Affording to Stay at Home

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Registered: 12-01-2007
Affording to Stay at Home
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Wed, 12-12-2007 - 12:20am

Ever notice that those moms that SAH are usually (although not always) more well off than mothers who WOH? It seems to me, based on what I have seen, that while most women enjoy working their jobs and having a professional life outside of the home, some women prefer to stay home with their kids for a certain amount of time - whether it be 1 year or 10 years - and those women have the option to do so, while other women wouldn't even consider the option because they feel they can't afford it.

Well, it has been my experience that most women who do stay at home have

1) husbands who support the idea

2) Husbands who probably earn enough (or almost enough) to support the family.

3) Enough money to support themselves without working.

**Now I am not talking about people who get help from government agencies, I am speaking about women who do it with no outside help - just seems like most women can't because of financial reasons. So, is being a SAH mom now an "upper class" phenomenon - in general? Of course there are many SAH moms that are middle class, but if they chose to have paying jobs, they'd probably move right back up into that higher income bracket.

Blythe

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Registered: 03-27-2000
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 9:56pm

You learn to tune that stuff out when you hear it all the time.

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-27-2005
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 9:59pm

I guess!! I tune out the trains and airplanes by my house so I guess it could be done-lol!!!


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Registered: 08-08-2006
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 10:00pm
Not a lot of culture in my experience - We left the kids at home with the grandparents. We had much ... quality uninterrupted bonding time... in a 5 star hotel with a spa and a golfcourse, for 5 days. Nothing educational IME, but we may have tried something new ;-).
iVillage Member
Registered: 04-27-2005
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 10:03pm
I agree with you that when we went we didn't do many of the educational things either. We were only there for 4 days and it was our 1st anniversary. I would like to do things this time with the kids though.
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Registered: 10-05-2007
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 10:05pm

I consider it recreation, not *enrichment*.


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Ducky

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Registered: 04-27-2005
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 10:07pm
You said you considered a "vacation".
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-05-2007
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 10:08pm

B/c you were talking aboput going to the beaches in bermuda.


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Ducky

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Registered: 08-23-2007
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 10:09pm

So is it recreation or a vacation?

 

iVillage Member
Registered: 04-27-2005
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 10:10pm

This was my original statement.

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-23-2007
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 10:11pm
The beaches in Bermuda are very educational.

 

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