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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, what a privileged position it would be to be able to do that. But I have managed to co-exist as a career woman and a mother, and both career and offspring are doing fine. [/quote]

You have never been in a situation where you needed to so you can call it a privilege.  I had no choice.  I had a SN child and a relative I had to be a full time caregiver to and the cost of paying two people to do that (plus all the therapies for both of them) would be unaffordable.  Then, we had some other major issues for several years.  There was no way I could work and do it all.  For me, working was a privilege.  I hope you never have the things we have/had where it is a necessity.  Its easy to be a mother when your kids can go to regular day care or get a nanny and its no issue.  Its a different story when your child has 1-2 therapies a day that are up to 40 minutes each way plus a specialize preschool 35 minutes away.  Not to mention the senior care (tried an adult day care and that didn't work as it was terrible).[/quote]

I was in the same situation but as a single parent and the sole source of health insurance, I had to keep working. Thankfully my neighbor took care of my DD and I traded childcare for cleaning her house, pet sitting and house sitting. [/quote]

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