Militants - are they for real?

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Registered: 04-22-2005
Militants - are they for real?
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Tue, 04-14-2009 - 6:59pm

Someone on another board posted this link.
http://blogs.babycenter.com/celebrities/2009/04/12/dr-laura-says-all-moms-should-stay-at-home/?scid=momstodd_20090414_A:2&pe=2U8vYLf
It's about Dr. Laura saying that all women should be SAHMs until the child is at least 3 years old.

Whether we're talking about working or staying at home, I can't quite wrap my head around what is going on inside the brains of people that apply the phrase "all women should".

Do you think militants are actually serious, or just trying to get a rise out of others?

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Registered: 02-22-2007
Mon, 04-20-2009 - 5:55pm

>> but i don't think the cost of childcare is an excuse for SAH. <<

An excuse? No, not in my opinion.

However, if a couple runs the numbers and finds that one or the other salary will be eaten up by the cost of child care, then it might not make sense for them both to work.

It's just simple math in some situations.

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Registered: 02-22-2007
Mon, 04-20-2009 - 5:58pm

>> I know of ONE sahm on our street. Just one...and she's the one with the inground pool, 2-jet skis a lexus and a mercedes...Oh, and their house sits on TWO plots of land.... <<

And this sounds very similar to most of the SAHMs I know.

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Registered: 02-22-2007
Mon, 04-20-2009 - 5:59pm

>> For instance, both of us bought real estate in California BEFORE it got outrageously expensive, and both of us sold our homes at large profits before the real estate bubble burst. <<

Jerks.

Just kidding. Lucky dogs.

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Registered: 02-22-2007
Mon, 04-20-2009 - 6:04pm

I know I have mentioned this before, but often a move to a lower COL area means lower salaries as well. DH thinks we'd be "rich" if we moved to his hometown, but I keep reminding him that I could not make the same amount of money there that I do here, and neither could he for that matter.

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Registered: 02-22-2007
Mon, 04-20-2009 - 6:07pm
There is really no way to accurately compare the financial situations of a retired couple and a family with minor children.

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Registered: 02-22-2007
Mon, 04-20-2009 - 6:15pm

Your post puts me in mind of my autistic nephew and his parents. There was no way his parents could have planned that they would have an autistic child who will require life long care and supervision. Not only do they not know what kind of retirement they will ever be able to have, they also have to consider what provisions they can make for him now so that after they are gone, he has the care he needs.

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Registered: 08-25-2008
Mon, 04-20-2009 - 6:17pm

Why is the "lunch bunch" thing worth

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-25-2008
Mon, 04-20-2009 - 6:19pm

But if you're there 24 x 7, you can hold a tarp over their heads.

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-22-2007
Mon, 04-20-2009 - 6:21pm

I know. I WOH, and we eat dinner at home at least 5 days/week. (We nearly always go out on Fridays.)

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Mon, 04-20-2009 - 6:41pm

Well, some major companies have folded in the past, some banks are requiring huge bailouts, it's a lucky person that is working for

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