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[quote=Anonymous]There is no right answer to SAH versus WOH. It depends on so many things. With baby #1 we had a wonderful young nanny but when baby #2 arrived 16 months later I quit the corporate world and started my own consulting business, first working at home and then I took office space right in our town. I had a good deal of flexibility so I was almost always able to be around when needed. I really needed to work for my pysche (Ivy MBA) but I really felt being close to home and having flexibility was important to me. This worked very well when our three kids were very young but when they hit the often difficult pre-teen years I really felt I needed to be very close to them. That led me to take a job with a non profit where my hours were in sync with the school hours so I was always at home when they were. My point in all of this is that you need to think hard about what works best for you and your family and not worry about what other people think. People thought I was crazy to leave my very successful corporate career, then leave my successful consulting career but my three kids are now very happy and successful young adults and I feel very good that the decisions I made were good for them and good for me. It also helped to have a DH who supported all the decisions I made. [/quote]

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