If you hadn't had kids...
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If you hadn't had kids...
| Thu, 05-20-2004 - 10:34pm |
And your dh made enough $$ to support both of you comfortably, do you think you would be working?
| Thu, 05-20-2004 - 10:34pm |
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One of my (SAH) neighbors just gave birth to baby #4 two weeks ago. She looks for all the world as if she's never had a single child. How annoying, LOL.
I think all your points are predicated on your last point.
Mondo
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Bridget & Ethan (5)
How would you know if daycare is impersonal if you have never used it?
I agree with you.
Are you really suggesting that there are people who actually ENJOY "changing diapers or sitting for hours in the same spot while ds looked at a toe." Come now, if YOU don't enjoy these things, why do you think a susbstitute/dcp would enjoy it? Also, clearly there are good AND bad aspects involved in parenting. In other words, it is not all fun and games. Furthermore, it isn't as if you can simply dump the bad aspects off on a substitute. It just doesn't work that way. THere are good AND bad aspects throughout the day, not just good when you are around, and bad when you're not. In other words, although you do get to *escape* some of the responsibilities while you are away, you also miss out on some of the *good* times as well. Likewise, although you may get to a substitute to take over some of the responsibilities, such as changing diapers for you while you are away, you still have to change diapers at home, you know when the substitute isn't around.
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That is not caring for an infant. That is reading and researching.
I never said it was. This was a response explaining how and why I was intellectually stimulated by motherhood and caring for a young child. Apparently, you took this statement out of context.
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Ummm, you can get that parent-child interaction while WOH
Sure you can, but clearly paretn-child interaction isn't as much of a priority now is it, especially if one spends 40+ hours away from their children by choice.
Yes, I'll probably even have another "try" with the next one (sigh).
Mondo
All of it has been our plan. Our.
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Actually, IMO, being a SAHM is more similar to being the judge and jury than an attroney.
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Bridget & Ethan (5)
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