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[quote=Anonymous]Yes!  I freelanced and worked from home part-time (with a PT nanny who took the kids on morning outings so I could work) for six years, until my youngest turned 4. It slowed down my fmy career but it was so much healthier for the kids. They are super well adjusted, emotionally connected kids.  I have seen this positive outcome in so many other families that had a primary parent home most of the day. I know it is an unpopular opinion but I guarantee you it makes a difference. I got back into a full time office career in my late 30s and it all worked out fine. My kids are now in HS.

Before people flame me for saying that nannies are inferior - they are not. But the stress on the family overall and the emotional disconnect that occurs between child and parents when a kid is in paid care full time is real and it is exacerbated if infants are in daycare full time. It forces you to send the kid out when they are sick or cranky and would be much better off cuddling with a parent.

(PS I am not a hippie granola mom, I am not even particularly crazy about kids. I would have been fine just having a career but my husband wanted kids. And, I was raised by a full time career mom and I think it was very bad for my development.)

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