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Old 02-21-2007, 08:32 PM
Snoopy2645 Snoopy2645 is offline
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Default Re: Stay at home parent?

I agree its priceless to be here for my kids when I quit my ft job 6yrs ago it was gonna be for 1 yr then for 5yrs now its been 6yrs & I know now I wont work ft at least until the youngest is in kindegarten I cannont leave my kids. The 2 youngest are doing great with learning things & my oldest is getting better she was basically raised in daycares until she started school & I know it wasnt good for her. Of course I couldnt afford much so I am sure the quality of the daycare wasnt the greatest so that never helped her.

I know others who work & have 2 or 3 kids in daycare I have no idea how they can be clearing anything once daycare is paid I guess most have parents to back them up if daycare costs are too expensive we dont have anyone but my mom & she works 12 hr days so thats not an option for us. A few things bad about being out of the working world is the ssi part & can your career make a come back but I think those are small small sacrafices considering we all KNOW our kids will never be 1 or 2 again or will never be small again.

I do work pt now if you can call it that & its just enough for me I work 1 day outside doing demos & 1 or 2 days a week taking orders at home just enough to make a little money ya know & pay into ssi
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