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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Especially the SAHMs who want to be the only influence on their DCs. It’s more justifiable during the infant and toddler years (especially if your alternative is 50 hours with an uneducated daycare worker or nanny) but it gets creepy after school-age.

For context - both of my parents grew up with SAHMs who were busy all day every day with housework and never read them books or got on the floor to play with them. They are highly educated with master’s degrees. I grew up with two working parents who spent a lot of quality time with me but weren’t obsessive about being the only influence in my life. I am highly educated as well. I guess I don’t see why parents have to be the entire world for their kids.[/quote]

They were not busy with house work all day long. They kept themselves busy on purpose to avoid spending time with their kids. IN SPITE OF THIS their kids turned out well.[/quote]

Housework and cooking was very different for our grandparents.  Everything had to be made from scratch.  Rarely eating out and no premade food.  [/quote]

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