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Expectations on your children...
| Thu, 06-03-2004 - 1:56pm |
Wrt their working status/parenting as an adult?
If you SAH, will you encourage your daughter (or son) to do the same? How would you feel if they chose different from the path you have taken as a parent?

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I have a 250-lb capacity handtruck that I bought for $20 from Home Depot. YOu can get one with a 750 lb capacity for under $50.
Should no woman sah to raise children?
The decision wasn't made for another to stop drinking, the decision was made not to give it to him in one big lump sum...but over a period of time in smaller installments.
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Not really, no. She has several marketable skills. Perhaps you've been skipping those threads.
In any case, even if she is dependent on her dh for funding, that doesn't mean her only other source of funding is her estranged mom. So you're wrong again - being self-sufficient isn't the only thing that will put her in the position of not truly needing her mom.
<<In a small crew, you do everything.>>
Which has nothing in the world to do with a woman's ability to become a master carpenter. Got any more straws to grasp?
- BTW, about 90% of lifting and carrying is about leverage and balance, not strength. When I was in high school I weighed all of 92 pounds but routinely lifted and carried 50-lb sandbags as part of my job. No biggie. My dad framed and finished an addition on our house all by himself when he was in his 70's, and he's a skinny little thing.
Who has said anything about it being a walk in the park? The point was (if you recall) is that CLW said women couldn't be master carpenters - that it was not a feasible choice.
You think all people who go to law school have to put in equal effort to pass the bar? What makes this any different?
And you're wrong in the implication that only a minority of women could meet the physical requirements. As someone said earlier, most women think they can't just because they haven't conditioned themselves to be strong. Instead, they've mentally conditioned themselves to believe women can't be strong. And apparently they're working now on conditioning their daughters to think the same way.
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