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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In answer to your question ... yes, in other countries (such as France & Scandinavia) they have daycare.  It is paid for by the state.  The difference is that those countries generally provide generous PAID maternity leave, in addition to the general high-quality safety net for things like health care and unemployment benefits.  So if you're a mother there, it's much more practical to take a year off of work, because the government supports that choice.  This does not have to do with the "general denegration of our society" -- it has to do with very specific social welfare policies we've chosen in this country -- ie, to have basically no safety net or support for families at all.

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This.  If the US would actually put its money where its mouth is regarding "family values," maybe things would be different.  But since we are one of the few countries in the world (besides Swaziland and Lesotho) that don't offer paid parental leave of any kind, many parents have no choice but to put their kids in daycare.[/quote]

This was also my thought when I first read the post.  Generous maternity leave would be so lovely, but it is not the reality here.  I find all the political rhetoric about family values in this country to be such BS.

That said, I think there have been many excellent responses here, esp. from the mom who talked about all the things her children learned in daycare and the mom who talked about liking to work.  I would second both of those posts.  And I commend both of you for responding intelligently but also nicely.  So rare around here on what can be  touchy topic.[/quote]

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