Direct benefits of SAH to child?

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Registered: 10-31-2005
Direct benefits of SAH to child?
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Wed, 11-14-2007 - 4:20pm

In one of the other threads,

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iVillage Member
Registered: 11-08-2006
Sat, 11-17-2007 - 1:52pm

In the grand scheme of things, can mothercare & othercare be equal???

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-27-2003
Sat, 11-17-2007 - 2:11pm

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Well I guess I'm just that rare exception of a mother.

iVillage Member
Registered: 11-22-2000
Sat, 11-17-2007 - 2:29pm
Exactly what I've been trying to say!

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Registered: 12-29-2004
Sat, 11-17-2007 - 2:36pm
It would have bugged me too, and probably freaked me out a bit.
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-24-2007
Sat, 11-17-2007 - 2:55pm

Who doesn't have days like that?

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Sat, 11-17-2007 - 3:22pm
There is that aspect. But let's say you are super-mommy aka über-mommy. Never a cross word, all housework done when li'l dahlink is asleep, always ready to read Goodnight Moon, even after breakfast and for the 20th time that day. I am really not convinced that either über-mommy or the professional DCP is "better." As long as the caregiver is decent, the kid will get something out of the time spent and will grow and develop as he is supposed to. Since nobody is perfect and each person brings different strengths to the interaction, there is also something to be said for changing it up once in awhile.
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-31-2003
Sat, 11-17-2007 - 3:26pm
Sure, I'll tell you how we did it. BTW -
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
Sat, 11-17-2007 - 3:32pm

I think surrounding culture is HUGE, both in the expectations of the kids, the expectations of the parents and the parents' ideas about what one "must" do as a parent.

My mother did usually attend school plays though. I don't think my dad ever did, but I really can't be sure. We also plain did not have so much of this stuff.

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-27-2003
Sat, 11-17-2007 - 3:33pm

I don't think there has been any idealization of DC, and I don't think anyone expects their dcp to be anything other than human.

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Registered: 07-17-2007
Sat, 11-17-2007 - 3:47pm

Well, it appears that you are a one shot post and runner, but I am a bit bored.

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