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: 11-08-2006
Mon, 03-02-2009 - 4:27pm

<<2children * 3 hours of help from mom =6 hours total.>>

not if both children are working through the SAME hours OR the hours are a bit staggered.

However, when mom is done, if BOTH kids needed that much help it would FEEL like it had been 6 hours!

eileen

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Registered: 01-20-2009
Mon, 03-02-2009 - 4:28pm

If it were me?


I'd tell my child the consequences, in advance, for not turning in homework.


I'd e-mail regularly with the teacher to find out if the homework was turned in.

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Registered: 06-27-1998
Mon, 03-02-2009 - 4:28pm

That's me....I'm a tend to make rules, guidelines or whatever when we need them, not just because.

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Mon, 03-02-2009 - 4:28pm
LOL, I feel for her, I really do. I suck at punctuation and always hated it. Once in HS we had a difficult assignment. We had to read a huge, epic, medieval poem and then give a synopsis in prose. I worked very hard on my paper, but I had this habit of writing the paper without commas, then go back afterwards, analyze all the sentences and put commas accordingly. Only this time I forgot. The teacher thought so highly of my paper that she read it aloud in class. When she was done, she turned to me and said drily, "That was an excellent paper, and if you had put even a few commas, it would have earned you an A+."
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Registered: 01-20-2009
Mon, 03-02-2009 - 4:29pm
Heck, I'm an adult and I haven't found my *thing.*
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Registered: 11-08-2006
Mon, 03-02-2009 - 4:30pm

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I've read much of this debate and did NOT come to this conclusion. I can't imagine ANY parent on this board who would not give their children the help that they NEED. Each of us knows OUR children and what is or is not required for them to get their work done.

eileen

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Registered: 02-05-2009
Mon, 03-02-2009 - 4:31pm
I had he opposite problem - I once had a professor say to me, "Mz katherine...you throw commmas in your paper like a cook throws spices in a stew ... you just hope for the best"
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Registered: 01-20-2009
Mon, 03-02-2009 - 4:32pm

What's a better suggestion?


You can't create behavioral change without consequences.

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Registered: 02-24-2009
Mon, 03-02-2009 - 4:32pm
Sure, but what if they have not missed any? Why should you ride them if they are actually doing what they are supposed to be doing?
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Registered: 11-08-2006
Mon, 03-02-2009 - 4:32pm

especially in middle school, we'll often recommend that parents send their children in to work with us (their teachers) just to avoid those kinds of mom-child frustrations.

However, with my dd, it was easier for me to teach her the algebra she needed as she just didn't seem to be understanding it when it was presented in class.

eileen

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