Reply to Anyone quit job when kid(s) entering middle school?

Forum Index » Tweens and Teens

Reply to "Anyone quit job when kid(s) entering middle school?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]I'm a SAHM with kids in elementary.

Here are the challenges you will face:

If you don't have a lot of SAH friends it will be lonely during the day.
Unless you have hobbies you may find yourself totally aimless ~ most moms who have middle school kids have been home for years and already have an established social/volunteer/maybe PT work/etc routine well worked out at this point, you will just be creating yours. 
Are you going to be okay with "changing things" spending wise at the exact moment where you will have a lot of time to spend (the benefits of being home include frequent vacations, being able to do home projects easily, meet friends for lunch, take classes, join fancy gyms, shop during the day etc)?
If you know you have to go back anyway, but for even less money, why not power through and retire 3 years earlier? Your child will leave the house around 7 am and not be home till late afternoon.....you won't really be picking up that much time with them now, versus when they were small.

Here are the benefits:
More time
More peace
More flexibility
More time for self development
More time for therapies for your child[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics