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Earning the money that puts food on my kid's table, and a roof over my head is just as much part of being a parent as building legos with my kid.  [/quote]

It’s not though.  And I’m saying this as a WOHM.  I did SAH when my kid was 0-3, and there is a lot more parenting going on.  A lot.  As WOHMs we outsource an important part of parenting.  It serves a purpose as kids get older bc they need socialization and structure but no one is ever going to convince me that going to an office and earning money is just as much a part of parenting.  By those standards, why don’t you just send a check to your DH weekly?  I choose to work but I’m self aware enough to know that someone else is doing the lion’s share of parenting from 9-6 daily.  [/quote]

I'm not following your logic of sending a check to DH.

I've been both a SAH mom and a WOH mom. It wasn't a choice.  I did what was right for my family at various stages.  My daycare provider didn't parent, any more than I'm parenting the kids in my classroom as a teacher  Yes, I'm outsourcing important jobs, but a SAH parent who relies on someone else to provide all the income that puts food on the table is also outsourcing an important job.  [/quote]

It’s just semantics.  Parent is a relationship, not a job. So you are not the parent or parenting, but many of the jobs you are doing are those of a parent- and then some. It’s just like another pp noted- “full time mom” is just shorthand for “full time caregiver”. [/quote]

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