Jessica has submitted her resignation to PRG. We decided long ago that we both wanted to have one of us parenting full-time. Given the economic landscape and our differing levels of satisfaction with our careers, we decided that she should be the one to stay home and I should be the one holding a full-time job. We hope that she will be able to do freelance work to earn some extra money, keep her resume current, and just allow her some adult interaction. The field of textbook publishing employs many freelance writers and editors, so it shouldn't be hard to find work. We're not against day care, we just didn't want to put our child in day care permanently and full-time, especially when she was very young. We certainly expect to use day care either full-time for a short period, or part-time for a longer period, depending on the publishing cycle, my job's flexibility, and availability of friends and family (ahem). It's hard enough for me to leave her at home, and that's when she's with Jessica. I can't imagine how hard it would be for us both to leave her.

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