Working mothers 'damage their child's health'

However, to suggest that parents who have two choices: both work or live in poverty, and choose to both work are somehow doing wrong, is a little over the top.

I never suggested that.

I am quite familiar with the day care mentality. My mother provided child care in our home in order to be able to raise us herself. My wife did the same so that we could raise our children at home. My daughter worked in a day care center for a period of time. In most cases, the parents who worked while their children were in daycare drove new cars, lived in large houses, owned plenty of nice toys, and, by the way, didn't hesitate to leave their kids in day care during nonworking hours so they could shop, go to social events, etc.. I personally know guys earning $80,000+ who put their infants in daycare so their wives can work.

Warehousing children has become the normal thing to to, to the point where couples don't even give it a second thought. There are couples and single parents who have no choice, and I feel sorry for their children, but I refuse to go along with the fantasy that there is no difference between a parent's love and a stranger's job, just to assuage people's feelings.

Sometimes the truth hurts, but it's still the truth.

I read an article not too long ago about this. The writer claimd that while the children still had the heathy attachment to the mother, the attachment (for lack of a better word) the mother had with the infant was different than that of the mother that was with her child all day.

I believe theere may be some truth to that. The mothers I know who work seem to spend less time with their children even in off work times that the SAHM moms that I know. They seem to try and over compensate with "stuff" and it seems the children, as they are getting older, know how to work the guilt factor.

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