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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Fri, 12-21-2007 - 1:58pm
That is so beautiful!
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Fri, 12-21-2007 - 2:01pm

Well then I guess I should just toss in the towel now right?

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Fri, 12-21-2007 - 2:23pm
I didn't read her post as saying SES is all-important; it's just one important factor among others wrt college admissions.
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Fri, 12-21-2007 - 2:30pm
even with our inferior ses and inferior zip code and high school code, my dd has been talking about and looking at possible colleges sinces she was about 9-10.
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Registered: 07-17-2007
Fri, 12-21-2007 - 2:35pm
i grew up in a family with a very high ses and what it showed me is that beyond a certain point more is just more and money doesnt buy happiness or provide any guarantees - you still have to work just as hard as everyone else.
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Fri, 12-21-2007 - 2:38pm
does that mean my kids are going to grow up to be farmers :)
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Fri, 12-21-2007 - 2:44pm

I disagree.

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Fri, 12-21-2007 - 3:45pm

Not to mention that fact that some university in say -- ohio is

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Fri, 12-21-2007 - 3:49pm

My oldest DS is 11 1/2, he wants to go to the college that I hope to eventually work at(so he can go tuition free). He's wnated to go there since long before I started talking about working there. Know why?


He spent the night there with one of church teachers and the cafeteria is HUGE. LOL a boy's gotta have his standards you know!


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Fri, 12-21-2007 - 3:56pm

"How personable and upbeat were you?"


ROFLMAO, oh my gosh that was my laugh for the week!


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