Did your mom WOHM? If so, do you?

[Anonymous]

PP our school had a late bus, so everyone that was in spoets and extra clubs, simply took the late bus home. No need for parents to drivs us all over the place.

[Anonymous]

My mom WOH and I SAH. I didn't realize until I was a working adult that she had benefited from flexible hours (professor) and could pick us up from school most days and then work after we went to bed.

I didn't expect to SAH, but it's felt right so far. My mom has said repeatedly that she never could have stood being a SAHM! To each her own.

[Anonymous]

My mom stayed home with me for 18 months, then went back to work.

I worked FT for my daughter's first 2.5 years, then cut back to PT. That was a pretty good balance, although I wouldn't mind working FT again. I would be an absolutely AWFUL SAHM. I cut back because my "career" was going nowhere and I was about to be downsized due to the recession at a nonprofit, not really because it was what I truly wanted. It has worked out OK because now I work for a friend and can work from home quite a bit with VERY flexible hours.

You have to do what works best for your family.

[Anonymous]

My mom WOHM starting when I was 7 mos. I think she was on a somewhat reduced schedule at first, but quickly went back to FT (although not crazy lawyer or doctor FT). I was in a home daycare, then in preschool after age 3.
Myself, I had DC during grad school (started daycare at 4 mos) and am hoping I can achieve normal FT hours when I graduate soon; my field can be on the crazier side. I cannot see myself SAHM by choice (as opposed to if I couldn't find work or DC had special needs requiring a parent at home), both based on my personality and on DC's. My mom's positive example obviously helps.