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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Just some points of differentiation:
-- It only took us 2 years to conceive and have our first child
--By that time, I'd already invested 3 years in law school and 9 years of working into my career.
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True. But when someone claims something like this...
"My love remains. And it remains WITH my kids. And they know that. I really don't find it that difficult of a concept to understand"
I have to point out that there are ages & stages where a child is *not* guaranteed to "know" that. This is true whether WOH or SAH, but it's true nonetheless.
Oh I agree- but I see no reason to unnecessarily expose a very young infant to germs when their risks of serious complications are so much greater than those of older children. I think a little extra care when they are so little is only responsible.
Wytchy
i really cant speak about all classrooms, i have had two kids in the elementary school setting and that is all i can really address. my oldest attended montessori school, she had the same teacher for grades 1-3 and yes, it was very warm, fuzzy and intimate, but then the whole school had less than probably 75 kids, i dont recall the exact number. my middle dd has only been in school for three years, k4,kindergarten and now 1st grade and so far, yes her teachers and classrooms have all been pretty much the same as her class this year.
i cant imagine an elementary school having a hands off policy, heck, you even see our principal giving kids hugs. personally i love that my kids have meaningful relationships with their teachers, i guess it is just different ways of looking at things.
Jennie
EVERY time? No. MUCH of the time? Yes. Mine are 2yrs and 1yr, so they don't spend much time outside of my immediate supervision.
Wytchy
I never meant nor mean that to be an insult to anyone who SAH. In fact if anything it shows my own shortcomings as a seriously type A person!
MM
Exactly, which is one reason why I chose to SAH now and save WOH when they are both awake more and involved in other things.
Isnt it funny how the same point can mean two different things to two different people?
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