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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Jennie
Jennie
So- if you had wanted to be an exclusively breastfeeding/homeschooling mom while you WOH- you could have done so? How would you have managed that?
Wytchy
Jennie
Absolutely it is. The difference here is that she's saying she *wouldn't* whereas you are saying you *couldn't*. The difference being the choice to do something different.
Wytchy
What you were commenting on had nothing to do with what we were previously discussing. You took part of one sub thread and tried to apply it to another. That explains the confusion.
Wytchy
***Okay? What does that have to do with what I said? I am not following your line of logic here.***
You don't see the logic in how this (me) "It seems as if you're looking at parenting as two completely seperate individuals rather than as a parental unit" addresses this(you) "Of course I am, because well they are two completely separate individuals, especially since they have two very different ideas of what makes them each a good parent."?
You are viewing parents as two completely separate individuals whereas I am viewing parents as a unit. What aren't you understanding?
Wytchy
***Which leads to the obvious question of why it wouldn't be better (if *best practices* is the aim) to somehow allow that absent WOHP more of that all-important time with the kids, perhaps through dual WOHP's.***
In our case whether I WOH or not DH would still have to WOH the same amount of time- so all that would occur is that our children would get less time with me, and the same time with him. If it *would* allow him to have more time with the children without introducing an amount of time that we weren't comfortable with as far as othercare, then I'd probably be WOH. LOL
Wytchy
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