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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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 [b]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 ([/b]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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This is so true and rarely acknowledged.  [/quote]

It’s not free ____ months for mom…. It’s free for mom and [b]dad[/b].

Always quick to deny dad his parenting do weird.

You’re completely wrong about the economy… it increases the labor force, increases productivity, increases retention, is good for health, decreases reliance on public assistance … all good for the economy [/quote]

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