I’m calling BS. Dimes to dollars your child would give anything to be able to stay home with mommie, learning age-appropriate activities like crafts, etc., rather than studying foreign languages at age 2? Give me a break! Is shuttling your child off to someone else to raise worth all the big bucks you are earning with two incomes? One day, either here or in the hereafter, you will rue that decision.
That’s why I say it’s a good idea for grandparents to live with the parents.
My mother-in-law has lived with us ever since we had our kids, and I can’t imagine how it would have been had it not been for her.
I also think it gives children a greater appreciation for the elderly that they hold as they go through life.