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By Dawn Rosenberg McKay, About.com Guide to Career Planning since 1997

Stay at Home Parents

Thursday June 19, 2003
After my daughter was born I left my full time job to stay home with her. I wondered whether it would mean the end of my professional life -- it didn't. Here's how I handled the transition.

While I decided to be a stay-at-home mom, many others choose to work outside the home while raising a family. It's quite a balancing act, but a study by the The National Institute for Child Health and Human Development shows that such an arrangement doesn't negatively affect children.

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