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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Stupid. Get as much experience and seniority as you can stuff under your belt before having kids. Then, see what your circumstances demand and what your family needs/preferences/style supports. I'm not actually a Lean In fan, but when I think of bright women who are preemptively sabotaging their careers even before there's a zygote in the air, I want to bang my head against a wall (and retroactively revoke their acceptances to all those fine graduate programs their parents paid for.)[/quote]

Oh, step off your high horse.  What do my degrees have to with you?  The more educated our society, the better off we all are.  The majority of SAHMs know has a graduate degree, including me.  All of us worked before having children, and some work P/T now.  Many of us will be returning to the workforce at some point.  If someone chooses not to pursue the ambitious career in anticipation of having future kids, that's their decision entirely.  I wouldn't trade my education for anything, and will see to it that my kids are also given every educational opportunity possible - whether or not their future plans include being a SAHP.  Good for anyone who makes that choice.[/quote]

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