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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank you for posting this. I may be you in a few years. I have three kids, am a SAHM with a full life and a high earning husband. I often wonder if and when I should go back to work. I am highly educated and used to have a successful career before deciding to stay home full time.

If I were you, I would quit and focus on the kids before they leave for college. That’s just me. I have heard from others that teenagers need you the most.[/quote]

Yes teenagers who are in school from 8 am until 3, then in sports and clubs till 6, can drive themselves and take the bus, need you to be home ALL DAY.

That saying is about being in their lives in a mental way, and checking in thoughtfully every day. Using it as justification to SAH is absurd. [/quote]

Sweetie, no one needs to justify anything to SAH.  You need to be able to "AFFORD" to SAH.  If you cannot afford to SAH, you need to work to earn a living.

The highly educated and wealthy SAHMs who can spend time with their children (young, school aged, pre-teens, teens and high-schoolers) and are doing a good job with parenting (not necessarily cleaning the house and doing laundry), have the opportunity to create a stress-free and enriching home environment for their entire family and themselves.  They have a better standard of living and more time with their families. If they so choose, they can contribute to their community by volunteering (school, church) and enrich the lives of everyone. If they are exercising and are healthy, they continue to be active and useful, to their families and to their community.

If working at your job makes you very happy and you cannot wait to go to office on Monday, by all means go for it. Hopefully, you don't love your job so much that you hate the weekends and vacations.

Now, if you are a wealthy, educated, secure SAHM and love your job, then you are a lucky person because a lot of stars aligned.    [/quote]

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