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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Her kids being just fine, I just don't know.
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Ducky
<<They were exposed to a lot of things. I probably could have found a nanny that could drive and do those things with them but she would probably not be College educated like myself. >>
Why would you need a nanny to expose children to things like that?
PumpkinAngel
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Curious then, who coaches these teams and runs these activites?
PumpkinAngel
So then wohps have two jobs?
PumpkinAngel
<<Well for that matter no one is forced to have
PumpkinAngel
I agree and some apartments would cost more than a house.
PumpkinAngel
Good point, so as well as a working person, you could also be considered a housewife?
PumpkinAngel
I don't know when she bought her home though as if it was many years ago, her mortgage might be lower than renting.
It all depends on what kind of apt you go into. The ones we rented, in someone's home, everything was included. If we went to an apt. complex, we would have the rent, utilities and maintenance fee. We were paying $650 and the apt. complexes were $850 or more (depending on the apt. complex).
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