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I'm wondering why a twenty-something ex-teacher with a degree in child development who can focus exclusively on kid stuff is considered excellent childcare and something to celebrate - while a parent with the same credentials (or much better) staying home to "focus exclusively on kid stuff" is sneered at by so many posters.  Having a parent at home is the "truly different calculus".  It's the gold standard.  So why is having the great nanny celebrated, but having the SAHP not?  [/quote]
Brilliant question.[/quote]

Why is it the gold standard?  First, you have to have one of the two parents who WANTS to SAH.  Do you really think little Johnny is more successful if his mother gives up her great job to focus exclusively on raising him? Meanwhile, the family has given up her income and her career ambitions.[/quote]

I agree completely. Why is having a parent stay at home the gold standard? A SAHP doesn't guarantee a thing other than you have only one person working to support the family. [/quote]

So paying an educated and engaged childcare provider to care for your kids is your idea of a gold standard... but you don't feel you fit that bill so you pay someone else to do it.  Got it.[/quote]

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