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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"I SAH. I love it. It makes me happy to watch my children, cook, keep a clean house, manage it, run car pools, etc. Why is this considered so bad, or backward, or deserving of scorn?"

Are you really asking why? [b]Because your mother could all of this, without a college or graduate degree. [/b]Because my mother did it, even though she had a college degree, and found that neither my father nor society respected her. Some people SAH because they can't get a fulfilling job and are undereducated.[/quote]

Well, the flip side of this is that there are a lot of jobs (careers, even) that people can do without a college or grad degree.    You don't need a college degree to SAH and you don't need one to WOH either.[/quote]

[b]But I need a graduate degree to do MY job. That's what matters to me and our family.[/b][/quote]

That's great.  Really, it is, and you should be proud of yourself (I'm sure you are).  But your family is NOT my family.  Why can't people see that the two can freaking co-exist?

Of course women have come a long way, and no one now HAS to stay home.  But some CHOOSE to stay home, and demeaning those women by telling them they are doing a disservice to society and are using their man as a plan is just as wrong and hurtful as when someone tells you that you do not value your family and care more about $, prestige, and degrees than your children.  That's wrong, right?  So is assuming that because someone is college educated, that automatically precludes any desire to SAH.

I have a graduate degree, and I SAH.  I would be lying if I said I never felt like I was wasting that degree, but right now, at this moment, I'm doing what makes me happy, and therefore, my family is happy.  That's what matters to me and our family.[/quote]

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