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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You’ll never get those years with your babies back.[/quote] I hate this. Nobody gets any years back. That's how time works. You still have a baby if they go to daycare.[/quote] DP and I disagree. There are very few career opportunities that you couldn't replace or re-acquire after two years out of the workforce. But you can't replace the experience of being home with a baby. The experience of spending all your time with your baby is different than the experience of taking your child to childcare and then going to work. It just is. That doesn't mean it's wrong. I have a better job now than I did before I quit to stay home with my baby. My career has taken zero hits and in some ways, being willing to walk away so I could do something important to me has helped me learn to expect more and to understand my own value, which has benefitted me professionally.[/quote]
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