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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I completely agree with you- talk about societal changes all you want- but alll of my working friends are the default parent on top of working full time- nothing about that is appealing to me. It's why I SAH.[/quote]

Bingo. I actually think the product of women's lib actually made it worse for a lot of moms. Saturated employment market, reduced salaries, but now have the cost/burden of childcare.

Families used to get on just fine on one income. Not so these days. [b]And, yes, mom is still the default parent or primary caregiver 8/10.[/b] [/quote]

So I guess we still need more women's lib.[/quote]

Or we can acknowlwdge that people have different strengths, set up our families in ways that work for us, and stop pretending that different can't be even more wonderful than pretending we are all the exact same to achieve "equality".[/quote]

That actually is women's lib. I'm glad that we agree.[/quote]

Really?  Because you seem upset whenever women say they stay home with their kids. And And God forbid they *enjoy* it.  [/quote]

How do yo know this? We're all Anonymous here on this forum.[/quote]

[b]Omg dcum is LOADED with bitter, angry, hateful working moms who constantly lash out at sahms. They are jealous. They pretend they aren't, but they are. There are a handful of working moms who don't care who works and who sah, but most of the wohm on dcum are bitter, jealous, and angry.[/b]

I stayed home until child started school and then started working part time. I still work part time and handle all of the stuff I did as a sahm, just not the same quality as I did when I was home. I'm currently looking to work full time, I imagine things will change when that happens. I'll need more help since I'll be working more hours outside the home. I see a lot of value in the work that sahms do. Especially the quality of childcare.[/quote]

+ 1

I am a working mom and even I can see this. If you really don't care, you don't lash out the way these posters do. They take it so personally because they are obviously jealous. That's the only logical explanation. Me? I have no choice but to work. If I don't work, we don't eat. Kids gotta eat. So I don't have any mixed emotions about it. That makes it easier to see that everyone is doing what's best for them and not take it personally.[/quote]

Isn't this backwards? If you have the choice to work or not, what would you be jealous of? What would they have mixed emotions about? I worked hard to get where am I in life. If I wanted to do what SAHMs do, I would do that--but I don't want it. If I'm critical, it's about posts that say that they are doing better by their kids than I am. I'm not jealous that they are better moms than me--I'm annoyed that they are more self-righteous. [/quote]

The people who are unsure about their choice, maybe deep down, lady out at others. Otherwise, if you (general you not you specifically) really truly don't care, why would you write such angry, bitter things?[/quote]

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