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[quote=Anonymous]I'm curious how many women vs men here are stepping out/commenting here?

DH and I are trying to reorganize and be around. My mom retired and moved here, and she spends a lot of time with the kids.

We have kept our amazing nanny and will for the foreseeable future, even those older is in middle school - he needs therapy and specific coordination and needs a third parent.  No, someone else is not "raising my kids" but it does take a village to do this.

All this said, DH understood and pitched in much more as he could when the kids were very small.  He has less clue of the clear issues for teens, which has been frustrating. But he does have some.

Anne-Marie Slaughter's article really resonated when it came out (and when my kids were babies) and I've been keeping it in mind.  It's not the whole story, but she isn't making it up.

I really appreciate the comments here about all the fre e time I had as a teen . I really needed more supervision - my parents were divorced and assumed that because I was a straight A student all was fine.  I made some bad choices, though I have (mostly) recovered from them, and for many years I thought it was all me (yes, I did those things ,but I could do better for my own kids).  Hoping I can figure this one out.[/quote]

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