[PrincessPerky]

Never said you were, simply stated that when a daycare spends more time with kids than parents that means the day care IS raising the kid at least in part. Again sorry if you took insult, my goal is not to hurt.

On average a child is in daycare for 50-70 hours a week, sleeps for (7*10) 70 spends 48 or less with parents [out of 24*7= 168] That means day care is at least as influential as the parents.

factor in that a great deal of the time with parents is spent getting stuff on to go to work, food in, baths taken and you don't have a lot of time left to find out what kind of kid you have....and your kid doesn't have a lot of time to be alone, be with mom, be with dad, be with siblings, and well just be.

This is not (to me) about working vs not working, my opinion is merely based on the STRONG influence that day care has, A place that spends more time and especially more 'free time' with your kid than you IS raising your kid to a great degree.

Daycare should be a use as needed well researched choice. All the politically correct talk of 'its no big deal day care wont harm them in the slightest' is the same kind that has people thinking nursing and bottlefeeding are the same healthwise, they are not. Yes there are reasons to bottle feed, and there are reasons to use daycare, but NO they are not the same.