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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PumpkinAngel
IMO, a good school district is very hard to find, wherever you are.
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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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
So you assume that will always be the case?
PumpkinAngel
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