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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Idk… SAHM’s get depressed in the summer with kids home.[/b]

I think it’s fun and novel for a second but the next thing you know you are doing everything to not be around the kids all day.

You say you are with them more but in reality you have them in camp, your shopping/cleaning/cooking.

You quickly replace “spending all your time” with them not spending the same time as when you worked.

I think breaks from kids and influence other than mom is the healthiest model.

If you don’t want to work just own it and stop trying to justify it using your kids as a reason.

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Huh? Only people i have heard complain about kids at home are working moms who do not know how to spend time with their kids because they are out of practice, and are incapable of handling summers, school closing, snow days, sick days, childcare gaps etc.  Any normal, educated sahm with an iota of common sense and planning abilities already have a firm grip on what needs to be done for their children and household. sahms are not lacking for companionship, ideas or finances in any season. At least not in DMV.

DMV is an intensely competitive area.  In my circles, having a sahm is strategic decision by the couple to make sure that the kids are excelling and thriving, the marriage is solid, personal and social life is being nurtured, household is running smoothly, long term goals are being worked on. [/quote]

Go back to June posts about dreading summer.

Look at all the posts about being annoyed at over scheduled neighborhood kids because now mom actually has to figure out how to be with kids.

Look at all the post of “what happened to the 70’s” when you kicked kids out at 9am and they weren’t allowed back home till dinner.

I don’t really know any SAHM’s who actually spend all day with kids.[/quote]

I think its just that you and the June posters are non-POC,  MC, unhappy and not in DMV.  :wink:

And no, after a certain age, your kids are not spending all day with you even though they are in the same vicinity or under the same roof or under your supervision.

For most of the childhood or teen years - mom, dad or grandparents are always accessible, reachable and present for the kids, regardless of what activities they are doing.  [/quote]

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