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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You have to play the long game, and look at the big picture.

Healthcare, benefits, retirement contributions all factor in

Continuity of employment factors in--imagine yourself trying to get back into the workforce in 5 years or so. What does that look like? Will it hurt you to be out that long?

Look at your personal fulfillment and happiness--would you prefer to be home, prefer to work?

[b]Look at it not just as YOUR salary contributing to daycare; your kid has two parents, right? [/b]

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But adding her salary to the mix, adds a daycare charge. There is a cost to her working.
Her job is the variable that adds daycare fees.[/quote]

If OP is not earning a lot, the cost to her working is not just the daycare fees, but the stress of actually working, dealing with potential difficult bosses or colleagues, commuting, rushing every morning to get everyone out, rushing home to do dinner, and not having spend time with her kids. Cost is not always measured by $$$ as there are other day to day costs that can't be measured.[/quote]

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