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 - 12:45pm
I don't know about my 2nd grader, but my 4th grader's HW is not graded by the teacher. They go over the HW in class and the teacher I think walks around to make sure it's been done, but she doesn't check it for mistakes, etc. They do have graded "in-class" work that is similar to the HW but turned in and then graded by the teacher and gets put toward their overall grade.
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Tue, 02-24-2009 - 12:47pm

I agree.

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Tue, 02-24-2009 - 12:48pm
Depends on the private school. My kids go to private school, but they don't have small class sizes.
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Tue, 02-24-2009 - 12:53pm

in my kids' district, parents are asked to help their kids reach a point where they do their homework independently by upper-el.

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Tue, 02-24-2009 - 12:56pm
Yes, I agree. My 2nd and 4th graders do their HW on their own. They do it immediately after we get home from school so I typically don't have to even ask if they are done. I know they are done when they get up from the table and go play. I do sometimes question my 4th grader b/c she occasionally needs to be reminded to study for an upcoming test, but other than that, I stay out of the HW unless they ask for help. However, if I know they are starting a new and possibly difficult concept (mainly in math), I'll occasionally glance at their HW after they are done to make sure that they understand what they are doing.
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Tue, 02-24-2009 - 12:59pm
Exactly!

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Tue, 02-24-2009 - 1:08pm
How stupid!
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Tue, 02-24-2009 - 1:54pm

>> Literally, every time my ds has needed help with his math this year, I've needed to go to the parent sheet. The answer to the specific problem that he's having trouble with is not there. every.single.time. He and I just went through this last night with something, and we were both irritated that once again, there was no help for his problem. <<

Can I tell you how much this bothers me too? And then I try to explain to the kids how I learned to do that type of problem, and they get mad at me for confusing them, or say that their teacher won't accept the work if it's not done the way she taught it in class. Ugh!


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Tue, 02-24-2009 - 2:04pm

they get mad at me for confusing them, or say that their teacher won't accept the work if it's not done the way she taught it in class. Ugh!


Argh!

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Tue, 02-24-2009 - 2:20pm

Liza's the same way - I can't show her the way I learned it b/c she thinks I'm telling her her way is wrong...


so I stay out of it.

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