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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand why some of you are so upset about people admitting that taking care of a small child all day every day can be boring sometimes. I love being home with my daughter and playing with her...there's plenty of "wonder and joy" moments, but there's also tantrums and tedium. Saying that doesn't make me a bad mom, or someone who shouldn't have had kids, or doesn't like kids. I think it does a disservice to parents when you act like at-home parenting only involves happy, pleasant things and try to shout down anyone who disagrees with that. We're all adults here, let's act like it.[/quote]

That's fine and all but that's not how the posters who everyone is objecting to said it. That aside, it was [b]only a few people who said it straight out that their kid bores them[/b]. Of course you're going to find a few people in every group who don't enjoy parenting. Typically they're quiet about it because it's still very taboo to say but this is an anonymous cite so you get more honest answers.

Work, don't work, just don't complain about it to me. I don't care what you do but I can't STAND people who can't shut up about it. No one cares about your petty complaints that much. [/quote]

I don't think anyone said that. Some people said being home all day with kids would be boring, and then someone replied with the accusation that these women are "bored by their own offspring." This happens all the time on DCUM, someone accuses someone else of having some extreme position that no one ever actually said, then people act like it was an actual claim someone made about themself. [/quote]

Seriously?
Starting on page 2, 8:27 and then at the bottom of the page. Then it went on from there.
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Yes, 8:27 said "I'll bite. Being a SAHM mom wouldn't be hard for me, but it would be mind numbingly boring." That doesn't mean she is an unfit parent, doesn't care for her kids, never plays with them, and is content to miss out on their development. [/quote]

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