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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]to 6/6 00:25

Applause, applause!

I totally agree

As if making $200,000 a year AND having a life away from one's children is to be pitied in any way at all.[/quote]

Applause from here too!!!  
Although we discuss (or.....whatever you want to call it) this issue ad nauseum, it seems, I always find it odd that no one ever discusses a very important aspect of it -- the MONEY.  The likelihood of a mom leaving her job after baby is directly related to how much money she could make if she stayed -- and whether she has enough clout at the job to negotiate a flexible work schedule.  Sure, some high-paid moms leave, but in my experience, if you have a lucrative career and are valued enough to negiotiate a flexible schedule, you stay on.  The SAHMs can "pity" us all they want, but the truth of the matter is that if they could make six figures for 30 hours a week (like me and many of my colleagues), they wouldn't be relishing the role of cook and laundress.  They would be farming that crap out, and utilizing their flexible hours for only the good parts of the SAHM job -- the school events, sports games, and fun stuff with the kids.  The extra income means I don't have to cook and clean and whine to my husband about all the cooking and cleaning.  It means lots of extras for the kids, no chores on the weekends,  -- and it means I have a fulfilling career that I will enjoy after the nest is empty.   Don't waste your pity on me ladies. :)[/quote]

Not with young children. Nothing is worth missing out on four days a week with my baby and preschoolers. I farm out most of what you call "crap" too. My friends who are bright and talented have all picked up on their careers when their kids are older. Some have even found new and more creative careers - including several friends who started very successful businesses of their own.

To each their own. When I had my first child, I knew I was not going to hand him over to other people to raise. No "job" was worth that to me. I wanted to be there every day for my infant, to take care of him and love him and teach him and enjoy being a mom to this unbelievable little person. For me, it's the most important "job" there is.

More importantly, what I've learned is that the more successful you were before you had kids, the more successful you are when you go back to the workplace several year later.

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