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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Sat, 12-22-2007 - 6:32am
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Sat, 12-22-2007 - 7:51am

oooh! an other hymn to the wonderfulness of studies.
Said it before, I'll say it again. my life and my daughters' life is not a study. I work. I've always worked. She went to daycare for 5 years now she's in 3rd grade. Life's good. all's well with the world. Never read a study, never will. I go by my life, REAL life as I live it ....study schmudy. put down the studies people and make decisionsfor yourself LOL

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Sat, 12-22-2007 - 8:38am

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Sat, 12-22-2007 - 8:48am

I belive that she is displaying a snobbish and elitist additude.

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Sat, 12-22-2007 - 10:36am
Again, I have to point out that she didn't say SES was the most important factor in raising kids.
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Sat, 12-22-2007 - 10:37am
Maybe it doesn't make that much difference, since most farm commodities and products are in the hands of agribusiness on a mega scale anyway?
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Sat, 12-22-2007 - 10:38am
Alas, it's too late for many of us to ever recapture a real connection between ourselves and nature.
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Sat, 12-22-2007 - 10:43am

"My children's SES would be lowered enough to impact everything from high school graduation rates to what college they could attend.

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Sat, 12-22-2007 - 10:48am

I think maybe you're just not that well versed in this topic.

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Sat, 12-22-2007 - 11:22am

You should live near me then. Lots of high quality peers here.

I can't tell you how delightful it was the time I picked up a neighbor kid to carpool to baseball camp, a kid I didn't know very well and had never had a conversation with, and the very first thing he said to me and my son was "How big is your boat?" The next fabulous conversation contribution was "What kind of car does your dad drive?"

He was nine years old. High quality, oh yeah.

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