What would YOU have to do to SAH?

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What would YOU have to do to SAH?
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Fri, 02-13-2009 - 5:09pm

If you're a WOH/WAH mom, what sort of "downsizing" would you need to do in order to afford to be a SAHM? (SAHM defined here as not earning any money)

For me, I would have to put all our non-essential possessions in storage and move in with my parents.

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Registered: 02-06-2009
Mon, 03-02-2009 - 2:51pm

Both you and sweetheart "suspect" that is what your children will do but what if they don't? My question was simply would you do more than just "state" that the child needs to "step it up"?

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Registered: 01-20-2009
Mon, 03-02-2009 - 2:51pm
It could be, but the teacher values the e-mail interaction with the parents directly. And so do many of the parents.
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Registered: 01-20-2009
Mon, 03-02-2009 - 2:54pm

That's at least the third time in this thread you've mentioned one of my children needing 3 hours a night to complete homework.

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Registered: 02-06-2009
Mon, 03-02-2009 - 2:54pm
Why not? Aren't your children worth a few hours of being online or doing something for yourself?
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Registered: 01-20-2009
Mon, 03-02-2009 - 2:56pm

"....but I'm also not going to continue to try to make the world constanly smooth and wonderful for liza just so we can all avoid Liza's stress outs... "


Suit yourself.

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Registered: 02-06-2009
Mon, 03-02-2009 - 2:57pm
What if those children needed help from the parents and were afraid to ask because the parents had the same idea of teaching as your mother, and now yourself did? Those children should just fail?
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Registered: 02-05-2009
Mon, 03-02-2009 - 2:59pm

There was one semester in college where I had horrible grades at mid-term.

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Registered: 01-15-2006
Mon, 03-02-2009 - 3:00pm

not pnj but my kids average 2 to 3 hours of homework every night.

 

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Registered: 02-05-2009
Mon, 03-02-2009 - 3:02pm

15 hours a week would be too much for my family.

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Registered: 02-06-2009
Mon, 03-02-2009 - 3:02pm
Well said.

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