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And that NFL player gets raked over the coals for praising that very thing. One day in the market a woman remarked to my wife, "You're a stay-at-home-mom, aren't you." She followed that with, "I can tell that by how your daughter behaves." That was a long time ago. Funny the things you remember...

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Years ago, I asked the Head Mistress at our daughters' private NY school whether she could see a difference in children whose mother's stayed at home versus those that worked. Unequivocally, she replied, "yes".

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People have frequently complimented me on how well-behaved my kids are. Coulda fooled me!

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Used to happen to me too. Kids behave differently with their parents than they do with other adults.

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Ran into the same, often. We started checking our kidsтАЩ IDs. тАЬTHIS kid???тАЭ LOL

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My daughterтАЩs pediatrician knew that I was a stay at home mom because he only saw her once a year for her annual check-up. The kids who were in day care were in his office every couple of months with the latest germ which was being passed around.

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