Kids as an "excuse" to stay home
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| Fri, 08-15-2008 - 2:16pm |
No one would likely ever admit to this...but what percentage of women who stay at home, and have no plans to ever return to the work force, or to do more than work PT...stay home because of the kids, but also for the major fact that they simply don't want to work?
I don't love my job every second, and there's definitely jobs out there that I don't think I could get out of bed for every day. But the idea of never working again, and being completely dependent on my spouse...kind of blows my mind. I realize not everyone's of the same ilk, and one's not better than the other.
I do wonder how many of the women who go on and on about how great it is to be home with the kids, are primarily just relieved to not have to punch the clock every day in addition to being mom.
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Much higher than that.
"I know more than one who couldn't wait to have kids so she could stop working....That only happens if you give them to someone else to raise."
Isn't that true.
LOL! I would have LOVED to have "avoided" my special needs dd when she woke up at 1:30 am (didn't go back to sleep until 2:30 am) and then again at 5:15 am (when I got her up and let her fall back asleep in her wheelchair -- BUT I didn't go back to sleep).
Of course, even working, most parents are with their children 75-80% of the time AND the difference between hours with sah and woh almost disappears once children enter FT school hours.
eileen
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