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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No, I’m not offended. I work and have childcare and I still feel this way. I’d prefer to be the one at home raising ’my kids but a) I’m not comfortable with the financial trade offs (including a significant reduction in the quality of education we’d be able to access if I didn’t work) and b) [b]most careers, including mine, are difficult to return to after a gap at home caring for children. 
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Unless you have a very high earning spouse and can stay home without financial sacrifice, the decision about whether to stay home with kids or work and find childcare is a very difficult one.[/quote]

Same. The choice to stay home full time would have meant giving up my career completely. I didn't get a PhD just to walk away from all of it. I did "mommy track" myself so I have a lot less on my plate than if I had aimed for the stars. But it is not an option in my field to just take off a few years and expect to get any kind of full time job upon return. There are too many highly qualified candidates who kept their foot on the gas pedal.[/quote]

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