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[quote=Anonymous]My mother was single and chose to SAH when I was little because she needed to be unemployed in order to get Medicaid. She didn't work in a field that provided health insurance. She received a small amount of child support from her ex (a lawyer) but it wasn't enough to keep out of poverty. She left her husband because he beat her. Eventually she went back to work, but only part time because her earnings wouldn't cover full time childcare. We were very poor for a long time and this period of low earnings has resulted in entirely inadequate retirement savings, so as my mom approaches age 70 she's looking at a very shaky future, even though she's now in a professional job (IT systems) and earns a middle class salary. I can't even express how much I appreciate her sacrifices for us.[/quote]
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