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[quote=Anonymous]To me, it isn't about staying at home vs working.  It's about where your priorities are.  I know plenty of very involved moms who work full time.  They leave for work at 7:30 and they pick their children up at 5:30.  That's a long day.  But it's also very different than dropping your child off at 6:30 in the morning and picking him up at 6:30 that evening.  And working on the weekends.  And working at night.  And talking to clients on the cell phone when you are should be spending time with your kids.

I think if ONE parents has a demanding, high-stress job and the other works a more typical 9-5 schedule, it's much different than having two parents who work very long hours.  To me, it's simply a matter of how much time both parents spend away from their children.  Sorry, but if both you and your husband are spending 10+ hours a day away from your kids, you simply are not raising kids:  You're just babysitting for a few hours till the daycare opens or until the nanny arrives.

I've mostly been a stay-at-home mom.  But I've worked occasionally through the years.  My job was exactly that....a job.  I went to work.  I did what I was supposed to do.  And at 5pm, I left.  I enjoyed working. And the extra income was important at the time.  However, my top priorities have always been my husband and my children.  And now that I have two grown children, I realize all too well how quickly those early years went by.  When I look back, I am thankful every single day that my husband and my kids were more important than any job.  And whether some of you want to admit it or not, when something is "important", you spend a lot of time on it.  There is no such thing as "quality time". Quantity matters.

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