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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I stay at home with elementary school kids. Fwiw, while they are at school I go to the gym, meet friends or my mom/sisters for coffee or lunch, ride my horse, and volunteer at a local museum as a docent. I welcome the kids home after school, we eat a snack together and talk about their days, I help with hw, then I drive them to their activities. I honestly feel pretty busy and fulfilled with this, although I am thinking about going back to school for a master's in history at some point. That's if I don't get pregnant with our fourth, which we are trying (but failing) to do. On a day to day basis, I know I am much happier than most of my friends who work because they have to, because they need the money. I think that is true of probably 90% of the work force. My H is one of those oddballs who loves what he does and eventually wants to do it on his own on a freelance basis, so I know they exist. If I could get paid to do my volunteer job and talk to people who are genuinely interested in history for a few hours 2-3 days a week, I would be one too. Alas they can easily get by with volunteers :)

Anyway, this whole back and forth is puzzling to me. I am pretty satisfied and grateful for my setup. Other ladies in here seem happy with their jobs. I wouldn't dream of telling them to quit or call them bad mothers for refusing to do so. But you're honestly going to tell me I should go back to work and be stressed and tired for...what reason, exactly? Feminism? What is wrong with being a caregiver? Why do we devalue this work? [b]We're so narrowly focused on money in this country. It's disheartening, really[/b].[/quote]

So says Seabiscuit![/quote]

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