Is is "hard" being a sahm?
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Is is "hard" being a sahm?
| Sat, 04-24-2004 - 1:25pm |
For many years now, I have heard the claim that being a sahm is the hardest job in the world. I never chimed in, because I didn't know first hand. I stayed home for 6 weeks when my twin daughters, Sophia and Stephanie (almost 4) were born. And that was hard, because I had 2 newborns. Now, almost 4 years later, I have resigned my job and am staying home again. I can god-honestly say that I don't know what's so hard about this. I personally feel like I am on easy street, but maybe that's because I haven't been at it that long. I feel like I am on vacation. It takes no longer than a couple hours a day to do the housework, and the rest of the time is free time for me and the girls. We have gone to the park, the zoo, chuck e cheeses, and I know not every day is going to be like this, but I feel like I am making up for lost time. My children seem happy and relaxed. The only hard thing about this is that they have gotten into some pretty raging fights with each other, but the fights have ended with quick intervention. I guess I am just wondering how long before this becomes "The hardest job in the world" and I start looking like a zombie, complaining that my husband doesn't help me, and so on? Or do I seriously have the choice not to turn into that? Also, do you think that at the rate I am going, I am at risk for getting bored staying home?

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Oh and it's not always as awful as it is here. Many districts supplement the program heavily with some going as far as to use EDM as enrichement activities. THAT I would like for my dd's. Chances are if they've been teaching it for a while, the teachers are figuring out it doesn't work and are taking corrective action. What's happening here is teachers have been ordered to use nothing BUT EDM.
Edited 5/20/2004 7:41 pm ET ET by grimalkinskeeper
I keep reading this thread and one thing that keeps popping up is:
PRIVATE SCHOOL
Mondo
I love math. Now. I've always liked it but struggled though high school with it. It's like someone flipped a switch sometime after I graduated from high school and all of a sudden I could understand what I had struggled to memorize over the years but I was REALLY glad I had memorized what I had. One thing EDM fails to see is that understanding is dependent on the child's development. Experimentation to "discover" math is only good if the child is capable of discovering math. I look at this program and want to cry. I can guarantee I wouldn't have graduated from high school, let alone college if I had been taught this way. Before I reached the point of being physically able to understand, I NEEDED repetition. That's the one thing EDM has done away with. They don't even stay on topic more than a couple of days lest they bore the kids or create kids who fear math. It's more important that our kids LIKE math than actually be able to DO math. That is really sad.
No, everything dd has ever tried she wanted to quit in short order. We have a rule, once you start, you finish. She'll whine to do something and then cry to quit a month later when she finds out it requires effort. Look at her choice to stay in piano next year. She whined and carried on about wanting to quit and I kept telling her to pick another instrument. When she figured out she wasn't just going to get to do nothing, she decided piano isn't so bad. What she really wants to do is nothing.
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