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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Maybe the question you should focus on is:

If I don't work
WHO will provide food and shelter, health insurance and stability for the child?

Not, "I'll settle for whatever cardboard box I can find and hope no one needs a doctor."[/quote]
Single parenting is a whole different thing. It takes a village.[/quote]

But that distinction shouldn't matter for purposes of this thread. The original article was about whether your kids will turn out better if you stay home or work. It's not about whether working is an economic necessity or not. So all the hostile comments aimed at WOHMs still count if the mom is single. It's disingenuous for the stay at home harpies who like to tell us our kids will be messed up to say, "Oh it's different if you're single or if you have to work." No, it's not. The point is whether or not your kids will be messed up by day care, regardless of the reason they are there. [/quote]
Your kid doesn't need to be a genius to figure out:

1. I got a parade of sitters because there was no other option

2. [b]A got what I got because mommy and daddy had more interesting things to do at the office[/b]
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So let me get this straight-- Despite all the evidence, both clinical and anecdotal, kids will automatically and universally resent their mothers if they work. Because you have declared it to be so. Got it. [/quote]
Try to get this straight: Quality of care is what matters, not so much who's doing it.[/quote]
Got it?[/quote]

Maybe you should say it again for good measure.  Not sure it sunk in the first 20 times.[/quote]
Do you think that would help 12:49?[/quote]

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