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[quote=Anonymous]This must be the "Hell of American Daycare" article PP keeps referencing. http://www.newrepublic.com/article/112892/hell-american-day-care

It discusses a home daycare run by a 22 year old in Texas.  In particular, the article focuses on the struggle of low income and single parents to afford qualify daycare.

I posted many threads back explaining my opinion that the bigger issue than the WOHM/SAHM wars is the divide between educated/affluent parents and families who are less educated and struggling financially.

When I think of SAHMs, I think of all the girls I went to HS with in small town Georgia who got married right away, never received their college degrees, and are SAHMs by default because they can't find jobs that would cover the cost of childcare.  Comparing them to the bulk of SAHMs posting on this thread is like comparing a home daycare run by a 22 year old in Texas to the child care used by most of the working moms on DCUM.  There is a broad spectrum in the quality of SAHM just like there is a broad spectrum of paid childcare.

The fact is, most of the women posting on this board are SAH because they can comfortably afford to do so and are educated enough to provide quality care to their children.  And the women working on this board tend to be successful and able to shell out for quality childcare.

If only the posters on here who claim to be "so concerned" with the care of other people's children would re-direct that concern off of DCUM and into advocating for better family policies such as childcare subsidies for the working class, family education courses for those with less education, etc.

The children who are disadvantaged are the ones in homes lacking financial stability and parent education.  Why not focus on this issue instead of the SAHM/WOHM wars?[/quote]

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