SAH parenting- "job" or not?

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Registered: 06-04-2004
SAH parenting- "job" or not?
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Thu, 12-15-2005 - 9:29am

SAH parenting- "job" or not?



  • Yes- it's a job (I'm a SAHM/D)
  • No- it's not a job (I'm a SAHM/D)
  • Yes- it's a job (I'm a WOHM/D)
  • No- it's not a job (I'm a WOHM/D)
  • Obligatory 'Other'


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iVillage Member
Registered: 11-12-2003
Fri, 12-16-2005 - 7:05pm
If I had to pay that price to be a SAHM, then I certainly wouldn't be one either. I guess that's the positive side of not marrying a boor.
iVillage Member
Registered: 11-03-2005
Fri, 12-16-2005 - 7:13pm

That's why, when we pick them up, they go in the trash or to never never land.

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-11-2005
Fri, 12-16-2005 - 7:24pm

>>Why do you take what she says as gospel anywa<<
yea riiight....last i checked, oprah was not catholic.

couldn't resist. M3T

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-27-2003
Fri, 12-16-2005 - 7:38pm

How do you know?

And you didnt address my other statements. Even if Oprah said such a thing, how would she possibly know *anything* about how much work being a sah is or isnt??? She has NO clue.

dj

Dj

"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-22-2005
Fri, 12-16-2005 - 7:39pm

My Dad once told us that the toughest job in the world is the one you wouldn't do, no matter what they paid you.

So I guess, for some, it would be working at Hallmark. ;)

Karen


"IHere are some juicier bits from the

Karen

"Veronica: "I hate fake deer too. Every time I see their stupid fake-deer faces I want to grab a shotgun and go all Cheney on 'em." Sure, but since fake deer don't talk, they won't

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-11-2005
Fri, 12-16-2005 - 7:40pm
dig thru the thread dj.....i firmly believe that some of the best pieces of advice and scentiments come from people far removed from the situation. i've shared that in more htan one post here! and no, i don't know if she is catholic or not. sort of how you don't know whether she's really a workaholic or not. maybe?
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Registered: 11-25-2004
Fri, 12-16-2005 - 7:41pm
In our house, if you want me to wash it, it had better find it's way down the laundry shoot. Otherwise, it sits where it is and petrifies. Fortunately, socks on the floor don't bother me.
iVillage Member
Registered: 08-22-2005
Fri, 12-16-2005 - 7:42pm

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Gee, just a stab in the dark here, but....because my income provides 100% of what I live on?

Karen


"IHere are some juicier bits from the

Karen

"Veronica: "I hate fake deer too. Every time I see their stupid fake-deer faces I want to grab a shotgun and go all Cheney on 'em." Sure, but since fake deer don't talk, they won't

iVillage Member
Registered: 02-11-2005
Fri, 12-16-2005 - 7:48pm

that made me lol even thou it wasn't funny...thanks for adding salt to a still open wound there karen. alot.

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-22-2005
Fri, 12-16-2005 - 7:55pm

I know several Moms with velcro babies; none of them has problems getting housework done while holding the baby. Heck, I've done it myself while covering for my ex's provider the year his youngest was kicked out of vacation bible school (the provider worked i the kitchen and the baby didn't like the nursery *at all*). So I'd get home from work, go to their house and care for their daughter til about 2pm when my ex got off work. I had no problems running a vacuum, washing dishes or even mopping the kitchen floor after a glass of milk fell. I just popped her into the front pack and got to work.

Did the same thing with my son when he was an infant, although he wasn't a velcro baby; I just liked holding him. But it still didn't prevent my doing housework. Ever. Isn't that why they MAKE front packs and slings and the like?

Karen


"IHere are some juicier bits from the

Karen

"Veronica: "I hate fake deer too. Every time I see their stupid fake-deer faces I want to grab a shotgun and go all Cheney on 'em." Sure, but since fake deer don't talk, they won't

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