@labeled:

Here is my last comment on this thread (probably, I think...)

@ButtonGuinnett:

@lucyjae: Yes. This is exactly the truth for me. My salary was LESS than the cost of child care and gas. We would have gone into DEBT if I continued to work. Was it a perfect choice? No, but finances cut both ways, which no one seems to be acknowledging when the call stay at home moms snobby and all that.

@labeled:

@noUpside:

I read this article yesterday and it just annoyed me. Saying that kids in daycare are hurt, which is basically what it said, is really dumb. I am a stay at home mom, taking care of my 3 year old. As a child myself, my mom worked and I was in daycare. I turned out great, if I do say so myself, and really enjoyed…

Oh, and anyone know any baby borrowers that can drag the kids around while we don't work?

I vote coffee socials for all the moms. And bon bons.

@Mama Penguino:

@LoveNoelG:

@TaraIncognita:

@Mama Penguino:

@raoul j raoul:

@undomesticgoddess:

@MissMollyKate:

Just reread that. I guess I feel bit bitter. Should probably look into that.

Why does parenting have to be a spectator sport? I hate these kind of threads because it always seems to turn into Whack-a-Mom. Everyone is an expert on mothering because they had a mom, didn't have a mom, were a nanny, are an aunt, watched the Cosby show, whatever. And everyone thinks their situation is the only…

@mommy_dearest:

@briardahl: