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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I couldn’t have lived with myself if I would have outsourced my motherhood.  My sons didn’t know what processed food was when they were kids, and didn’t sit and watch TV until probably age five except for the occasional “Sesame Street”. We spent days at the library, and they came home and devoured piles of books. They are now both very successful, and may have ended up the same way regardless, but raising them is just not something I could have let someone else do. [/quote]

I couldn’t have lived with myself if I hadn’t shared parenting responsibilities equitably with my husband. My sons didn’t think women were maids when they were little, and didn’t understand that in many marriages, men view their wives as their servants. They are now very successful, with happy marriages of their own, and their own kids that are also ambitious. We are all very close. They may have ended up the same way regardless, but modeling a marital model with an in-built power imbalance and an expectation that women act as maids was not something I could do. [/quote]

Wouldn’t you be more likely to have a maid if you worked? I’m not sure what you mean.

I was a working mom before and now a SAHM. My kids loved me then and now. I do think they we enjoy our time together. We all do chores around the house, kids and parents. [/quote]

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