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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]you can do it!  lots of families work those hours earning a lot less money and they make it work. Your kids are mostly in school when you are working so you are not missing too much.  I think it's important for kids to see their moms as individuals with their own ambitions, not just someone the cleans up after them and satisfies their every whim.[/quote]

A 2 year old is not “mostly in school” during those hours.

BTW, nice fly by dig at SAHPs.[/quote]

DP but how exactly could a person phrase it that you wouldn’t think it was a dig? The underlying observation is obviously correct. [/quote]

Also a DP, but a SAHP need not be looked at as just "someone the [sic] cleans up after them and satisfies their every whim." A SAHP could and should be looked at as someone who is there to be with the kids when they are not in school -- to talk, bond, advise, etc. And someone who makes food need not be looked at as a maid. That is one of the nicest and most nurturing things a parent can do for a child.

In fact, I find (from observation) that it is the two working parents who are far more indulgent and spoiling of kids, and I suspect it is because they don't want to play the role of disciplinarian when they have so little time with the kids. And most kids don't care and are not impressed with a parent who is just some mid-level fed schlunk or "senior director of marketing" or whatever. 
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