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[quote=Anonymous]Perhaps these are women who would have been unhappy no matter what they chose. They are perfectionists and part of parenting, let alone balancing parenting and careers is letting go some and keeping expectations reasonable.

I opted out for a child with SN for 4 or 5 years, then opted back in part time and I'm content. I'm not part of their high SES crowd and while I am well educated with advanced degrees, my earning potential was not anywhere near those women, but that's fine with me. I wish there was a study to really look at this more in depth. I really don't think this is such a huge trend. I think it reflects a small group of women of privilege.

Maybe some people just have unrealistic expectations. I was raised to believe you CANNOT have it all. Life is full of compromise. You may have all the things you want, but not at the same time. Once you have kids everything changes and you better be ready to re-arrange things for them. Nobody is guaranteed easy, low needs kids.

I am much more concerned about women in the low SES group who have fewer choices and really are struggling to find balance. They probably don't have time to call up their PTA pals and offer to be in an article. They can't afford the level of help these rich ladies can. These are the women who need us to wake up and figure out how to make good childcare affordable and how to make it so they can flex work schedules.[/quote]

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