WOH/Kids/Feminism: WDYT?
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| Tue, 02-08-2005 - 9:06am |
Okay, let's debate something else. One morning a few months ago, I was crabby to DH about having to get ready for work. DH said, "Well, if you don't want to go to work, quit!"
Later that day, I told him I was just venting, and then I told him some of the reasons I really do like WOH. One reason was something to the effect that I wanted to WOH as part of at-home feminism for our DD's. He said he had no idea what I was talking about.
I thought about it some and decided that although this is a heartfelt idea for me, it's still fuzzy. I suppose I meant that I want to show my DDs how to live independently of a man, in the sense of income, ability to make one's way in the world, and so on, even if they choose marriage & kids. My feelings of pride in my own mom, who was a WOH mom, come into it, too.
Caution: I don't mean in any way to suggest anything the least bit negative about SAH moms. That's not what this is about. Nor do I mean to suggest that anyone has to WOH to teach their kids feminist or gender neutral values. That's not what this is about, either.
Do you think there's any value in WOH as part of raising kids? Please help me clarify my thinking.
Sabina

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Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable.
Lol, why would selling ones home have to be *traumatic*??? Unless they are moving into a studio apartment or travel trailer. People buy and sell homes all the time-look at military families who move every 4-6 yrs. I know a couple who just moved into their 5th home. Not everyone buys *one* house and lives in it till they die.
And again, they must have been pretty poor planners, and/or she has no business sense if she couldnt make 350k work for her.
Dj
"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
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Nope, not at all. If we could live in the same town and my kids go to the same
Dj
"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
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Choose your friends by their character and your socks by their color. Choosing your socks by their character makes no sense and choosing your friends by their color is unthinkable.
Mondo
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