Typical SAHM with school aged kids day

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My best friend WOH full time. She is an attorney working in a job she loves. Her work makes a real difference in the lives of children. I SAH. She has never made me feel "less than" for choosing to SAH. I think she is a fantastic mom even though she sometimes works really long hours. We have discussed the good and bad of both choices.

I take my daughter and her son to sports practicce (crew) after school every day. She picks them up on her way home from work. Her son could not row without a ride to practice. By picking the kids up at 7pm, she keeps me from having to drag my younger son out every evening when I am getting supper on the table. That's just one of countless ways my WOHM friends and I help each other.

If you are having a strong emotional reaction to this topic regardless of whether you work or stay at home, you may might consider spending some time thinking about why you are so angry. People who are content and secure in their decisions don't need to continually justify them.

Well-said.

-a WOH who also likes my job but has no issue with folks who decide to SAH if that works best for their families

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My best friend WOH full time. She is an attorney working in a job she loves. Her work makes a real difference in the lives of children. I SAH. She has never made me feel "less than" for choosing to SAH. I think she is a fantastic mom even though she sometimes works really long hours. We have discussed the good and bad of both choices.

I take my daughter and her son to sports practicce (crew) after school every day. She picks them up on her way home from work. Her son could not row without a ride to practice. By picking the kids up at 7pm, she keeps me from having to drag my younger son out every evening when I am getting supper on the table. That's just one of countless ways my WOHM friends and I help each other.

If you are having a strong emotional reaction to this topic regardless of whether you work or stay at home, you may might consider spending some time thinking about why you are so angry. People who are content and secure in their decisions don't need to continually justify them.

Well said. I am a WOHM and these threads make me sad. The SAHMs I know are wonderful people. Same for my WOHM friends. We all pitch in and help each other out.

[Anonymous]

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So all parents work 9-3? Funny, I thought some had longer hours than that. Oh - and summers off? I'll go back to work if that's the case.

My kids bus comes at 8:30 and they get home at 4:15. I get home at 5:15, so I'm missing 5 hours a week compared to someone who is home all day.

Well isn't that nice! Our elementary school bus drops off at 2:45pm. And because we are in LCPS, school is closed unexpectedly for roughly 10 days/winter. And no, I don't think my children "need" to be in 8-5pm "camp" all summer long. They choose a few weeks of camps that interest them (tennis, Girl Scouts, gymnastics) and also do the swim team. They also spend a ton of time playing with their friends and reading. They wouldn't want to be gone 8-5. It's just not something they have ever experienced.

My kids will be glad I worked, even though it meant camp and extended day, when they graduate college without student loans. I know I was grateful for that.

[jsteele]

I am shocked that a discussion about SAHMs and turned into a fight between SAHMs and WOHMs. I would never have expected such a thing. This is such a rare turn of events that I had better lock this thread in order to preserve it for future research. There won't be too many pristine specimens of such an argument,