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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think 8.5 hours is kind of the limit. Six would be better, for my kids.

Can you occasionally take them out earlier?

But also, remember that having them at home in front of the TV while you work would be worse for them. Don't feel guilty for thinking about your family holistically. They need sane parents, a roof over their heads, healthy meals, and college savings more than they need to spend an extra few hours with you daily (no offense to you, I'm sure you're wonderful and they love you very much).[/quote]

Yeah, I did not feel guilty when my kids were in daycare/preschool.  But I would not have been comfortable with having them in group care for 8.5 hours days ...that's just too much, IMO.  I dropped them off at 8:30 and picked them up between 4 and 4:30.  Obviously I understand not everyone can make such a schedule work, but just sharing how I felt.  [/quote]

So 8 hours was fine but 8.5 would have been too much?[/quote]

90% of the time I picked them up at 4.  A 4:00 pick-up versus a 5:00 pick up actually makes an enormous difference not just in how tired a toddler is, but in the quality of your evenings together thereafter as a family.  If you can pick your kids up earlier, OP, you might feel better about the situation.  Just some advice -- to a person who seemed to be dealing with guilty -- from personal experience.  [/quote]

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