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| Fri, 09-05-2003 - 11:46am |
Do you think a SAHM should go back to work once the kids start school?
- Absolutely, why shouldn't she? There's no reason why she shouldn't.
- It's up to her & her family.
- No, not really. What do the kids being in school have to do w/ her working?
You will not be able to change your vote.

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S.V.
Top priorities in this house are family time & sit down dinner together. Limited activities will be acceptable but not to great lengths expressed here.
We are firm in this stand as our parents were.
We loved it. We just hope our kids will also.
There will be absolutely no travel team. I know you think, oh well, maybe. There won't. My dh has a store to run and can't travel. I will not travel anywhere without him, that is just the facts.
Sorry, not flexible on this subject. Our parents weren't, we aren't.
We have other priorities.
S.V.
They don't have seat belts, I have issues with that, even though they "say" they are safe.
I don't want my child bussed for over an hour for a ride that is only 10min by car.
I want to take my kids. Everyone I know, WOH and SAH, not limited to SAH, drive their kids.
S.V.
I would assume there are states that just don't have transportation to school as a big priority.
Laura
We didn't "demand" participation in music lessons, but John did spent nearly 7 years studying clarinet and bass clarinet. We chose lessons that didn't infringe on the weeknight activity ban--specifically to leave those nights open for something else he might like.
We didn't permit John to participate in more than one sport in any given sport season. it's too much. Too much for the kids and too much for the family to try to support in terms of time, making practices, etc.
The schedule you've discussed as insisting upon for your family my ex and I would have never permitted; and he and his wife agree now that they have two kids as well. It's too much and the family loses far more than it gains in trying to keep up with such frenetic scheduling. In our opinion, obviously.
For the record, I can't even IMAGINE a youth sports league needing 3 hours of practice per session, and John has participated in all kinds of sports.
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