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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just a thought- I guess what it comes down to is earning potential over one's lifetime.  The 3-5 years of daycare may not be ideal to you- but it brought me an advantage.  2 1/2 years into it and I made much more than I had estimated I would have made.  I'm glad I stayed with my career because I had seriously underestimated my earning potential. My career is also my passion- which is something I'd had long before a family.
Like most things in life I don't think it's really quite as clear cut as either you stay at home and live on less or work and don't see your kid and make tons. Just because one decides to work doesn't mean you only see your kid on the weekends because they go to daycare.  It takes effort, but we stagger our schedules and our child is not in daycare 40hrs/wk. We do activities and have playdates during the week, too. [/quote]

This post is something I struggle with. I have a higher earning potential and a more stable/in-demand skill-set than DH, but hate what I do. Well, I don't hate the work itself, but it's just work to me, it definitely is not a passion. My passions are at-home things (cooking, sewing, gardening) that would not pay well if I tried to turn them into a business. DH has decent earning potential (he's unemployed right now, but normally makes about $60K, in 10 years, that should be around $90K, I make about $70K right now) and IS passionate about his career, most of his hobbies even tie into what he does at work.

I don't think we'll ever be able to afford for me to stay home full-time. Hopefully, before the next kid, I'll be able to cut back to part-time. I day dream about working 20 hours a week instead of 50 and being able to volunteer at school and actually work on projects that I love. I think I was born in the wrong decade.[/quote]

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