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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When the Queen was a new queen and young mother, we did not know as much as we do now about child development, and the formative years and bonding and attachment parenting, etc. Maybe there's a lack of closeness with George or Charlotte that she attributes to not being there as much in the early months? Who knows. I don't think we're personally affected by how much she does or doesn't work.[/quote] She was also the reigning monarch. There's an enormous difference between being the reigning monarch, and being the person married to the second person in line to be the reigning monarch. Kate has much more freedom to make these choices than Elizabeth did when he third child was born. My guess is that Kate enjoyed her time with George and Charlotte when they were young, and sees an opportunity with the world focused on Meghan to get a little more of that time. I worked full time when my kid was young because I didn't have a choice. I didn't see any lack of closeness with my kid, but I loved being with him, and if I'd had the opportunity to work less and have more time with him, while still drawing the same salary, I'd have grabbed it. [b]I don't see why it's surprising that Kate is doing the same thing.[/b][/quote] This has been explained multiple times. I doubt anyone begrudges her a couple months of parental leave. It's that she does the bare minimum (if that) when she's not on maternity leave.[/quote] And you care because....??? Oh, right. Because you can't do the same thing and it just kills you when other can (and do).[/quote] DP who has posted about how there is a perception that Kate and Will are benefitting off the British public. My kids are now older and I was a SAHM by choice and a WOHM by choice for part of it. Unlike a lot of posters in this thread, I can acknowledge a public conversation that is happening about public figures without getting into a panicked tizzy that this somehow is a reflection on my own life. I also have no idea how any of you know Kate is such an amazing mother. Don't you know anything about media management? What you see is carefully cultivated. [b]We will see how their kids act on their own in 15-20 years. [/b]Until then, we only have a carefully crafted public image to work with.[/quote] Yes, we will see. Just as we've seen what great young men William and Harry are. They've attributed their characters many times to the way their mother raised them. I have no doubt William and Kate are raising their own kids in a similar fashion, so more power to them.[/quote] Huh. My impression of Harry and Will has not been that so great. You think dressing up like a Nazi is good behavior? You have low standards.[/quote] You've never done anything stupid in your college years/youth? I certainly have. I've done things that I've later been mortified about and deeply regretted. I would say for someone who lost his beloved mother at a very impressionable age, and then suffered terrible depression, he's done a remarkable job of growing into a fine man.[/quote] I can categorically state that I have not done anything as mean and offensive as dressing up like a Nazi. I have higher standards and expectations for my behavior. If you think their behavior over the years is NBD, I see that you have low standards.[/quote]
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