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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was just talking to a SAHM of teens (she teaches rec center classes during school hours) and she told me that she actually feels it's more important for her to be a SAHM now than it was when her kids were my age (2 and 3). I really hope we can continue to afford me SAH as the kids get older. I have a PhD, so maybe I can find some part-time flexible consulting work for during school hours.[/quote]
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My mother worked when I was a teenager.  We were all fine.  there was a guy I dated briefly who was a total bad boy.  his mother was a sahm.  it didn't make a bit of difference.  he was pretty clever and manipulative.

I think when kids are teens, parents will see other teens who have problems and try to find a reason.  they like to blame the parents.  So some sahm will see her teen's friend have issues and the teen's friend's mom happens to work, and then she blames that and says, "i'm so glad I can be home for my teen, otherwise she'd be like that."  but it's anecdotal.  and for every story like that, there's a story like mine, where it was the teen with the sahm who had problems (perhaps b/c his mother was a helicopter mom all his life and he was rebelling).  my siblings and i were fine as teens.  we didn't get into any trouble.  we didn't feel neglected.  we all had activities anyhow.  it was fine that my mother worked, because financial stress was something we sensed as kids, too.  it was better when my mother was employed.  i think also that she was better.  she was more confident and gave us some space, which all teens need.[/quote]

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