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: 03-31-2003
Wed, 12-19-2007 - 5:02pm
I knew going into teaching (1st salary was $24,000, LOL!) that I would probably never see six figures.

Isn't that just ridiculous! Teachers starting out now don't make much more.

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Registered: 12-29-2004
Wed, 12-19-2007 - 5:17pm
Au contraire, it's not a bit obvious that her values are different than yours.
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Registered: 10-05-2007
Wed, 12-19-2007 - 5:18pm

Interesting.



We'd living in a neighborhood where kids are growing up with the same kinds of values and expectations I was surrounded with.

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Ducky

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Registered: 10-05-2007
Wed, 12-19-2007 - 5:28pm

Let me put it another way, maybe then you can understand.



We'd be living in a neighborhood where kids are growing up with the same kinds of values and expectations I as we do now.

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Ducky

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Registered: 12-07-2003
Wed, 12-19-2007 - 5:34pm
Do you think your kids would be sincerely financially harmed if you did not work? I mean, it's nice that the extra salary goes towards fully funding their college at any school they can get into, but I don't think their well-being depends on it. They would still go to college, still be productive members of society, are unlikely to become violent criminals . . . I just don't see as big of a gap between $100,000 and $200,000 as I do between, say $25,000 and $50,000.

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Registered: 07-17-2007
Wed, 12-19-2007 - 5:41pm
i feel certain we do not have it all right and that we will make lots of mistakes over the years, we are human.
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Registered: 08-08-2006
Wed, 12-19-2007 - 6:03pm
But the 100K or so
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Registered: 10-04-2007
Wed, 12-19-2007 - 7:35pm
LOL.
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Registered: 10-04-2007
Wed, 12-19-2007 - 7:39pm

Why would it reek for your family?

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Registered: 10-04-2007
Wed, 12-19-2007 - 7:41pm
No, there's one big difference between what I"m saying and what the SAHM's are saying.

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