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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The question you all should focus on is:

If my career is my priority,
 WHO will care for the child?

Not, "I'll settle for whoever shows up."[/quote]

Okay, crazy-haiku-daycare-hater, simmer down. I have never heard anyone (male or female) say they'll  settle  for whoever shows up.  I have seen loving and concerned parents work hard to find and pay for high-quality childcare. Enough with the strawman arguments already.

The question you should focus on is:

WHY am I so desperate to believe that other people's children are damaged if their parents don't make the same decisions I do?

Also, WHY must I insert random line breaks into my sentences?

Think about it. [/quote]
Been thinking about it, probably longer than you've been living. More importantly than just thinking about it, I've been carefully observing it. How your early childhood impacts who you become. If you believe your first three years are irrelevant, so be it. My decades of observations tell me otherwise.

During my research, I spent days observing "high quality" infant care centers in the DC area. One was BH on K St. One of my colleagues burst out in tears when we left, as those poor babies received no love from those poorly compensated caregivers. And the place cost a fortune! Someone is making out, but it isn't the workers, and it certainly isn't the babies either. We saw for ourselves what you can't see during your quickie visits.
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Just curious, what was this for? Graduate research, a job (pre-kids obviously) or self-enrichment?  What are your opinions on the next step, i.e., how do we change/improve the system?  Telling moms to stay home or move back to where family is isn't going to work for everyone.[/quote]

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