parents simply aren’t in a position to do that for me.  Fortunately my kids seem to be doing okay in daycare but I definitely do feel guilty after reading the article.  :-///[/quote]

Me too, as long as they are someone else’s grandparents! [/quote]

Yeah, this. I really envy people with functional, capable parents who can (and want to) provide even some part-time childcare. My mom absolutely would do this but I don't trust her to -- she has huge boundary issues and I think might be bipolar. I'd never know if I was getting her nurturing, loving personality or her vindictive, abusive one. I could never leave my kid in her care.[/quote]

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