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[quote=Anonymous]I also vote not to bring up the child. I just can't imagine it being taken well. If you brought that up in an interview with me, I would assume it's because you plan to bring your child along to work - at least as a back up care option. Even if you then tried toe explain your back up care plan, I'd still assume that at some point in the year, your child will be at my house - to me, that's not a deal breaker, but it's also not what you begin the interview process with. The initial interview should be about what you, as a candidate, bring to the job. In the second round or when discussing the offer, then you bring up what kinds of accommodations or limitations you expect (ie - you won't be offering flexibility, so hours must be set with no changes), but it's a distraction to bring that up in the first round. It's kind of like saying your needs trump the needs of the job - which is true for you in your life (and true for me in my job too!) but that's not what an employer wants to hear from the get go. Let it be about them and their needs in round one. [/quote]

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