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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP, are you independent because you grow your own food and rely on a barter economy instead of a job?[/quote]

I am not independent. Few people are. But there is nothing wrong with relying on others. Things work better that way to some degree. If everyone has a role and works together you get better results than if everyone is on a high horse of delusions.

Ok she depends on her husband to do his part. He depends on her to do hers. You depend on your company to stay in business. You depend on your boss not to fire you. Everyone depends on someone. However as for financial independence...a job is the worst way to try and achieve that so there is no reason to use a job to look down on other mothers and its very laughable.[/quote]

Except you AND your husband are now relying on your husband having a job, rather than spreading out the risk.  So your notion of what constitutes financial independence seems a little whacked.  I'm not judging your choice to SAH at all.  I think if two parents can work together as partners to make it work and are happy with the ways they each contribute to the family, that's wonderful.  But your premise that all WOH parents aren't truly financially independent because they're relying on a job rather than a spouse is ludicrous.  [/quote]

I want my children to be able to think outside the box by default. I want them to know that there is not just one way to go about life and make a living. I have never stated how my husband and I make a living and that's quite intentional. There is nothing secret or unusual about it, I just know the audience on here isn't really interested in discussions. They are interested in finding something to get upset about.

There are lots of ways that children can have a parent at home while not relying on one source of income. My hope is that more people, women in particular, seek out these options from the beginning. If women know they want kids then I wish they had the resources to plan their source of income around their kids and not the other way around. And by resources I mean finding out about these options at 18 and not 38. It makes things so much easier and less stressful. But this is not what is taught in society and I think that is a shame.[/quote]

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