Who has influenced your sah/woh
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Who has influenced your sah/woh
| Thu, 02-09-2006 - 2:39pm |
opinion to DIFFER. What I mean is--is there anyone on this board or in real life whose opinion/reasoning/debating/facts started to make your thinking more to the middle? As in if you thought sah or woh was best & then after some discussion/thought, you began to think that whatever is best for each family--really there is no one best way, etc.
We just really needed a new thread here!!!!!!!!


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Part of the dilema for him has been lack of peers in a similar role. He could definetly get isolated. We want to do whats best for all of us so for the last 3+ years (while I was pregnant till now)he's looked at career opportunities; and now is pursuing an actuarial designation. He already has some opps based on passing 2 of the 8 tests...but needs to continue to earn what would be enough for me to quit. So we'll see!
Karen
" says, "Navy makes a very strong statement." I guess so. It says, "I'm boring." Or, "I'd like this job here at the bank.""
Jeff @ TelevisionWithoutPity, Project Runway
Karen
"Veronica: "I hate fake deer too. Every time I see their stupid fake-deer faces I want to grab a shotgun and go all Cheney on 'em." Sure, but since fake deer don't talk, they won't
I love all this "either or" crap that is consistently spewed wrt "the Holy Importance of Parents™". Like, if a kid likes his provider and bonds with her and she provides great care, well then just THROW the parents out the window, because what further use are they? Loving and bonding with the provider is NOT a rejection of the parents, nor does it suggest the parents aren't needed or wanted.
It's not either or. Never has been, never will be.
Karen
" says, "Navy makes a very strong statement." I guess so. It says, "I'm boring." Or, "I'd like this job here at the bank.""
Jeff @ TelevisionWithoutPity, Project Runway
Karen
"Veronica: "I hate fake deer too. Every time I see their stupid fake-deer faces I want to grab a shotgun and go all Cheney on 'em." Sure, but since fake deer don't talk, they won't
Tell that to Kristi's kids. Tell that to Virgomom's kids. Tell that to kids whose parents most definitely left 'at the wrong time" in their development.
Karen
" says, "Navy makes a very strong statement." I guess so. It says, "I'm boring." Or, "I'd like this job here at the bank.""
Jeff @ TelevisionWithoutPity, Project Runway
Karen
"Veronica: "I hate fake deer too. Every time I see their stupid fake-deer faces I want to grab a shotgun and go all Cheney on 'em." Sure, but since fake deer don't talk, they won't
I live in a western state. Here are the applicable ratios. They're actually 1:5 for infants in dc centers. The university dc, which is considered one of the best dc centers in town, goes 1:4, which is why I said 1:4.
I don't think 1:4 for infants, or even 1:5, is unusual at all.
Provider /Child Ratio
Age Range Ratio For Daycare Centers
Infants (1:5)
Toddlers (1:5)
2 Years (1:7)
2 ½ - 3 years (1:8)
3 years (1:10)
4 years (1:12)
5 years and up (1:15)
"Loving and bonding with the provider is NOT a rejection of the parents, nor does it suggest the parents aren't needed or wanted."
Well said. It's not like children have a finite capacity to bond and love. Loving one person doesn't take away from loving another. I don't get why mothers can't see this. After all most of us have more than one child and we have no problem bonding with and loving them all.
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