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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem as a working parent of these ages is that you often have to spend what little time you have with the kids undoing or compensating for what their day has entailed: little personal attention/too much forced compliance/too little nature, etc.

They want babying at home to make up for all those hours following directions. The advice to give them real one on one time with no phone is spot on. Give them each 30 minutes undisrupted and they’ll have an easier time rising to the occasion. Also agree with loosening or reframing your focus on boundaries.

I’m a MC sahm and it’s truly unrelenting but at least I get to set the tone and deal with everything comprehensively without daycare draining the kids. [/quote]

Nope to all of this. Daycare has downsides like any option but it has taught my DD to wait her turn, live without undivided attention and clean up after herself, not to mention lots of other independent skills like washing her hands, eating with utensils, etc. It has been amazing for her development and gives her enough of a balance between play and routine that she is worn out in a good way, but not depleted, at the end of the day. When she is on long vacations out of daycare it starts to show and she becomes whiny and unmoored. We are great parents at home, too, but the lack of structure and socialization is not good for her.

Btw this is hugely valuable for only children like mine, who otherwise might develop bad "only child syndrome" habits.[/quote]

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