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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The school where I teach holds several of those types of events every year. Yes they are cutesy but those tend to draw ppl in more than the parent meetings about how to help your child succeed n school, appropriate tv viewing etc. Quite honestly it's a logistical nightmare at many schools to carry out these kinds of things...and spreading it out over several days is not feasible. However parents are ALWAYS welcome to stay for breakfast, eat lunch, read a book to the children, whatever.
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I think if you had echoed my words, I think it would have been more of a volley, but changing it to the extreme, puts it in a different view, wouldn't you think?
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Which of course brings me right back to my statement, it's fascinating that so many things only occur during working hours.
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No, not true.
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