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I think there is a compromise here that our family has done.

Our kids have always gone to part-time daycare, averaging maybe 15-20 hours/week between our two schedules (some years more, some years less as my schedule has been flexible - now, the little one is down to about 12 hours/week)

I think we get the best of both worlds really and I know in America, there is a conjured vision of daycare as being a place where kids are lonely and forgotten - nothing could be farther from the truth.

Our sons developed relationships there with other adults, learned to socialize, developed academically, and maybe most of all, got to blow off some steam with other kids in free-play. Overall, it's been a positive experience for them.

Frankly, I think daycare is much superior to "Daddy Day." LOL.

I understand both sides of the issue on this - the SAHM's and the Working Moms. Research has shown that neither group conveys a disadvantage or advantage.

The only disadvantage I could maybe see to daycare, having used it, are the infections - my kids were sick a lot more then average probably, nothing serious, maybe their immune system got a charge from all the colds and stuff.

All in all, no regrets.