Do better rated schools have more stay at home moms?

[Anonymous]

I'm a teacher and in my experience, yes the "better" schools do tend to have a large number of sahm's. However, schools with many sahm's tend to be rather affluent as well.

[Anonymous]

Low to No income moms are SAHM moms too! That would account for probably a larger portion of moms unless you're strictly talking rich vs. poor.

[Anonymous]

Note PP's distinction, which I agree with. "Better-rated" schools may or may not be "better" schools. "Better" schools may or may not be "better-rated" schools.

+1,000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Low to No income moms are SAHM moms too! That would account for probably a larger portion of moms unless you're strictly talking rich vs. poor.

In fact, they are the great majority of stay-at-home mothers.

http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2014/04/08/after-decades-of-decline-a-rise-in-stay-at-home-mothers/

[Anonymous]

Yes. And SAHMs are much better human beings as well.

[Anonymous]

We are at an Alex City school with tons of HHI SAHMs. The school still sucks - 6 on the greatschools rating. Sorry to ruin the theory

[Anonymous]

Quite a few of the parents who appear to be SAH in the affluent schools work from home and are consultants. They have very flexible hours. IME, the age of the parents the more affluent schools is much older and more educated than the age and education of the parents in middle class and poor schools. These two factors lend to more options to work reduced hours and still earn excellent incomes.

[Anonymous]

We are at an Alex City school with tons of HHI SAHMs. The school still sucks - 6 on the greatschools rating. Sorry to ruin the theory

It will take much more than SAHMs to fix ACPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are at an Alex City school with tons of HHI SAHMs. The school still sucks - 6 on the greatschools rating. Sorry to ruin the theory

Because schools there have an unusual mix of affluent plus low income families. The HHI SAHMs are not the ones bringing the rating down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Low to No income moms are SAHM moms too! That would account for probably a larger portion of moms unless you're strictly talking rich vs. poor.

In fact, they are the great majority of stay-at-home mothers.

http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2014/04/08/after-decades-of-decline-a-rise-in-stay-at-home-mothers/

Doubt many of these people post here though.

[Anonymous]

Here we go again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. And SAHMs are much better human beings as well.

Yes, I would be a much better wife and mother if I left my job as the primary breadwinner and allowed my family to live off of poverty wages and government subsidies. My husband works a flexible schedule from home doing work that he loves and does most of the school volunteering. Is that okay, or are dads somehow incapable of contributing positively to childrearing and schools?