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: 06-17-2003
Fri, 12-21-2007 - 9:52am

Where would one go to find out what the 'correct' zip codes are?

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Registered: 10-04-2007
Fri, 12-21-2007 - 9:53am

I wasn't.

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Registered: 10-05-2007
Fri, 12-21-2007 - 9:53am

My 9 yo and her friends have discussions on which colleges they will attend and what their majors will be because they have parents who are higher SES.

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Ducky

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Registered: 12-07-2003
Fri, 12-21-2007 - 9:54am

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Registered: 10-04-2007
Fri, 12-21-2007 - 9:55am
So did my dh and I.
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Registered: 10-05-2007
Fri, 12-21-2007 - 9:57am

I feel so bad for my neice and nephew.

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Ducky

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Registered: 01-15-2006
Fri, 12-21-2007 - 10:01am

i'm sorry but that's just sad...i can't say my 10 year old and 8 year old have a clue about the differences between SES,in what their daddy does and our neighbor's daddy does (i prefer sticking to dd2's assumption of what daddy does,a judge.

 

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Registered: 12-29-2004
Fri, 12-21-2007 - 10:03am
Well, as you know, these social science-related "facts" are only facts in a broad, general, average way; our own kids can easily be exceptions.
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Registered: 08-18-2007
Fri, 12-21-2007 - 10:07am

There are some competitive colleges who probably designate a certain number of slots for admission per high school.

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Fri, 12-21-2007 - 10:08am

I firmly believe my sister had alot to do with me getting into HC -- when i wsa interviewing with the Dean of Admissions she went down the hall tos ee another Dean who had been a great friend of hers during her time at the Cross and said 'my kid sister is interviewing right now"


i SWEAR that tipped the scales for me LOL

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