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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have been saying for 7 year that staying home was for ME. It was I wanted to do. I wanted (and still want) that time with my kids, and I fortunately had a husband and financial situation supportive of that. I do not think my children would have been harmed by going to (the right) daycare, but I would have been heartbroken. And there are obvious side benefits to my husband, such as he does very few errands (which he hates and I don't mind) and he doesn't have to sick days or pick ups, etc.

Not all (not even many) SAHP families think less of 2 working parent families or feel bad for the kids or think their own kids are better off. 
I think I am personally less stressed.[/quote]

Thank you for your honesty.  I can definitely see the appeal of having a SAHP and how it makes life easier for families in many regard.  I think it's great you are able to do what works for your family without making comments about how working parents are "having someone else raise their children" or are "missing out on the formative years" in order to justify your choice to SAH.  I'm a working mom and I have no animosity toward women who make other choices than me, but if drives me nuts when women like to tear down my need to work to support my family with comments about how working moms clearly don't care about their children, etc.  [/quote]

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