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No, it’s SAHMs of school-age kids who are pretty much useless. If you have young kids at home, that’s a lot of work. Often more work than an office job. [/quote]

I do think this is a key distinction. The desire to stay home with young children (esp 0-3) is a different thing from staying home with your kids til they're 18.

And in some ways, yes, I think someone who is content to vacuum or sit around reading/whatever all day while their kids are at school is maybe a little lazy.

However, I am not sure how many SAHM's of school age children literally do nothing all day. I've never met a person like this. I've met ones who are really involved in school, or have spotless houses, or hobbies, or they volunteer. OR they might do part-time work from home and you don't know it. I do 8-10 hrs of freelance work during my kids' naptimes, and I really don't tell anybody about it because it never comes up. I'm sure people think I just sit around during naptimes.

Also, would you say this same thing about someone who retires at 55? Those people are often admired/envied, even though they do even less than SAHM's of school age children.[/quote]

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