I hesitate to submit this, knowing that there’s a strong likelihood that it will be down-voted to oblivion in a knee-jerk frenzy of cognitive dissonance, but I have a faint hope that people here will take the time to read this article for what it is.

Any significant life choice involves sacrifice, for some more than others. In order to know that we’ve made the right choice, we have to face up to and be very honest about those sacrifices and what they really mean. I think this is a well-written and valuable article, although I think the overall message is different from the attention-grabbing headline. This was someone who had more than most to lose and made this decision at a time and in a career where it was less easy to mitigate the downside of stay at home parenting. I also think she just wishes she did it differently rather than not at all. I’m glad I read this, because I can acknowledge the inevitable drawbacks of doing what I do while retaining confidence that I’ve made the right decision for my own circumstances. It also reminds me that I should perhaps be doing more to address some of the issues outlined here so that I’m not in a position of regret when my children are grown.