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[quote=Anonymous]I work because:
- my mom was a SAHM and it obviously wasn't enough for her. By the time we were in school she became depressed because it was so hard to get back into an "important" job. I've had to listen to her unhappiness about this ever since and I'm 35. YMMV, but I didn't want that for myself or my kids.
- I LOVED daycare as a kid - only went a half day twice a week but it was SO much more fun than staying home with my mom
- I took a year off work when my first child was born and have myself permission to see if that would make me happy. After my baby started crawling and needed more interaction I would "check out" mentally and be on my phone a lot. Now that I'm working again I get less time with my kids but it's purely quality time which is more important to me
- most importantly probably, I am very lucky to have a flexible job/hours so I never feel like I'm "missing" anything. If my child has an important event or I just want to take a personal day to be at the zoo or pool with them I can. So many moms I know want to do SOMETHING, but they don't want to work crazy hours and it's really hard to find PT or flexible full time work[/quote]

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