SAH doesn't support change,
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SAH doesn't support change,
| Sat, 08-26-2006 - 4:58pm |
"SAH doesn't support change, it supports going backwards to the 1950's,"
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I wholeheartedly disagree. To me, SAH is a choice. How is that going back to the 1950s, when a lot of women didn't have much of a choice.

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Sabina
Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,
"There are jobs out there, and work experience isn't necessary for every job. "
True, but it really helps.
"Take waitressing at a nice restaurant"
Wrong, most "nice" restaurants require previous experience at not so nice restaurants (eg Applebees, Fridays, Ruby Tuesdays...- even those will pick an expereince waiter over an inexpereinced one.)
$1300 a month is poverty level in the US for a family of two. And well below what the poverty level should be if any President had the balls to change the formula. $10 per hours jobs are not difficult to find in my area, but then an efficency apartment will run you $1300 per month if you are lucky. $10 per hour jobs in aras of the country where living on $1300 a month is possible are harder to find - especially without experience.
"I think I could make $1300 do for me and my son for 3 years until he went to school, and then get a full-time job working while he was in school. "
What job is "Fulltime" that matches school hours? After halfday Mondays, teacher workdays, student holidays, Thanksgiving, Winter, Spring and Summer breaks plus getting out at 3:15- school covers about 50% of the hours required for a fulltime job (assumes a shortish commute and regular 40 hour workweek).
"And that $1300 wouldn't include child support and possible alimony that I would inevitably receive if I had custody of my child."
Alimony if awarded at all is usually very short lived (a year or two) and isn't dependent upon custody of the children.
I get the impression you think you're an expert on breastfeeding and pumping.
If that was my argument, I'd say so directly. My argument is rather straightforward, some women who have plenty of milk to feed their babies but are unable to pump.
I never said we weren't equal as human beings. Where are you getting that I did?
I said I have my issues with SAH. One being that too many women who really can't afford it do it because they're convinced they should. Another being that it hurts womens earning ability possibly for life. Some people pay a heavy price to SAH and for what? Their kids don't turn out different.
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