Unique contributions to society
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| Thu, 10-19-2006 - 4:12pm |
In another thread, the "unique" contributions of SAHM's were alluded to but it wasn't stated what they are. Let's play a game and find out what they are. First, pretend that as of tomorrow, all moms SAH and detail what will be missing from society then pretend that all moms go to work and detail what will be missing from society. I'm really curious as to what people think a world without SAHM's orWOHM's would look like.
If all the moms who SAH went to work then the library would move story hour to the evening and summer vacation bible school would be held in the evenings so that all kids can attend and not just the kids of SAHM's. Banks would likely shift their hours to later in the day and you'd see more 24 hour stores. I think there would be more home cooking style restaurants too. I think day care centers would improve because of increased demand.
If all moms who WOH suddenly SAH, you'd see fewer service industries around because moms could do things themselves instead of paying for them. The nursing shortage would be more of a shortage. We'd probably have a shortage of teachers too. There'd be fewer government services because there'd be less tax dollars to pay for them. I can't think of anything else right now.

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My dd had afternoon kindergarten and I loved it. It didn't mess up our morning at all. She started at 11:45. We were still able to do activities in the morning. She'd have a snack b/f she went to school, then they had a "snack" during class but we could send in whatever we wanted so she had her "lunch" during snack time.
My son is now in morning kindergarten. Neither schedule worked better than the other really.
"Of course I see the difference. Don't you?
I didn't want my kids in group care when they were small because I didn't see any benefit to it."
But isn't this a matter of personal preference rather than a clear, objective difference? We specifically put my kids in group care when they were small because we felt that they would benefit from the experience in ways similar to the way they would benefit from kindergarten(mainly socially and linguistically).
hold on i will provide you a link...
ya know i believe you are a well rounded person. :)
We have age appropreiate groups for instance we have something called "manatee park" where we learn about manatees and sea life. we have something called barns and books where we read about farm animals. we have color me, shape me, crafter corner, noble numbers...you get the picture. this is all for children 2- 5 we also have groups for new mothers classes for breast feeding and bonding and ppd and mommy time ect ect. We have 4-h play time the list goes on.
No iam not kidding you imo they push kid's way to hard. As in the expectations. I have no problem with the examples you give about your three year old, i think we all do these things or at least id hope in our own home i do not need a day care to do them for me.
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