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Poll: Working Mom/ SAHM
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Anonymous
| My Mom stayed home until I was 1-year-old and then went back to school and started working FT when I was 3, so I only knew her as a FT working Mom. I work part-time 24 hours now and plan to expand to 30 hours when my daughter starts Kindergarten. |
Anonymous
| Oops, I should clarifity that she stayed home with my older sisters.....so my sisters were in school when she started going to College. |
Anonymous
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My mom SAH until I was in middle school. I work FT now and am hoping to be somewhat PT (32 hours) when my baby comes. I loved having my mom at home but we're in a different financial time now. I don't think my decision to work has anything to do with my mom at all. It has to do with the fact that my parents bought their house for $40K and mine was not quite that cheap (and I don't live in a big house). I think my mom was great but its a matter of numbers for a lot of people nowadays, especially in the area where we live.
Not that I don't like working, its just that its less of a choice than a necessity. |
Anonymous
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My mom was a teacher. She stopped teaching for a while when she first had her children, taught part-time for a while when we were younger, and full-time once I was in middle/high school.
I have been a full-time working mom, a part-time working mom, and a SAHM all in the 6 years I've been a mom! But I am looking forward to being a full-time working mom again soon. |
Anonymous
my mom (a nurse/RN) took off full-time SAHM from the time my sister was born in 1966; brother '67, me '70...and then took some part-time jobs in the mid-70's. She went back to full-time (but as a nurse in the school system with the same hours as us) when I (the youngest) was in middle school. My dad did early hours as a Fed employee (6:30am-2:45) and was there after school and coach of all our sports teams. They pretty much showed how it can be done .
She then left the schools and became a Head nursing administrator winning many awards and accolades after I left for college--full-time. So--very flexible career..which was molded around us. She won't retire ---still choosing to work 3days/week instead. My dad retired many years ago.
I am similar. I WAH for the Feds full-time..but only when kids are in school. Very flexible |
Anonymous
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To the poster that asked “never?“ -
You read it correctly. |
Anonymous
| Mom didn't work because she had MS. She says she would have liked to have a job. I am currently a SAHM but plan on going back when my youngest starts school. |
Anonymous
| My mom worked FT and I'm a SAHM. |
Anonymous
| Mom WOHM FT, I WOHM PT. |
Anonymous
| My mom worked full time and I work full time too. If I have a second baby, I would love to take a year or 2 off work but not sure how that will work out financially, etc... But would then look to return to work full time. |
Anonymous
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My mother stayed home until I was in Kindergarten. She starting teaching that year so it was like she was still a SAHM since we had the same hours. We moved out of state the following year and she SAHM for a year or so before working as a receptionist full time. We moved again a year or so later and she stayed at home for about a year before working as receptionist full time. When she finally came to the conclusion that we were old enough to watch over ourselves ,and that she was going to continue to work full time, she changed careers and became a foster care worker. She is now retired but started a small catering business.
Out of her four daughters only one works full time and it isn't me. The eldest is the stereotypical doctors wife and spends her time volunteering and focusing one her children's studies. The next is crafty and makes baby blankets and thing to sell on Etsy. None of which have been seen on Regretsy. I have a very specialized skill and work from home when I can. I don't rake in the bucks but I do make something. My little sister is the career driven one though she will be in a position to retire before she is 40. |
Anonymous
| Mom was SAH with 3 kids and to this day has never had a paying job. I was working FT but quit to SAH with my kids for a while. I will have to go back to work in about 2 years... |
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| My mom worked full time, and I am a SAHM. I went back to work for about a month after my maternity leave from work and quit when hubby switched jobs when Annabelle was about 6 months old so I could stay home with the her. |
Anonymous
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My mom stayed at home and DH's mom stayed at home.
I have stayed at home, working very part-time the past two years now that my kids are in middle elementary. I had kids later in life after many years of working. It was so hard having them that there was no way I was going to leave them to work if at all possible. Now that they are older, I'm feeling the urge to work more, but have heard from friends with older children how important it is to be available during jr. high and sr. high, so we'll see. Thankfully, we were able to keep expenses low and I could stay at home and also DH was in full support of the decision. My decision was tragically reaffirmed when my sister died suddenly and unexpectedly 6 years ago, leaving behind her beloved children. Life is too short and precious in many cases - you never know when your life or your child's will end. This event made our decision even more crystal clear. |
Anonymous
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Mom was SAHM - I was too until my second was almost 2, now I work part time.
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