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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Tue, 02-24-2009 - 10:59am

I would think so, yes.


It's funny, my kids always tended to do book reports about castles, knights, and/or dragons...any excuse to bring that wooden sword to school!


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Tue, 02-24-2009 - 11:01am

My 3 1/2 year old is currently Link from the Zelda video games. He wears an elf hat and carries a sword and shield.


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Tue, 02-24-2009 - 11:13am
Some teachers at our school require that parents sign off that HW has been done, but aren't required to "check" it over for mistakes. However, none of my kids have had those teachers yet. We don't have go sign off on anything other than the test folder that comes home weekly and with my 2nd grader, his weekly reading folder.
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Tue, 02-24-2009 - 11:23am

No, the teachers don't grade the homework. They check it off to see that it's done; that's it. We also have projects that are designated as "family projects"--we're supposed to help with those. This is my kids' elementary school I'm talking about.

At my dd1's middle school, homework is graded (although it counts for a fairly small percentage of the overall grade--10% I think), and we're asked to make sure they do it, but help only if asked. I don't check her homework.

I've never sat with my kids while they do homework, but I do check their answers when they're done and send them back to look at it again if they've made mistakes (again, I'm talking about elementary school, not middle school).

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Tue, 02-24-2009 - 11:27am

i email but not regularly as in counting on that as a source to keep on top of things.

 

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Tue, 02-24-2009 - 11:27am
No, they don't grade homework in my kids' elementary school. I'm talking about the daily homework--math, language arts, spelling, etc. Projects are graded, but some of them are designated "family projects," such as science fair, so again, parents are expected to help. Grades are not a huge deal--our district doesn't give letter grades until middle school.
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Tue, 02-24-2009 - 11:30am
We don't have to sign off on anything other than the kids' reading logs. The kids turn their homework in, so the teachers check off that it's done and go over it as a group in class.
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Tue, 02-24-2009 - 11:31am

I think that makes a difference in where we're coming from.

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Tue, 02-24-2009 - 11:32am
I don't get the new math either, but we get a parent sheet with every new unit that gives us the answers and explanations for the homework, which helps.
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Tue, 02-24-2009 - 11:38am
Yes, it sounds like the expectations are different. I don't know what the demographics of your school are like, but my kids attend(ed)an urban elementary school that is quite socioeconomically diverse. The teachers want and need parental involvement, including with homework.

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