Heart vs. Head: The work status decision
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Heart vs. Head: The work status decision
| Tue, 01-17-2006 - 1:03pm |
Did you make your decision to SAH/WAH/WOH ft/pt based primarily on objective/tangible factors, or with your heart?

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Because I was talking about you to you.
PumpkinAngel
...nor does it only pertain to the sahp.
PumpkinAngel
Thank you for that clarification
PumpkinAngel
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No, you have that a bit wrong.
PumpkinAngel
"Mine were both born in the middle of cold northern winters. The house stays around 71 degrees year round."
My house ranges from 64 to 68 degrees depending on the room and time of day. That's pretty typical (actually rather on the warm side compared to some friends). People here seem to prefer keeping houses colder. I can't see how a baby would get much chance to move around if they are in a onesie and then snuggled in a blanket. Did they never wear anything other than a onesie? Or did you strip the kids down to a onesie and then snuggle them in a blanket or sling just to feed? That seems over complicated to me, especially since your kids fed ever hour. I can't imagine changing them in and out of outfits that often.
For most kids, it makes no difference during the preschool years whether they see their parents only a couple of hours per day or a lot more during the work week. If face time is short, a lot can be done on weekends to create more of a family feeling than what's possible during the week.
Then, of course, by the time school starts, there's not that much difference between SAH/WOH wrt parent/child contact unless parents have super heavy work schedules.
And then, by the time they're teenagers, kids are often just as busy away from home as their parents, and even at home they're much less available. Among teens I know, I don't see a difference between those who were with their parents a lot when they were little and those who weren't wrt the current quality of their family relationships or anything else.
Then perhaps before you do so again, you might want to review the terms of tos including the additional ones that have been posted as threads on this board by our moderator Cathy, because doing so is against them.
PumpkinAngel
There is a lot of middle ground in there.
PumpkinAngel
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