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[quote=Anonymous][quote]][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds very lazy to quit working to stay at home once your children don't require childcare during the day because they're in school. Is that your actual plan? I don't know anyone who does/did that. [/quote]

Serious question, how do you handle sick days and snow days?  I also work part-time like the pp.  Just this morning my dd woke up with pinkeye.  We have no family in the area, and dh’s job is fairly inflexible.  I don’t know how we’d manage if I also had an inflexible position. [/quote]

Not everyone has that luxury.  I had a very inflexible job, which is one reason why I choose to stay home.  I was always told no to sick days, vacations and even doctors appointments.  Often had to work an hour or two later than scheduled with no pay so it was an issue with child care.  My family lives close by but I could be on my death bed and they would not help.  [/quote]

So you’re a single mom right receiving no child support ? That’s why just your salary covers the childcare expenses not both you and your husband’s? Otherwise I don’t understand why you completely left the workforce  to stay home instead of just got a job that pays less with better hours?[/quote]

If the bottom line is that they have less money when the mom is working, it doesn’t make sense for some families. Then they have the stress of 2 working parents,  but less money. And in some fields it not that easy to just go out and find a new job, with better hours.[/quote]

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