I stayed at home with my 5 older kids, but I went back to school and work full time as the 4 youngest were born, so basically "half" my kids were raised by a stay-at-home mom and "half" were raised by a working mom and daycare.
They are all grown up now, and I don't think the younger ones grew up less deprived. They are all very different, successful adults and I am proud of all of them!
NINE! WHOO-HOO. That's a lotta babies. Congratulations. I come from parents of big families. My father has 8 sisters. My mother has 6 brothers and 7 sisters. Alas, I have only 1 sibling- a sister, three years my senior.