Huh? Just because it is a good place for people to socialize?

I'll agree with all of that. I don't think i'd agree to an immunization that hasn't been proven effective over the long run.

And we have too much of a mob mentality when it comes to destroying each another.

I'm sorry, I should have followed with a /sarcasm. It just seemed odd for religion to make it's way into a conversation about the benifits, pro/con, of early child care.

that's because too many are kids raised in day care...;)

This a pretty touchy subject to start the morning off with. Basically, if you stay home with your kids that means you sacrafice more for them and spend more time with them. To me, that is putting your children over yourself which is fine for me because my wife stays at home, but flip that logic around to daycare families and it is pretty insulting.

So now day care has a negative impact on your children? Look at all of the studies that shows what divorce does to kids, (drugs, teen sex, drop out rates, etc...) With 53% of American marriages ending in divorces I think a much bigger issue for our children is divorce rather than preschool.

Also, we live in a middle class neighborhood that is full of young families. Our half completed subdivision fills up 2 full school busses of kids and most of those Mom's stay at home. My wife is in 3 different play groups, the neighborhood committee, Bunko, and spends all day at the pool with the kids during the summer. She knows most of the stay at home Moms and at least 25% of them take Zoloft or some other happy drug because their kids drive them nuts. It is my, uneducated oppinion that for every mom that stays at home because it allows them to spend time with a teach their child, there is another that uses the kids as an excuse for not having to go to work.

1. 90% of income? I'm not sure where you came up with that figure. Does it really cost around 40 grand to pay for a year of day care?

2. It's selfish to not give up your career because you have a child? Personally I think it's pathetic for a married woman to give up any career aspirations and settle in as a baby maker for the rest of her days.

So 65% of your wife's income is better than raising your own children. I'm shocked that you work in the govt.

That 65% will come in very handy when saving for my childs college. It would be tough to do both (stay at home AND save for a childs college).

Daycare does not raise children, parents do. I don't know why that is such a tough concept to comprehend.

ROFL

There's always the option of NOT HAVING KIDS.

Please take that option. Darwin will thank you.

BTW, my wife had a career before kids and she'll have one after kids. Oh, and before I forget and get punched in the sack, she has one now. RAISING OUR KIDS.

Anyone that cares about their kids would home-college them.

#2 - I'd love to give up any career aspirations to be a stay at home dad. Put up with actual shit than bullshit - it would be much easier.

No, at that point they're 18 and unless you've f**ked up it's time for them to leave.

So in your world, it's either:

1. Mom must stay home, give up career, and raise children, or

2. Not have kids.

Are you one of the Geico cavemen?

Also, i'm sure your wife will have a scintillating career once the kids grow up. Her 5+ years of cleaning diapers would surely trump the professional experience her peers will have on their resume.

Sorry, I know that 90% number seems to have bothered a lot of people from the reaction. I come from a more blue collar type background and have seen mothers working fast food jobs while the kids are in day care. At that point, yes 90% of their income is needed to pay for the child care. Like I said, that makes no sense to me.