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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I sah with my kids back then (woh full time now) and my biggest takeaway knowing all my kids friends, some who were in daycare, some who were home…it doesn’t matter. It really doesn’t. The sah kids are no more creative than daycare kids. The daycare kids don’t have better social skills. If any of them have mental health issues, they would have had them anyway. I hate these studies, they just contribute to the mommy wars. They create guilt where it’s unnecessary. [/quote]

[b]I don't know. I also have older kids now and the best students -- best grades and calmest --  in the class either had SAH moms or nannies from 0-3.[/b]

Once we know better, I don't think we (as a society) should look away from it. This is one of the reasons that most other advanced, wealthy countries encourage parental leave for 1-2 years. [/quote]

Are you their teacher?  How else would you know this?[/quote]

Yeah this is weird to me. Who with older kids even knows which kids in class had what childcare scenario when they were younger.

Also, the overwhelming factors that affect children are SES and maternal education. Almost every study on childcare I’ve read has had to control for these factors because they skew the results so much. A well educated mom in a financially secure home, regardless of employment status, will likely have a better outcome for her children. Education + solid income is also going to lead to the ability to either have a SAHP or high quality childcare.

I have a graduate degree and a six figure income. We’ve used a variety of extended maternity leaves, part time work, nanny, high quality center based care, and preschool for our 3 kids. Basically we’ve been fortunate to do whatever worked for us in that stage of life.

Thanks to me working, we were able to buy a SFH in a desirable close-in neighborhood at a low interest rate that has gone up in value considerably. We have both parents contributing to retirement and college funds. We also plan to help our kids with down payment money some day. They can play travel sports and go to fancy camps. And they have a parent home to meet them at the bus every day because I kept my job long enough to earn lots of flexibility.

I think my kids are in a much better position than kids with a mom who barely passed high school and either had to SAH or pay for unlicensed childcare due to lack of options. [/quote]

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