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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm with you, OP. Had a 60hr/week job, quit after having kids, got my youngest to K and am no re-entering the workforce with zero regrets. I loved my time with my kids and I know they are all the better for it.

I agree that most of those comments probably come from working moms who feel some kind of guilt about it. I really can't imagine any other category of people saying anything.[/quote]

Um. People like you judging working parents is why moms feel guilt. Maybe don’t say things like “I know they are better for it”. What you did is not “better”, it was just better for you. [/quote]

Yes for sure this. I’m a middling the road mom with a majorly mommy tracked job with reduced hours and I am 100 percent accepting of any experience any mom describes for herself. Loved staying home? Fantastic I am truly happy for you. Enjoyed pushing ahead in your career and feel that was the right choice for you? You go girl. Seriously. It just gets messy when people want to justify their experiences as better for the kids than some other hypothetical option - there are a million variables in how any family makes this work (your partner could have chosen to stay home, ahem) and there really is no way to know what is better or worse. So I personally really try to avoid that language.[/quote]

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