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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think most of the WOHMs are being deliberately obtuse.  My nanny takes care of my children for 40 plus hours a week, I think we can all agree that is a fulltime job (as is working in a daycare, if that is how you  get your childcare while you work) .  However, when a SAHM does that, it's completely overlooked and everyone wants to argue that they do the same exact thing but also work.  It's so plainly false it is ridiculous.  [/quote]

You don't see the distinction between getting paid money to leave your house and go watch other people's children and staying at home to care for your own child? One is a job, one is a choice. They are different. That's why we have the distinctions. Some parents stay at home, some go to work, some can work from home. Every single one of those brings its own pros and cons, but they are all different from one another. Choosing to stay at home to care for your children is a choice and involves things that have to be done during the day but it isn't a job. Going to work involves involves things that may look similar to caring for your own child, but at the end of the day, it's a job. [/quote]

What exactly is your point?  Mine was that taking care of kids all day is hard work--whether or not you are paid for it.   Are you arguing otherwise?[/quote]

My point is that one is a job and one is a choice. Why are you acting like because they each take effort, they are the same. No, they're not. Do you think your nanny is going to show up out of the goodness of her heart to take care of your kids is you don't pay her? Hell no. She does it because you're paying her to do it. That's the difference. If I'm a carpenter by trade, and choose to build something in my back yard for the benefit of my family, I'm not "at work." I'm choosing to spend to my time doing that, but I'm not being paid. But I might be saving our family money by not paying someone else to do it. Why is this any different? Being a SAHP is not a job, regardless of how much effort is expended at doing what's necessary during the day. I'm not digging at SAHPs. I respect what they do. It's just not a job. People do a disservice to SAHPs by trying to bring some kind of credibility to their day by referring to it as a job. It's credible in its own right, you don't need to act like it's equivalent to a job. Apples and oranges.[/quote]

Why does it bother you so much?  Who really cares if a SAHM wants to call it a job? [/quote]

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