What ever you read on these boards you can never take personally. It is just an opionated board. I am a stay at home mom, we have really sacrificed for me to be this. I certainly don't frown upon parents who take theier kids to daycare whether it be for survival or preference. I have a neighbor who says she would hate being around her children all day. I would rather her put her kids in daycare so she doesn't blow a fuse and accidently mistreat them. I have moms I know that take them to day care because they are a single family with the father nowhere to be found. I truly feel I am just lucky because my hubby and I are still a family, he has good insurance so I don't have to find a job that has it and we had no money to begin with so it was'nt hard to live without..