Do you think a SAHM should go back to...

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Do you think a SAHM should go back to...
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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?


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Fri, 09-12-2003 - 2:12pm
Which is one reason we homeschool. I didn't want my kids to go to school all day and then come home, rush through an hour's worth of homework so that we could rush off to their practices.

April

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Fri, 09-12-2003 - 2:21pm
Your town was probably founded as a farm or a ranch back in 1855. If people live there now, it is because it is accessible by car. My theory is not off. I have heard too many stories of sprawl. Most of it can be traced to the convenience of the automobile. Public transportation is not practical in a lot of places because we have made it that way.
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Fri, 09-12-2003 - 2:22pm
Less appealing to implement public transportation? I would say the make up of most of the country now AND pre industrial revolution is not conducive to public transportation to begin with. Sure, cars make it so there's not motivation to implement it *now*, but honestly, since most public transportation IS cars or trains, it was the make up of the country that made it not likely or practical, not cars that made the country like that.
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Fri, 09-12-2003 - 2:22pm
I worry about family & friend's kids riding buses with no seat belts. Thankfully 99% of them never ride the bus. The other 1% it is like once a week, which is one time too many without seat belts in my opinion.

I don't think my car sickness is universal. Unfortunately, my 2 kids did inherit it from me :(

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Fri, 09-12-2003 - 2:24pm
Difference in kids, difference in schools, difference in activities and difference in locations.

My kids have a recess time at the very end of the day, so they have had some free time when we pick them up. Further, we have always had time to play, read or just hang out for at least 15 minutes between when we get to lessons and when they have to be inside. So, it isn't really a "rush" at all. On the contrary, it is a great time for us to chat, hang out and unwind. But see, we can do a lot of that in the car too. I have found some of our best times happen in the car.

Different things work for different families.

Okmrsmommy-36, CPmom to DD-16 and DS-14

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Fri, 09-12-2003 - 2:25pm
We were neither unmotivated or untalented. Both of us participated in a wide variety of sports (football, baseball, basketball) to music (piano, drums, and sax).

Maximum enjoyment for the entire family. That is the way Dh grew up in his household and I in mine. We loved it and want the same for our kids.

Hmmm, who says family time has to be around the family room? There are too many ways to spend it other than in the family room every night.

S.V.



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Fri, 09-12-2003 - 2:26pm
I do agree with you but sometimes the schedule doesn't accomodate that. Both of my daughters are into competitive gymnastics. The practice starts at 4. It is okay for dd1 because she gets home from school at 3. My little one doesn't get off of the bus until 10 minutes before 4. Yes, she doesn't like having to rush out right away but she loves her gymnastics and that is when the practice is scheduled.
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Fri, 09-12-2003 - 2:30pm
What about small towns (we live outside a larger city) that has no public transportation?

While we can walk to a few places, I can't walk to every place I need to go daily or weekly.

We don't have a taxi service to call and there are no buses or other forms of public transportation.

Yet, we have to drive to the outskirts of town (since I live near downtown main street) to get to where we really need to go.

Your idea really wouldn't float for people like us now would it?

S.V.

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Fri, 09-12-2003 - 2:32pm
So what's the solution, or what should the solution have been? The only two I can see according to your ideas is 1. Noone should live anywhere that is not a metropolitan area or somewhat heavily populated, or 2. Every town should implement public transportation even though it would not be cost effective in the slightest, or would be so expensive no one could conceivably afford to use it. I'm sorry, I'm not willing to pay $400k for a house where I could spit in my neighbors yard from my bedroom window and pay $4.99 a lb for chicken breasts just so I can use public transportation. It's completely illogical.

PS. As for "people like me" who are spoiled and supposedly despise public transportation, there are "people like you" who are so environmentally friendly that they can't see reality. ie: In Santa Cruz, where 60% commute by car to San Jose, there was a movement to put in a train to reduce pollution. Who was it defeated by? The environmentalists who managed to convince the city council to put in a bike path instead, as if even a small amount of the commuters would ride their bike 30 miles over a grade daily.

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Fri, 09-12-2003 - 2:33pm
Well I love our two minivans and I wouldn't utilize public transportation if they had it (can you see me toting 2 small kids, the dble stroller, a hefty diaper bag, and $200 worth of groceries on a bus or in a taxi? yeah, right!)

But then again, I'm not against modern conveniences such as cars and other fine items.

S.V.

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