Affording to Stay at Home

iVillage Member
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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iVillage Member
Registered: 12-06-2004
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 11:30am

Please enlighten me as to what I do every night when I get home?

iVillage Member
Registered: 12-29-2004
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 11:33am
Maybe she doesn't consider her average middle class neighborhood to be good enough - if so, then she wouldn't be alone.
iVillage Member
Registered: 12-29-2004
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 11:35am
How you leap from what you think is "implied" to flaming someone for posts that you consider "snobbish" beats me, especially when there's nothing at all concrete in such posts for you to use in support of these conclusions.
iVillage Member
Registered: 12-29-2004
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 11:37am
There's the natural desire to have your kids not have to spend their working lives in backbreaking labor, and I think there's also the natural desire, at least in some of us, to have your kids take up professions with higher status.
iVillage Member
Registered: 12-29-2004
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 11:38am
Well said.
iVillage Member
Registered: 12-29-2004
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 11:39am
Who said otherwise?
iVillage Member
Registered: 12-29-2004
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 11:42am

Social class in the USA is a tremendously complex subject; some interesting books about it have come out in recent years.

iVillage Member
Registered: 06-17-2003
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 11:44am
You really need to do some research.
iVillage Member
Registered: 12-29-2004
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 11:45am
Exactly.
iVillage Member
Registered: 12-29-2004
Thu, 12-27-2007 - 11:50am
Why is it all about money to you?

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