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| Mon, 05-01-2006 - 5:18pm |
For all the stay at home moms, yes I'm one of them. I have one question, do you plan on going back to work once all of your children are in Elementary school? Or do you like staying at home and have decided to never work again? I am just curious, my husband and I have talked about it. I am mainly home just for my kids, to be here when they come home from school is nice, but, I tend to get bored easly, so I have decided once my 3 year old enters into Elementary school, I will be going back to work. I have thought and thought about this, my husband is fine if I decide not to work or if I decide to go back and work. We are financially stable so I can choose to stay home if I want. I would be working so i won't be bored, while the kids are at school all day long. I do plan on working part time, so i can be home when they get home from school. I'm not the type to sit around and do nothing all day, right now my kids are home half the day at least my 5 year old is, so I have her, and my youngest to be home for. I just can't envision myself sitting here all day long with no children around, going gee what do i do now, ain't gonna happen.
I'm done rambling, waiting for replies!!!!

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No, I hear a lot more often "I want to be a teacher so I can be home with my kids" or "I want to be a teacher so I have the same schedule as my kid" than "I want to be a teacher to make a difference in the next generation".
I don't think being in a low wage job in of itself is bad - actually, I tend to think our society doesn't value social/care positions ENOUGH. My DH worked a low wage but unique job for 12 years before he met me, and through the early years of our marriage. When it came time to have a family, HE was the one who came to the realization that it wouldn't be enough - even though I made a very good income. He has since somewhat succesfully upgraded (he now commands about twice his previous income - even though it's in contract positions).
How many women do that, instead of scale BACK? Why do you think that is?
Mondo
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"If I'd been working when ours were babies, I would have felt that dh should share the nighttime stuff too."
The problem though was when I was a "temporary SAHM" on maternity leave, and not WOH. Once I went back to the office, I demanded that he get up half of the nights and he did.
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"No, I hear a lot more often "I want to be a teacher so I can be home with my kids" or "I want to be a teacher so I have the same schedule as my kid" than "I want to be a teacher to make a difference in the next generation".
Since I entered the teaching field before I had children, the latter was true for me. Now, that point is moot, since I'm not in that field anymore.
Why did you scale back and not let DH scale back?
Vikki
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