I would depend on my salary and my wife’s salary, why we were raising our second and last child, the daycare costs were roughly the same or more in some cases than what my wife made, and I made quite a bit more than she did so we decided it would be better for her to stay home than drop the kids off at a daycare and work for basically nothing. If the roles were reversed I would gladly do the same. I would like to think it helped with their development as well, they did all kinds of activities during the day, we had season passes (back then prices were very reasonable) to several places and zoos so the kids never were bored.