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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I agree.
I can see the value of plenty of things that I havent experienced myself. Not experiencing something doesnt mean one cannot influence their children towards it, or that one cannot see the importance of it.
Dj
"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
With Advanced Placement and other exemptions, many students enter college already having completed "general ed" requirements--English, math, foreign language, history, science, even electives.
And students with majors like pre-med and music aren't likely to complete a bachelor's degree in four years if they are taking only general ed requirements the first year or two.
Jennie
Jennie
My dad set the example of someone who didn't go to college and always regretted it. Thus, if we didn't go to college we might end up regretting it--like he did.
I think it's weird that you're trying to make it sound as if somebody who regrets not going to college must feel "inferior" to his college-educated wife or be trying to "measure his life" by the wrong thing. None of the above.
I was very much influenced by my dad's life and what he put value on. One aspect of my dad's life was that, although he valued education, he did not have the opportunity to go to college and wanted something better for his own kids. He supported our education in many ways. All of us five kids are college graduates, and two have masters' degrees, and a good part ot of that is due to my father's influence.
name a couple then...you and tm aren't making it clear what values you have or have learned by not experiencing them. if college is important for your child,why wasn't it important for you? have either one of your kids asked you that question?
my parents didn't consider vacation important growing up so we didn't go. that did *not* influence my choice to make vacations,if just a couple days away per year,important for my own family. my parents considered education so much a priority that they disallowed p/t jobs during the school year. that influence sticks so much now that i'll probably lay that same law down with my own children....these are just my examples.
Edited 9/3/2006 1:17 pm ET by egd3blessed
thank you for that example......are you saying your dd would not have been influenced to attend college if your step dd wasn't living paycheck to paycheck? what if your step dd was a teller who worked her way up to teller line manager and loved her job? influences in my life are more positive than negative,i suppose.
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