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Many companies offer paternity leave, so I'm not sure that's as much of an arguement as it used to be.
With regard to not being able to operate on one income, then have the kids as close together as possible and get back to work when the youngest hits kindergarten. But I really think that the new reality is - if you can't afford to live on one income, you probably shouldn't be having kids.
Americans didn't say that when we thought about building the first railroad, or dam, or space shuttle. We dove in head first and went for it. Back then, we didn't make doubts or talk ourselves out of creating something great.
why is making the nation SAHD's such a hard concept?
It's a silly concept, kind of like making the whole nation eat peanut butter and bananas for lunch every Monday. I mean...I suppose it could be done, and if it works for your family, good on ya. But why have a goal of 90% of the nation? Who cares what others eat?
You are getting a lot of answers. The answer is, before one would endeavor to answer how to MAKE it work, one first must answer why one would want to. You have gotten an answer you don't like. There is no decent reason to want to make it work.
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For those of us that are SAHM's, we keep on telling you there are plenty of SAHD's out there already. Capiche?
Exactly which careers are exclusively open only to men in 2011?
Telling me and them showing up in here are to TOTALLY different tings, seen...????
you trying to tell me no Men are online right now? their too busy cooking and changing diapers to find a site like this?
it's not about "exclusive" jobs, it's about jobs we can do that woman cannot. simple math. think about the most dangerous jobs out there and I bet you my house it's 99.5% Men. and you can't argue with that.
now I need to see some SAHD's...one of you said 2 of them lived on your street. then tell them log on and chime in then.
and stop trying to change the subject. this thread wasn't created for you in the first place. but you're still trying to derail and take it over..
You are getting a lot of answers. The answer is, before one would endeavor to answer how to MAKE it work, one first must answer why one would want to. You have gotten an answer you don't like. There is no decent reason to want to make it work.
No, I'm getting you women trying to speak for the Men. that's what.
where are the SAHD's at? chime in please. I know you're out there. these women said so.
It shouldn't be any different than having a stay at home mother. As long as your family has a way of sustaining itself it shouldn't matter if the mother or father stays home.
And women do it in the United States Army. In fact one 2nd Looie named Sophie Hilaire holds the Guiness World Record for running the marathon in full battle armor. West Point grad, BTW.
Well, one forseeable problem - women have the babies. So if you have this mass revolution - women will still be taking time off for maternity leave. As long as they can afford it, good - but the reason many women work now is that many families can't operate on one income. I'd guess if SAHDs became the norm, there'd be a lot less kids running around.
Less kids running around is not necessarily a bad thing given how over populated the world is. But that said, many of us would like to see the trend toward parental leave for both parties to continue and expand. There is more to parenting than nursing and for some of us there is less to leave than child birth recovery.
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