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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Chuck E Cheese is safer than a playground? YUCK! That place is FULL of germs! And gotta love their security. We went there for my niece's birthday right after Christmas. I left early with my younger two, while my older two stayed. My parents took them home and they never even checked to make sure they belonged with my parents.
I'd rather a playground anyway - too much chaos in CEC and it's much harder to see where your children are, esp if they go up in those ceiling tubes. I'll take fresh air any day. BTW, I have four kids - the oldest is six. I take them to the playground, by myself, all the time.
I have a friend who is pregnant with her seventh child - the oldest is 8 y/o. Yes, 8 y/o! I almost fell over when I saw her with, at the time, her five kids at the Dollar Store. If there's a will, there is a way.
But you already said that you would have let them cry for hours if need be. Again, I just see that as harsh, and unnecessary.
Sometimes children need you just because they need you. Is that so hard to understand?
Dj
"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
***Wouldn't a sahp have more opportunity to reduce the sleep deprived state than someone who was at work all day?***
Some might. It really all depends on how many kids the sahp has and whether they take naps at the same time. Oh- and whether or not the length of the naps, assuming the sahp takes one as well, is long enough to make a difference. (Personally if I can't sleep for 2hrs I do better to not even try because I feel *worse*.)
Of course, some WOHP's might also be able to catch naps- some employers are even starting to recognize the benefits of being able to nap on ones break/lunch and even *encourage* it. If only my little "employers" were so understanding ;)
Wytchy
I haven't finished reading through this thread, so maybe someone else pointed this out. There have been studies that show that kids who attend daycare are less likely to be sick as often when they start school, than kids who have SAHMs. Why? Because they develop their immune systems earlier on. It ends up evening out a few years into elementary school.
My kids are healthy with no medical issues so I don't personally stress about germs. Why are you so worried about germs? Frankly, I'd rather my kids be sick now, rather than when they start school. But fortunately, for the most part, other than the 24-hr stomach bug that hits us every year, my kids are rarely sick other than a common cold.
...And individual adults and their sleep requirements...
Wytchy
*Chuckle* The grass is always greener I guess. Some sleep deprived days I'd give *anything* to be able to sit in an office and stare out into space without having to run around playing referee, changing bottoms, cleaning up messes, entertaining etc.
Wytchy
An asthma attack isnt a sick child? You cant be serious. It may not warrant staying home with the child the next day, but its still a very serious illness.
Edited 2/8/2006 10:03 pm ET by djknappsak
Dj
"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
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