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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a full time WOHM and I get it all the time from the other ladies on my cul-de-sac.....none of them work.  Some don't have children, or some have grown children, and some have school age children.  My neighbor is the worst --- she literally shudders when she sees my daughter and says "oh, I just couldn't IMAGINE putting my Susie in daycare".  And yet.....Susie at age 4 spent 2-3 hours a day watching Scooby Doo movies.  And then the 13 year old from next door would come over after school to "play" so my neighbor could "have some time to herself" and run errands.

So I don't get it.  My child goes to school from 8-3 and spends from 3-5 in day care, but somehow, I'm a worse parent than one that plops her kid in front of the TV for several hours, and "farms out" the care to a 13 year old?

Yep, that 10 hours of day care a week is going to turn my kid into an ax murderer for sure, and the beloved little darling next door, who can't get along with any of the other neighborhood kids, is going to be a Nobel Peace Prize winner.   [/quote]

I'm a SAHM, and I agree with you. Frequently, when we go over to other SAHM's houses during the day, the television is on. I would like to say I try not to judge, but the truth is I think to myself, "Your child would be better off in a daycare center." Oh, I judge when I walk into the house of a 9-month-old and her mother says, "Sophie is just watching her Baby Einstein." Then again, I have other friends whose home daycare providers do the same thing-- keep a TV on all day.

That said, if I'm lucky enough to get a nap from my daughter, I spend about 2 hours a day just sitting and reading a book, which is lovely to do in the middle of the day. When I was working, I definitely had more than 2 hours of free time a day when work was slow, but I spent it on the Internet. If I were still working I would get to read through every page of this lovely discussion, but I stay off the internet once my kid is awake.[/quote]

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