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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Sabina
Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,
Off topic.
PumpkinAngel
I understand. I think that there are as many different ways to run a family as there are families.
Robin
All I can say is WOW. I don't make demands and neither does my dh. Our marriage is about mutual respect and compromise. I honestly cannot think of a single instance in our 10 years of marriage where either one of us "made demands" of the other no matter what our work status. THat's just not how we work though problems or issues. For us, it is about finding a compromise. Getting my way? I would feel very sad about the state of my marriage if I was looking at problems and feeling smug about "getting my way" more than my dh. That is not at all how our relationship works.
I find it interesting that you seem to know so much about the personal relationships of your supposed friends. Perhaps the group of friends I have are more private when it comes to their personal lives but I don't really discuss the details of my relationship with others that I know IRL.
I agree. I had a dentist that repeatedly rescheduled appointments. After the third time I found another dentist. I don't care what the reason for rescheduling was.
Robin
I am absolutely shocked that you think that simply b/c you now outearn your dh, you get to pick the restaurant.
OMG, this thread is almost laughable.
I cannot imagine being married to someone whose respect for me and my opinion/wants/needs was based on the amount of money I was earning.
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