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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]From my personal experiences, as a parent, I'd never want to miss the first moments the kids come off the bus or in the door from school or big event.  [/quote]

That means more to you than first steps, first words, first foods, baby laughs, etc.?[/quote]
No question. It's not about me and my memories. It's what's much more important and impactful for the kids.  [/quote]

DP, but why wouldn't it be more important for very young kids?  Because they can't verbalize those memories?  They still have them.

As PPs have said, middle and high school kids (and elementary) still need engaged parents who know what's going on.  That doesn't translate to SAH, necessarily.[/quote]

+1  What worked for us was a SAHM in the 0-5 years, both working FT during elementary (we got the "come off the bus" stuff, it was just at extended day pick up), and then a parent working at home during MS-HS (DH and both WAH a couple days a week).

Also, my kids aren't generally talkers.  They don't want to dissect their day when they get home from school.  I'm more likely to hear about it when driving them to sports practice or music lessons, which happened in the evenings, after my work day was done.  And, we kept up some 1-on-1 one "bedtime" connection time into middle school. You don't have to be there every day at 3:45 to "be there" for older kids.[/quote]

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