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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Having a toddler and being pregnant is tough. I was a SAHM until my youngest went to kindergarten. [b]I had to re-enter the workforce after 7 years out. It was very hard but I did it. I wish our country had better mat leave[/b] and accessible daycare. I got a daycare spot 6 weeks after quitting my job. [/quote]

Why were you out 7 years though?  A lot of women lament the lack of long parental leaves but 1 or 2 years isn’t 7!  Unfortunately if you want to be home at year one you likely want to be home at year five.  Parental leave is a short term solution.  If you want to be home with kids, you want to be home.  I know a few women who act like the lack of parental leave is why they are at home, but we’ve been in one of the best times in recent decades to look for a job and they haven’t even submitted their resume.  I just don’t believe that parental leave would have changed things.  I think they want to be at home and that’s okay.  [/quote]

And on the flip side think of all the women who would take expanded parental leave only to put the baby in daycare or with a nanny early because they “couldn’t take it.” A friend of mine took a year LWOP when her second was born and still out both kids in daycare ASAP. It was a head scratcher. [/quote]

Having 2 young kids is really hard. It is not for everyone.

I had a friend go back to work and put two kids in daycare in the height of Covid. I thought it was so odd that she did this when everyone else was trying to keep kids home safe from Covid. Her kids are very difficult.[/quote]

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