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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Didn’t get to finish my response.

I have a lot of SAHP friends who did it because it makes the most sense. Decent daycares are still expensive for middle class parents and the idea of leaving a tiny baby in a room full of 3 other tiny babies is difficult.

As far as working or staying home, my wish is that all parents are able to do what works best for them and their families. I know moms who must keep working because that’s their only option who’d prefer to stay at home and I can only imagine how hard that is..

On the flip side, I know moms who know their better parents and people when they can spend their days at work and devout their evenings and weekends to their children. Not everyone is built to stay at home. [/quote]

PP here. I agree. I realize that my earlier response made it sound like I resenting staying home. I actually didn't -- I really loved being home with my baby and it truly wound up being the best option for us. spending time looking for a daycare center actually helped me know it was the right choice, because while I'm not a pro, I knew I was giving my baby better care than she would have gotten in any of the centers we looked at.

But I still understood that my choice was a byproduct of our financial situation, and it was interesting and annoying to me that people so often interpret it as a deeply held belief about how babies "should" be raised. But I'm with you -- I wish there were better options for parents in this country. We should make it easier for parents to stay home with babies in the first year, and we should also make sure there are high quality, affordable childcare options for parents who can't or don't want to stay home. Kids can thrive in both environments, I think it's the stress of making any solution work that has the most negative impact on families.[/quote]

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