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In reply to the discussion: Romney: It’s better to have a parent at home [View all]hamsterjill
(15,220 posts)I'm the mother of a 29 year old, who started going to daycare when she was 5 weeks old.
My circumstances (financially) were different than you describe, but I've never regretted ONE SINGLE TIME having put her in daycare at such a young age. As you indicate, my daughter walked early, talked early, and was educated early. When it was time to start kindergarten, she had no issue being separated from me because she was used to a schedule. She was ahead of most of the other children academically at that time, and she stayed ahead throughout her educational years.
Like you, I used every resource available to check out the daycare and I had her in a good one. And I watched them throughout her upbringing to make sure their standards did not diminish. I was a very involved parent, and my weekends were spent with my daughter.
Personally, I think it is a parent's decision as to how they wish to raise their children, but I know my daughter benefited greatly from early exposure to the world at large.
She is now, as I said, 29 years old. She graduated from college with honors, is happily married now, and has a job where she has been promoted several times in a short period of time. As her mom, I am very proud of her, and proud of the decisions that I made about her upbringing.
Again, it is the parent's preference, but I will not stand by and let some rich politician condemn me for making a parenting decision that may be contrary to what he feels is correct. I'm really tired of Mitt's personal insults.