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re: Stay-at-home Parents (Families with one working parent)
Posted on 2/2/23 at 8:52 pm to GandalfGray
Posted on 2/2/23 at 8:52 pm to GandalfGray
Also, on one income we could not afford one of those huge modern homes, but we also did not suffer the huge mortgage and the kids had a mom at home, even when they started school.
Now they are asking us all to pay for moms to stay home with children. This is an outrage. Tell your children that you had to be paid to stay with them. See how that goes over.
Now they are asking us all to pay for moms to stay home with children. This is an outrage. Tell your children that you had to be paid to stay with them. See how that goes over.
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Posted on 2/2/23 at 9:05 pm to Turf Taint
shite my wife makes like $70k more per year than I do 
So no, I don’t want her to stay at home…
So no, I don’t want her to stay at home…
Posted on 2/2/23 at 9:55 pm to Turf Taint
We're a two income family (both professionals) with a 2nd grader. Wifey (no pics) sat out for a few years from birth until Pre-K started. We've been considering home schooling and stay-at-home Mom, but since our state flipped Red and we are in a VERY Red area and our school system hasn't gone stupid or woke yet, we've held off.
We are about a 65%/35% (me/her) household income. We don't have family nearby so we're trying to keep kiddo in school for social interaction as well as keeping kiddo involved in other activities (clubs/sports).
We are about a 65%/35% (me/her) household income. We don't have family nearby so we're trying to keep kiddo in school for social interaction as well as keeping kiddo involved in other activities (clubs/sports).
This post was edited on 2/2/23 at 9:59 pm
Posted on 2/2/23 at 10:00 pm to LSUGrrrl
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Still very common in our neighborhood.
None of the women in mine must work either. Around 9:00 each morning, there's a big group of them walking together. They must have been SAHMs when their kids were younger, and now they're just SAHWs. Living the dream.
Posted on 2/2/23 at 10:01 pm to LouisianaLady
oh like your life is so hard 
Posted on 2/2/23 at 10:21 pm to Turf Taint
In today's age it seems like two incomes is almost necessary for most middle class families. I think we could survive on one income, but it would get really tight unless I really start to kick arse with my career. And we're relatively pretty decently off. It's a pretty big shame because having that time with the kids when they're young is irreplaceable.
Posted on 2/2/23 at 10:40 pm to Breauxsif
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In a place like Baton Rouge, you can make work it on one income at around $100K/yr.
Only way that I could see how a family would make it on $100k is if you lived in a relatively small/cheap home, don’t go on more than one vacation per year and rarely go out on dates. Between sitters and dinner I typically spend $200 on a weekend night and that’s not going anywhere fancy. I really think you’d need a salary of $250k to be comfortable on a single income
Posted on 2/2/23 at 11:00 pm to The Third Leg
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It’s not as if by working you don’t have primary involvement with your kids. A childcare provider simply augments you as a parent.
Dude, you have no idea what those people are saying or teaching to your kids. Zero.
First of all, those teachers don’t make shite. So they have zero motivation to give your kid the kind of treatment you think you’re paying for.
Most importantly, babies need lots of love, patience, and 1 on 1 attention. Nobody but a parent is going to be able to provide that in ample supply to give your child the best childhood possible. That is a fact.
And my analogy is not absurd, it’s quite apt. Sex is the most intimate and loving thing you can do with your partner, and being a stay at home parent is the most intimate and living thing you can do for your younguns.
Posted on 2/2/23 at 11:06 pm to Masterag
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Dude, you have no idea what those people are saying or teaching to your kids. Zero.
Lol have you even been around kids? They don't stfu about everything that happened in their day including things their teachers do and say.
Posted on 2/2/23 at 11:11 pm to JohnnyKilroy
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Lol have you even been around kids? They don't stfu about everything that happened in their day including things their teachers do and say.
I was specifically talking about kids that don’t yet know how to speak. But with the older kids, they still can be intimidated and teachers can act in pernicious ways the kids don’t understand and lie about it if confronted. The day care workers will lie and the owners will back them up, even going so far as getting rid of evidence. Stuff like that is the rule, not the exception.
I’ve told my wife she should write a book about what she sees visiting day cares for her job. No sane parent would ever leave their kid in one of those places.
Posted on 2/2/23 at 11:12 pm to Turf Taint
I know so many stay at home moms with Nannie’s it’s unreal
Posted on 2/2/23 at 11:31 pm to Turf Taint
Moved to west Texas to be home west oil and gas. Work a lot but home everynight. Allows wofe to be stay at home mom and home school son, take care of house and finances. It's great. Son is surrounded by us amd we don't have to worry about him being indoctrinated by the nut job teachers. Our 7 yr old has already been told that in life, expect to be surrounded by idiots so he is already off to a good start in understanding society.
Posted on 2/2/23 at 11:46 pm to Turf Taint
Wife staying home until all the kids are in school. It's worked for us. We've noticed some couples resent one another for the one staying home. It makes zero sense. We both pull our weight, just in different ways. She's an awesome wife and mother.
This post was edited on 2/2/23 at 11:47 pm
Posted on 2/3/23 at 12:05 am to concrete_tiger
quote:This right here. SAHM is nice until they go to school. Once they are in school what the hell do they have to keep them busy all day?
Not sure what value a sahm provides when kids aren’t toddler or younger, honestly.
Posted on 2/3/23 at 3:01 am to TrouserTrout
Wife is a CRNA and I own a few rental properties from before we were married, she didn’t want to stay home and genuinely loves her job, so I quit mine. When our daughter starts school, I’ll go back to teaching and coaching.
Posted on 2/3/23 at 5:55 am to Turf Taint
Here…for 15 years.
Posted on 2/3/23 at 7:18 am to Turf Taint
I'm a full time mom. Worked as a public auditor until my second. Couldn't hold down the 65 hour weeks with two kids.
Posted on 2/3/23 at 7:19 am to Masterag
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Dude, you have no idea what those people are saying or teaching to your kids. Zero.
Well, since it happened in my house and I have worked from it since 2008, I’ve known exactly what is going on.
My wife also took 6 month maternity leave with each kid. Our lives revolve around them when we aren’t working. There’s plenty of interaction and love been given. Our kids are great: social, reasonably smart, and funny.
This post was edited on 2/3/23 at 7:20 am
Posted on 2/3/23 at 7:28 am to Turf Taint
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Seem to be very exceptional nowadays. Roll call - which OT'ers have a full-time parent at home for their child/children? It seems almost non-existent in our sphere, but its the only thing our kids know (since they were born). Weird that its weird.
My MIL(only 63) who babysits our two children unexpectedly died yesterday. She made it possible for us to keep our children out of daycare.
So now I will have to step up and work twice as much so that my wife can stay at home most of the time(with a small per-diem position).
It makes no sense to place in daycare when costs vs benefits are weighed if I can help it.
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