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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks for the responses! Hoping time will make me more at ease with the setup.

It just seems too easy/good after being home and on 24/7. I don’t regret my path, but I do regret how I often felt “less than” as a SAHM. Now I see that I certainly wasn’t taking the easy way out, which is how I felt as SAHM.

-the OP[/quote]

yeah bc marty’g yourself and not trusting other adults that want to make childcare a profession (that they get breaks from and leave at the end of the day) and have the nature, skills and training for, and desire to be respected for, is sometimes you have failed to value for years. Also not trusting kids will enjoy having an independent life and going out into the world. Of course going about childcare/mothering with that set of values will exhaust you.  DH and I both took paternity and agree it makes one crazy and home bound. it’s also just not respected by men (generally) or in our economic system (which is sad but true and maybe our economic system shouldn’t reward moms who fail to recognize the economic value of specialization - both of childcare providers, (who deserve better pay admittedly to support higher standards of care for everyone and not just the rich) and themselves. I find it bizarre that SAHMs and their spouses care about their daughters academic achievements - do daughters need credentials to grow up and be SAHMs like their moms?

I dunno what to tell you about your guilt - it’s your value system. I have observed that most people flip their values at Kingergarden and respect teachers and their kids independence - that’s probably you too. [/quote]

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