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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Maybe focus on your kids and how having mom around full time will be great for them?  I find it a little strange that OP wrote out his extensive post including numbered bullets and the net benefit of having his children cared for by their mother instead of a hired caregiver wasn't part of the equation. [/quote]

[b]Maybe because some of us don't consider that enough of a benefit to list?[/b][/quote]

Really?  I am a professional working woman with advanced education and I find this statement offensive.  Even I can see "benefits" to my being the one to care for my child day in and day out.  This is why I created a maternity leave for myself that allowed me to unplug 100% from work.  It's why I switched jobs so I could have the flexibility to maximize my time with my child.  I've weighed the benefits of me being a full time or part time SAHM against the benefits of having my son cared for by people who are trained in early childhood, and the financial opportunity and security I can create for my family by being a part of the workforce.

Why can't we all just admit and accept that each family, each husband and wife, have to decide what THEIR priorities are, what is right for THEIR family, what will make THEM happy, and then move boldly forward with the choices they've made and work together to make the best life they can for their family, regardless?  Do all of you making snarky, critical comments about others choices accept such snark and criticism when it is directed at you?  Of course not.  If you want to share with OP your RESPECTFUL opinion/feedback about the choices you've made and how they work for you, so that he can consider different perspectives, great.  Otherwise, do please shut up.  It is so tiresome to see threads like this, especially one so respectfully and thoughtfully written as OP's, devolve into this kind of childish, small-minded, and petty pablum.  [/quote]

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