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CAN A WOMAN BE TOO CLEVER TO BE A STAY-AT-HOME MUM?

‘I felt my mother lost so much by not bringing me up; she missed out hugely. As a child, I’d ask myself: “What would nanny think?” I didn’t want my own children doing that….Louise Kirk

Louise Kirk is passionate about the importance of being a stay-at-home mum. With good reason — she’s raising four formidably accomplished children. Her three sons won scholarships to a top public school and her daughter has just got a place at Oxford University

The issue of high-flying women who take advantage of the best education in the world and then abandon careers to change nappies caused something of a stir earlier this month.

The debate was sparked by Danish prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, who controversially singled out educated British women for ‘wasting’ their top degrees from ‘fancy universities’ to devote their best years to child-rearing.

The Debate

On the one hand, committed career women, who are happy for their children to be brought up by nannies and au pairs, argued that those who have enjoyed a privileged education have a duty to use their brains for the good of society and the economy.

But women like Louise Kirk were incensed by this argument. ‘I wanted to scream,’ she says. ‘I felt indignant. I’ve always known I wanted to stay at home to bring up my children. No one else can replicate that bond of love.

culled from http://www.dailymail.co.uk

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