Which came first, the title or the SAHW?
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Which came first, the title or the SAHW?
| Fri, 12-19-2003 - 9:04am |
Last night I attended my husband's work Christmas party. I sat with the CEO, CFO, CTO, COO (Chief operations officer, I didn't know that acronym, I had to ask), Creative Director, Marketing Director and their wives. Near the end of the evening it was just we wives chatting mostly about kids. I made the observation that even though all the wives were intelligent, educated and accomplished women, not a single one (except me), woh. They are all SAHM's.
Any thoughts on why that might be? I have my own opinion but I'd like to hear from everyone else first. Do you think they sah because of their husbands jobs or their husbands have their jobs because the wives stay home? Or doesn't it matter?

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Studies on SAH/WOH correct for SES. They compare moms as if the income that WM's bring in is irrelevent. When they do, they find little in the way of actual differences in our kids. What would happen if instead of comparing me to a mom who has what I have without working you were to compare me to a mom who has what I would have without working who isn't working? I'd bet you'd see that I'm improving my kids lives. They separate out finances because they know it matters.
Sorry, but you're going to have to show me some kind of evidence that we should accept SAH as the ideal. I don't believe it is so quoting people who start from this ASSumption isn't going to sway me one bit. From what I've read/seen, finances are a bigger influence than moms working status by a long shot.
Research does not support SAH as even being better let alone the ideal. Nor does it show WOH to be a negative. Hmmm? If it doesn't show SAH to be better or WOH to be worse WHY should we ASSume that SAH is the ideal??? Addmittedly, it does sell books and make doctors who preach it rich, lol.
Edited 12/26/2003 11:22:22 AM ET by cyndluagain
Perhaps you could post some data that contradicts this.
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Dj
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Why do you have to constantly look at it so black and white? You make debating difficult because you tend to read things into posts that just arent there.
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Dj
"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
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Dj
"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
Laura
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