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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work and honestly don’t care.  When your kids are all school age like mine, nobody talks about this any more.  At [b]that point, if you stay home you want to not work, you aren’t “raising” anything more than anyone else.[/b]

This doesn’t apply if you are a homeschooler, in which case we likely won’t get along for different reasons.[/quote]

I work in an elementary school and I definitely see a lot of people who are just checked out from raising their kids. It's pretty frustrating. Just because your kid is in school does not mean you don't have to teach them and interact with them at home. I cannot tell you how many kids come to school in shoes they cannot tie,  lunches they cannot open and the lists goes on. We have had parents who will walk the school from calling because they don't want to be contacted about their child's absences or behavior issues. It's frustrating 
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This is either a random off-topic observation, or (I prefer) a testimony to how much raising of kids happens outside of prime daytime hours.
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This is not positive though. Children’s home lives matter a great deal, not just the absence of chaos and trauma, a strong connection with caregivers, manners, teaching non-academic age appropriate milestones (zipping coats, tying shoes, riding a bike, keeping a space neat, writing a thank you note, and so on), but practicality and resourcefulness as well as self-reliance. Schools will not raise your children for you. Not even expensive schools. A lot of academics need to be reinforced at home, but more than that, socialization and all the other things mentioned above need to be taught at home. [/quote]

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