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[quote=Anonymous]No, I don't. My sister and I were in day care/preschool and we turned out fine. Close-knit family, happily married with kids now, good careers, yada yada. I never planned to do anything but send my kids to day care, though I did manage to keep them both home until 6 months, which is a luxury most don't have and probably contributed to my confidence in dropping them off. They're so much older at 6 or 7 months. Thanks, saving up for years to be able to take unpaid maternity leave from the feds!

My older kid adored day care. He is very social. He was an early crawler and on his first day he literally crawled off without a backward glance at me. He is now 8 and loves aftercare and begs to stay longer. He wants to do before care too but we said no because we don't need it and don't want to pay for it. Like other PPs' kids, he plays with a different group of friends in after care, which is really nice. In fact he has friends in different grades, even.

Second kid is much more introverted and she cried at day care drop off every day for 2 years. That definitely sucked. But she was happy once I left. I used to sneak around and look through the window outside and sure enough by the time I got there she'd be happily playing. She's in her last year of preschool and loves it. I am dreading sending her to kindergarten because I know it will be a rough adjustment. But it has nothing to do with the quality of care or instruction.[/quote]

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