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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honest Q, if you are a working mom, do you feel superior to SAHM moms? It's just something I have always wondered.[/quote]

Since this is anonymous, yes I do. I would never tell you to your face though.[/quote]

NP, and no, I don't.  In this specific, current situation, I think I have it much harder than they do, but that doesn't make me superior to them.  Grumpier, perhaps.  On balance, I think there are enough trade-offs either way to make them relatively equally difficult.  I guess if you're independently wealth SAH is an easier option, but that's not many people.[/quote]

Do you think it might be much harder because you aren't as used to be around you kids for that many hours a day? Aside from the actual working part? It can be a little shocking if you aren't used to being around children for 12+ hours a day weeks on end. [/quote]

Nope.  Before my kids were school-aged (they're currently 8, 6, and 4), I had a position where I balanced FT work and PT childcare.  I know exactly what it's like to be around my kids for long periods of time.  Also, let's not pretend that most SAHM aren't out and about and doing things various classes or PT preschool with their kids when they're old enough.  They're not in the house with kids, not socializing, and needing to limit outdoor activity for weeks on end.

Also, "aside from the working part?"  Huh?  That *is* what makes it so much harder.  I'm being put on COVID-19 response committees right and left and being given requests with very tight deadlines, in addition to my regular workload.  Many of us lucky not to be furloughed right now are experiencing a big jump in workload because of all the uncertainty.  I love my job and am grateful to still have it right now, but come on.  If our family had a SAHP right now, things would be much, much easier.[/quote]

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