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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP was a sahm for the past how many decades, and is 50 years old.  She is not going to get a job that pays more than $20/hr, even $20/hr will be lucky.

You can get a job as a receptionist at a small business that may pay $16 to $18/hour.

-52 yr old woman[/quote]

This is often what happens, our society is punitive towards women who choose to raise their kids themselves and prioritize family and home.  If you don't marry well and secure a nice divorce package or something befalls your husband you are SOL. Even if you have a degree, it can't help you.  You have to keep working and raising kids, and part time jobs aren't easy to find and not available for professional jobs until you are so well established that you can call your schedule or consult PT.  no wonder younger women are deciding to stay childless more and more. [/quote]

The solution is not to stay childless, it’s to not become a sahm. Keep working ladies, even if you have children![/quote]

The best is to have kids early when you have much more energy to work and have kids and are junior in your career and can exit and return, or you can work periodically.  Taking 1-3 years off is often not nearly as detrimental to your career as taking 20 years off from the workplace.  Once your kids are teens you can lean into your career[/quote]
+1 I took 9 months off with DC1, and 18 months off DC2 to be a sahm, but I already had a network, and "leaned in", and I was in the tech industry.  My ex-manager whom I was friendly with outside of work asked me to come back PT when we met up, and then again FT later. I had already established my career and reputation in that company.

If you leave for much longer, and lose those ties, which can happen with people moving on and retiring, it is going to be so much harder to find anything not menial.[/quote]

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