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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm was a sahm and am totally secure in my choice. I don't judge working women at all—in fact my own amazing mom put me in daycare from early infancy. But I truly, deeply wish more American could children delay daycare and enjoy[b] higher-quality care[url] as they do in [/b]peer nations[/url]. It sounds disingenuous to all the vipers on here but that's honestly my agenda. And I hate that [b]caring about kids[/b] is somehow anti-feminist or right-wing. (Also, every OT, ST, PT, etc. I have seen with my children feels the same way about early childhood.)

Sometimes you have to move beyond your defensiveness and see the bigger picture. For example: I wasn't able to breastfeed. I loathed and resented the lactivists for their arrogance and meddling and felt enormous guilt (this was back when this was *the* hot issue). BUT even I can acknowledge that the lactivist movement probably [b]helped millions of children enjoy healthier, happier lives[/b]. It's not always about our egos.[/quote]

The bolded claims need sources because they sound a lot like opinions.

If you’re referring to “peer nations” as Western Europe, I work with a ton of Western Europeans and even lived there for a time.  Americans glamorize and romanticize the parental leave but it’s a major f’ing problem for their economies and, it’s not so straightforward that every mom stays home for free for ____ months/years (fill in the blank with whatever myth based number you want)

As for breast feeding, surely you know the very same countries you put on a pedestal for this free SAHM child care system (that doesn’t exist) also rely extremely heavily on formula.

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