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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think one of the pitfalls is the mom becomes more and more immersed in SN parenting and starts basically doing it solo and the dad checks out more and more because he doesn't understand all the therapies and terms and such and doesn't really want to be an expert on it anyway. So you kind of grow apart.

Financially how is this if your child may need support in adulthood?[/quote]
This has happened to us because DH doesn’t want to do the work about learning about our SN kid, unpacking his own triggers, and not triggering the kid constantly. It’s freaking awful.[/quote]

This x1000.

I have been trying to get back into the workforce for almost 3 years now and it is SO HARD because of everything people are saying here. I am still needed at home as much as ever, but finances have changed, the world has changed, my kid is improving but will still always need extra supports and extra time... All that still exists but because I essentially gave up my career to care for family and home, I am somehow 'less than' in the eyes of those around me. Even my kid, which is incredibly sad for me.

SAH parenting can be great. But ONLY if the parents are true equals. A SAH parent is not the maid, cook, caretaker, etc. Yes it can truly benefit the SN kid in so many wonderful ways, but it can - in the long run - be insufferable and make marriages fall apart and kill the SAH parents self esteem.

Anyway. Lots of things need to be in place for it to work well.[/quote]

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