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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 children spend the summer in various camps, exploring their interests.
PumpkinAngel
There have been women here who have said that they work and are still home for their child after school. My job may even allow for me to adjust my hours to be off at 3...
I'm sure it's not rocket science.
That's what I am finding out as well.
PumpkinAngel
>>So, now back to my question that you haven't answered. What has changed that it's suddenly okay for a child to be cared for (and educated) by someone other than the mom who decided to stay at home when it wasn't just the day before?<<
It's school... Is that really that complicated? I suppose if she wanted she could homeschool, but that isn't for everyone. So the alternative is never send your child to school and they never receive an education...
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Sure you are and I pointed that out in the previous post.<<
I bought up one situation where the hours between 9 and 3 for *some* people *may* not be necessary for them to be *home* anymore. I was going hypothetical here... sorry for even bringing it up.
>>So again, what changes? One day you see the point of staying at home and the next it's off to someone else to provide care and education, the sahp isn't needed anymore? <<
Here, i'll type slower... between 9 and 3 the parent *may* not be needed at *home* anymore. Say they found a part time job that let them be home at 3... then they are still caring for their child...
So do you think a parent should sit patiently by the door from 9 to 3 to wait for their child?
Most SAHP's also ramp up preschool/daycare prior to K. SAH doesn't mean no use of childcare for most people, and I don't think that the post you were responding to implied that it did. For many, though, group care doesn't "ramp up" to 30 hours/week prior to the child starting K. Many parents, either because of what they can afford or what they feel comfortable with, don't do more than about 12 hours/week preschool/daycare prior to school. That's not really enough time to hold much of a job, so many people do choose to SAH until the kids are in school FT.
You are talking about the "no group care until K" fringe, which I agree is an odd sentiment, but that is by no means the majority of SAHP's or even what the OP was referring to when she indicated she would go back to work when her kids were in school.
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I totally agree.
PumpkinAngel
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Again, I agree....except I have a 5th and 3rd grader.
PumpkinAngel
My kids don't use after school care on a full time basis...usually only
PumpkinAngel
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