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I really don't expect any other parent to do anything for my child. Please. So now people stay home so they can help MY kids? No, thanks. Our school is full of pushy parents who love to brag about doing this and that, usually stuff that's not needed but gives them something to do. These aren't all sah parents, by the way.
you really have a special way of taking what someone says and twisting it into something else. That's quite a talent.
I couldn't agree more, and this seems to be pretty evident on this board.
Go back to about Sept 26 in this thread if you want to see someone who really feels the need to defend her own choice, even though no one was saying there was anything wrong with it. That should set the tone for the rest of this discussion.
Personally I'd prefer to be rich and happy. Unfortunately the rich part just doesn't seem to be in the cards for me. Even if I went back to work full time we wouldn't be bringing in that much more money and I would be unhappy being away from my kids and unhappy with the added stress so it looks like I'm just going to have to settle for comfortable and happy.
It is a choice, and I, as a working Mom, always appreciated the work that SAHM Mom's did, they volunteered at the school, did elaborate birthday parties that my kids enjoyed, my DD was friends with a girl who had a SAHM, and I know she benefitted from that Mom at home, supervising both girls.
I don't think it should be an issue, some don't have the choice. As a single Mom, I had to work. No choice.
However, it always annoyed me, when my cousin, a SAHM, with a husband who owns an online pharmacy, acted like her kids were better, and smarter than mine because she stayed at home. Whatever.
There are always some like that. I also had zero choice about working. When my cousin had her first kid, I asked my aunt if she planned to return to work and my aunt said, "Oh NO! She wants to be home with her baby as much as possible!" Of course I was thinking, "And you think I DON'T?????"
I was a girl scout leader for seven years and, oddly, almost all of the girl scout leaders in my town were working moms. However, one of the SAHMs in my troop was wonderful--She looked stuff up on the Internet, wrote up any printed materials we needed, organized crafts (I suck at crafts, so this was greatly appreciated) and generally made life much easier for me and the other co-leader, also a working mom.
It all depends on the individual person, not whether they stay home or work.
There are always some like that. I also had zero choice about working. When my cousin had her first kid, I asked my aunt if she planned to return to work and my aunt said, "Oh NO! She wants to be home with her baby as much as possible!" Of course I was thinking, "And you think I DON'T?????"
I was a girl scout leader for seven years and, oddly, almost all of the girl scout leaders in my town were working moms. However, one of the SAHMs in my troop was wonderful--She looked stuff up on the Internet, wrote up any printed materials we needed, organized crafts (I suck at crafts, so this was greatly appreciated) and generally made life much easier for me and the other co-leader, also a working mom.
It all depends on the individual person, not whether they stay home or work.
I've never seen lack of money lead to 'less' stress - usually it leads to more. Financial insecurity (not saying this is you BTW) is VERY stressful.
A certain amount of money is necessary to live well. Not an obscene amount ~ certainly.
I would rather have rather be richer than poorer - but that's just me!
Let's put it this way:
I would rather live my current lifestyle, than have the money my brother has, we are not rich, but we are not poor. My husband has job security.
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