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: 03-27-2003
Mon, 12-31-2007 - 11:30am
The apartments where the families I know are living are very nice places.
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Registered: 06-27-1998
Mon, 12-31-2007 - 11:30am

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PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 12-29-2004
Mon, 12-31-2007 - 11:32am

IMO, a good school district is very hard to find, wherever you are.

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Registered: 12-29-2004
Mon, 12-31-2007 - 11:35am
I've lived in apartments all my life, in lots of places, and in single family houses only since about 1989.
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Registered: 12-29-2004
Mon, 12-31-2007 - 11:36am
I'm sure you're right.
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Registered: 12-07-2003
Mon, 12-31-2007 - 11:51am
Public schools do have a lot of problems. I have no illusions that I went to a wonderfully ranked high school (although it is one of the best in the state), but Greatschools.net did give it a 10. There were kids that lived in section 8 housing (gasp!) that attended my high school. And there are lots of nice apartments near my high school in good neighborhoods.

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Registered: 12-06-2004
Mon, 12-31-2007 - 11:52am

From what I can see, she has no great alternatives; her kids aren't going to have it as good as they once did, no matter what.

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Registered: 12-07-2003
Mon, 12-31-2007 - 11:53am
Yeah, I'm sure I was completely oblivious.

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Mon, 12-31-2007 - 11:53am

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Yes, I understand that....but I still don't see how you link those benefits to a sahp, they are just as easy to attain by dual day working parents.


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Okay.....but again, the many other benefits you listed, I don't see how they are uniquely linked to sahp.


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I said nor implied nothing of the sort.


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I disagree with that, why would you think a daycare wouldn't teach a child to read if they ask?


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PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Mon, 12-31-2007 - 11:56am

So you assume that will always be the case?

PumpkinAngel

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