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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think your best money spent will be on one parent staying home FT until school starts.[/quote]

Disagree.  [b]I think the most crucial time for one parent to be at home is when your child is in middle school.  [/b]Their peers have become far more influential then; their hormones are going crazy; and those are the years that they can get into really bad stuff.  Being present is essential then.[/quote]

I totally agree with you.  If you look at a bunch of 4-5 year olds, there is no way you would know which of them was in daycare, had a SAHM or had a nanny.  The important thing is that they be given quality childcare, but you can find that in any of those settings (and in any of those settings, you can also find that the care isn't so great).

But I think moms in general are fooling themselves if they think it is more important to be home during the baby years.  Anybody who has an older kid will tell you that this just isn't the case.[/quote]

As a parent of teens, I completely agree with you.  I worked full-time when they were small, and work part-time now in order to be available to them in the afternoons.

Statistics re: teens getting into trouble bear this out:

http://blog.teenhelp.com/2009/11/teen-after-school-hours.html

[i]After school hours for teens are a crucial time. This time is either used for growth and development or it can be used for high risk behaviors like teen drug use. It is important for parents and educators to make sure that teens have what they need during these hours of the day.

The National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center states that these hours are when very high risk behavior including criminal activity, drug use and alcohol use take place for teens. Most experts will agree that after school programs keep kids safe and boost the teens academic progress. [/i]

After-school programs help, but are not a panacea and in any case are not full-time/every day events.[/quote]

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