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: 07-17-2005
Wed, 12-26-2007 - 1:08pm
A good in-home daycare provider can make a good salary without a degree. My friend has her own child-care business and makes more than my other friend who is a K teacher.
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Registered: 12-29-2004
Wed, 12-26-2007 - 1:10pm
Did anybody say that living in an apartment is in any way a problem?
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Registered: 04-27-2005
Wed, 12-26-2007 - 1:13pm
ITA with you. My old sitter was making $150 per child, per week. She had quite a few kids.
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Registered: 12-06-2004
Wed, 12-26-2007 - 1:16pm

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Registered: 12-29-2004
Wed, 12-26-2007 - 1:16pm

You're reading things into her posts that simply are not there.

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Registered: 12-29-2004
Wed, 12-26-2007 - 1:19pm

Maybe auto mechanic isn't the best example I could have used.

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Registered: 12-29-2004
Wed, 12-26-2007 - 1:20pm
Who said anything about being a "nice guy"?
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Registered: 12-29-2004
Wed, 12-26-2007 - 1:23pm
It's not a question of pride - anyone who comes from a hard working family where kids were successfully raised has reason to be proud.
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Registered: 12-29-2004
Wed, 12-26-2007 - 1:26pm
You keep talking about how you read this and that into these posts, things that I don't see at all.
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Registered: 07-17-2005
Wed, 12-26-2007 - 1:36pm

At 9 this is a concern? Gee, I'm just happy that mine gets to be a kid at 8. He *thinks* he wants to be an Architect or an Engineer but I don't put a lot of faith in that since he's only 8. I'm just thinking how stressful it must be to be concerned over college acceptance at age 9. Sorry, JMHO.

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