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In reply to the discussion: Robert Scheer on Hillary Clinton (he's not a fan) [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)But a mother who stays home with her children is working. It's time our country recognized that. The cost of day-care is outrageous by the way. That's probably because taking care of babies and small children is a really hard, labor-intensive job.
A lot of people do not understand that.
If women want to train to work and leave their babies in day-care to do it, they should have that choice. But they should not have to choose between staying home with their very young children and eating. That is wrong in my opinion.
It's sexist to think that a person who stays at home to take care of a young child (whether it is the mother or the father) is not working. Other countries,, that is, other civilized countries in general have longer leaves for taking care of babies. The leaves are not required but may be taken.