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.

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So, based on that post is it safe to assume that you have been more than a couple of times in your lifetime?
PumpkinAngel
<<No, I said if I had a
PumpkinAngel
I showed how many times.
So if and when you are there in NYC, you don't think your children would enjoy the NYC museums?
You can't go to NYC for other reasons than a museum and then happen to go to a museum while you are there?
Is this your opinion just for the museums in NYC?
PumpkinAngel
Because there would be a choice. If you were given the chance to go to St. Louis or Paris, would you take St. Louis even though you could go there anytime?
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If you don't have the opportunity to go, then a statement claiming to be able to go 365 days a year, would be false.
PumpkinAngel
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