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Originally Posted by Suki
Every minute you're not working and being paid for it, you're not working and being paid for it, therefore you're not earning the money you need to raise your child in good conditions.
The father's salary alone might not be enough.
Parents have to deal with the most part in the childraising stage, but there has to be other people too. The child needs to interact with other human beings. Get familiar with other faces. Get used to not always being around his parents. That's why taking your child to day care is not such a bad idea.
Raising your kid right doesn't mean being with him 24/7, it means making sure he's never unattended and gets everything he needs (like, survival wise).
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I think you are talking about two different things. You talk about your career for you on one side, and then working out of necessity on the other.
Naturally if it is for survival, work needs to take priority over careers, but I think there is something funny about both a mother and father who are successful working when it isn't necessary.
Sure a child needs to be exposed to people other than parents, but when the parents are gone for the majority of the day, that means they are being raised by people OTHER than the parents.
Child raising is a relationship, and a relationship is a two way street. Id you want a stranger taking care of your child during the majority of waking hours during the day, what is the point of having children in the first place?
I think it is fine for people to put great importance in their careers, but if it is a great priority for both husband and wife (and I know couples like that) then they should wait on having kids.