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| Mon, 03-03-2008 - 11:08am |
My son is six months old, and I have been back to work full time for four weeks.
I became upset over the weekend when two people (who are very close to me) made comments such as: "it seems like it would be so much easier to drop your kids off at daycare and work full time than to stay home", and even worse, "it's clearly easier to work and have someone else raise your kids than stay home". Both were stated by mothers who have never been in the position of working full-time with children. I disagree thoroughly with both comments (my life is certainly NOT easier now that I'm back to work!)
So... without stiring up the hornet's nest that is the "mommy war"... I am curious, how can I respond to statements like this? Should I respond, or just let it go? How long does it take to get over hearing hurtful things like this?
Any thoughts are appreciated!

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We love public playgrounds.
Yes. We. Did.
We are talking about finding last minute child care for a job interview, how that morphed into a crisis and or desperation, I'm not sure.
PumpkinAngel
Wouldn't a person *plan* for having those kids in care?
Why would they have more kids than they could afford care for?
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Ducky
It's not about poverty.
If the complex of condo's has open space and a pool....why wouldn't you think that a complex of apartments also has open spaces and a pool?
PumpkinAngel
As I hae posted numerous times here -- we had a big yard that we never used -I preferred to take her to public playgrounds
Yes. We. Did.
I do, but that isn't the situation that has been debated.
RLGT has clearly stated that her house wouldn't be in jeopardy, that they could live on UE for awhile plus her dh's salary, moving the health care from one to the other and such....it was a pretty matter of fact statement that losing a job and looking for another one while have a child at home full time wasn't a crisis or hardship, let alone what you are describing.
PumpkinAngel
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