[MissMisa]

I agree completely with Suki on this one.

To be at home with your child all the time is a detriment to your child's health rather than a help. They become dependant on that one parent and can't function without them.

It's true that the child needs different role models in their lives, but the gender of these are irrelevent. In my opinion, these roles are interchangable.

If both parents are working, it is a positive step for your childs development. It means they don't become dependant on one or both parents, and they learn social skills and how to mix with other people. As they get older, they learn you have to make sacrifices and they develop a stronger work ethic.

The best way to learn is by going out there, making mistakes and doing things for yourself. Just because both parents may be working doesn't mean they are never there for their child, the typical 9-5 job means they actually spend the majority of the day with their child anyway.

Maybe it's useful in the very early days for parents to be at home to provide basic needs for a new born child, but that's about as far as it goes for me.

I don't think one parent needs to go out and work, and one parent needs to stay at home. The parents will be at home some of the time and at work some of the time. Surely it's better to have a balance rather than a one sided state of affairs?