abaya

I have to agree with vanblah. Maybe I'll change that opinion later, but for now it resonates with me. I think that if you really wanted to have children, you wouldn't need to ask the TFP. But that's just me, and I'm not in your shoes, lurkette.

I also like what vanblah said about daycares. Yay for Maria Montessori! I was a Montessori kid for a few years and I LOVED it. I still believe it affected my learning style for the rest of my life (a good thing). Daycare, or anything about having kids, is all about what you want to do... in the end, it comes down to what you want, and what kind of life you want to make for your family (with a little bit of randomness thrown in, of course). It comes down to whether or not you can financially and emotionally (and relationally) afford the risk of having children, I guess. It's a gamble... one that I'm certainly unqualified to make, right now. But I wish you the best in this decision, and I am learning a lot from everyone's posts.

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