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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Its daycare. I too generally think that someone feels very superior (or insecure) and is trying to say while others put their kids in daycare, stay home or have nannies - that is below them and they won't settle for that. They want others to think of them as someone who puts their infant / toddler in an educational program - as thought their child is far too smart to just be cared for or to play all day or to be with a parent. I am sure most feel sorry for the children who are deprived of school from a young age and didn't have parents who loved them enough to academically / intellectually stimulate them in school from birth on.[/quote]

While I think that people on this thread have listed a lot of valid reasons they refer to daycare as school, the two parents I know who call it school are just like PP described. They try make me feel like crap for choosing to be a SAHM while they put their 6 month old in "school." They are very insecure about their parenting and constantly try to make DH and I feel like we're the ones making poor choice or raising our children the wrong way. Needless to say, we don't spend time with them anymore![/quote]

I'm sorry, did you say THEY are insecure about their choice? Because it sounds like you are... no one can MAKE you  feel like crap - that's all you. [/quote]

I don't think you know how to read. Perhaps you should go to school? I said they "try" to make us feel bad about our choices. We're very happy with our choices and don't give two shits if their kid goes to daycare and the mom doesn't stay home--whatever is best for your family. [/quote]

Honestly, at first I interpreted your post the way PP did. When I reread it though, I see what you were really saying.

We all need to stop trying to make other people feel badly about the choices they make that are different from ours. 9 times out of 10 when we do it, it IS because we're insecure about the choice we made and are trying to make ourselves feel better. [/quote]

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