Unique contributions to society

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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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Registered: 09-14-2006
Thu, 10-26-2006 - 2:24pm
Pre school starts at age 3-4ish... my older one is not old enough yet to go...
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Thu, 10-26-2006 - 2:27pm

I work pt also. I think, for the sake of this debate, that ptwohp should be labeled as such. There is a lot more flexibility available with pt employment. Some of the moms on this board who speak regularly about not having problems attending school functions, being home with sick kids, etc. are, in fact, ptwohp. IMO, it confuses the debate not to differentiate between pt and ft.

Robin

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Registered: 10-15-2006
Thu, 10-26-2006 - 2:28pm

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Aha. There's the rub. "Daycare" for my son at 4 yo was *preschool*. It was MORE educational for him than Kindergarten (which is *school*).

I can see the "daycare isn't school/education" when you're talking about an infant. But starting by at least 2 (much sooner for my kids, because of the facility I chose) a quality daycare will most certainly be providing an education for the children in its care.

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Registered: 10-15-2006
Thu, 10-26-2006 - 2:30pm
Heck, I chose to continue my son in is private, daycare-based, $100 a week preschool rather than send him to the FREE public, school-based preschool. Why? Because he was getting a GREAT education there. "Because it's school" would have been a huge negative for him ... even though it would have been free.
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Registered: 06-30-2006
Thu, 10-26-2006 - 2:31pm
Sounds like a workable system, alright.

Sabina

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Registered: 01-12-2004
Thu, 10-26-2006 - 2:38pm

I would hope that parents in both situations put a lot of thought into placing their kids. IMO, there are certain arguments against placing an infant in othercare that do not exist when placing an older child in school. I believe that just because a parent does not choose to use othercare for an infant, that choice does not translate into thinking that homeschooling is necessary.

Robin

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Thu, 10-26-2006 - 2:41pm

Do you think it is a positive thing that some kids prefer to have their acivities scheduled?

Robin

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Thu, 10-26-2006 - 2:42pm

How many hours per week do you WOH?

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Registered: 10-15-2006
Thu, 10-26-2006 - 2:47pm
If that's what the kid prefers, then having it most likely is positive.
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Registered: 01-12-2004
Thu, 10-26-2006 - 2:55pm

This is the argument that is thrown out on this board quite frequently..."if it isn't ok to send your child to othercare, why is it ok to send them to K?" So along those lines of thinking, maybe a parent should just send their 14 year old off to college now, they would have lots of extra time to double major if they choose to, lol.

Robin

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