Top 3 Excuses I Can't Stand from WOHMs..

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Registered: 12-04-2003
Top 3 Excuses I Can't Stand from WOHMs..
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Fri, 06-29-2007 - 1:39pm


1. We NEED two incomes to survive... Yeah Right! I honestly believe that out of the people that say this 90% would be just fine if they would cut their lifestyle, move to a cheaper area and sacrifice. I am not buying it one bit when people say this.

2. I put my kid in Daycare for the socialization.. Good grief, how much socialization does a 10 month old need?? Besides there are better ways to much socialize young children.

3. I am a better mom if I work outside the home.. UGHH! How in the world do you think you are a better mom by handing your kid off to Grandma or someone else to raise while you go work?? Unless you are going to beat them or verbally abuse them, I always think at home with mom is where kids thrive the most..

THere are others I can't stand, but these are my top 3. Have at it..

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Registered: 09-06-2003
Fri, 07-13-2007 - 10:09am

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I don't consider choosing to stay home with my preschooler "flushing" anything down the toilet. My education(which I DO have thank you) and my position or a very similar one will be there for me if I choose to return to it 6 months or 6 years from now.

To further clarify...I did not ditch $10/hour....we lost several thousand dollars per month for me to stay home. Although there are exceptions to most statements made on these threads I am seeing a lot of reference to SAHM's tending to be uneducated or LESS educated and unable to pull enough money to have much in the way of choice....

I don't consider myself an exception as I know a lot of very highly educated people(some ONLY with a single degree...some with several and yes....several doctors) who have set their career aside(oops...I mean flushed it down the toilet) to stay at home with their young children. Imagine that?!

I am wondering if (here is my broad generalization) a short mat leave such as what is common in the US leads to less bonding with an infant making it easier to return to work?

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Fri, 07-13-2007 - 10:12am

Working outside the home does not prevent a parent from bonding with his or her infant.

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Registered: 01-15-2006
Fri, 07-13-2007 - 10:16am
thankfully,our pools and ymcas require guards (swim instructors,too) to be properly trained and certified in first aid,cpr,oxygen and aed. taught by none other than emts themselves.


Edited 7/13/2007 10:25 am ET by egd3blessed

 

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Fri, 07-13-2007 - 10:17am

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Yes, you have provided your theory on the matter, but of course that doesn't make it factual by an means.


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Then why even mention it, again?


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So all of those questions, weren't asking me anything?

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 05-09-2006
Fri, 07-13-2007 - 10:19am

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Wow. Good thing you don't dislike or feel contempt for WOHMs, huh? Only imagine what you might have said....

iVillage Member
Registered: 06-27-1998
Fri, 07-13-2007 - 10:19am

Of course....


PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Fri, 07-13-2007 - 10:22am

Well, only is she agrees with your theory that the wink icon has "many contexts" that can be described on this board.

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Fri, 07-13-2007 - 10:26am

Of course they did, I was joking in the context in which we were talking, you with the restricted hours and my pool were I am allowed the freedom to swim when I choose, thus the wink icon.

PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Fri, 07-13-2007 - 10:29am

Curiosity.


PumpkinAngel

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Fri, 07-13-2007 - 10:30am

<<No I don't ask them.>>


So you don't know for sure.

PumpkinAngel

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