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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/11/15/a-baby-dies-at-day-care-and-a-mother-asks-why-she-had-to-leave-him-so-soon/

Pretty gut-wrenching.

I think all mothers should get a minimum of one year at home with their infant, if they so choose. [/quote]

This choice is currently available to mothers. What are you talking about?[/quote]

The choice is availabke. Most women want the paycheck and wont give it up.[/quote]

:roll: 
If by "want the paycheck" you mean "want to eat and have a roof over your head" than yes, I guess those selfish women just won't "give up" that paycheck.
DCUM has such a skewed view on this. This isn't about people refusing to SAHM because they want big house, lots of vacations, etc. They work because they have to work. Period. We need to accept this is the reality for the vast majority of mothers, and develop a system of maternity leave and childcare that acknowledges this reality.
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+1.  "Wanting" a paycheck is not the same thing as [i]needing[/i] a paycheck.  The author and many many other moms in this situation need that paycheck.  So staying home for a year is actually not an option available to them.  And let's face it - the same people criticizing her for not making the choice to SAH would have criticized her if she had stayed home and then needed some kind of financial assistance from the government.  Seriously why is this so confusing?[/quote]

+1.  There are a lot of people who just don't get it.

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