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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The amount of income a family needs for one parent to stay home varies with the family and their priorities. There is no set answer, every family just has to decide on where their own balance point is between spending money and spending time. 
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This is very true. Also you need to keep in mind that they will not always be little and so going to the library and zoo for free, for example, will only last so long. Although I guess by the time they are older the SAH parent may be back at work or earning part- time, if that is what you are thinking.  I guess I am sharing our experience of being able to SAH when ours were young on one salary and never thought about:

Piano/ guitar
Braces
Tutors
Therapy
School trips
Sports activites
Church activities
Enrichment camps, etc.

These are not extravagant and not all at once.  Merely pointing out that you never know what your kids might need/ be interested in. You can absolutely say no but I've found almost universal that kids in my neighborhood will do a chess club, robotics club, girls scouts, drama group, a music lesson. Again, not all at once but if they have interests through the years or if you have more than one DC.  I'm only posting as I think sometimes the posts are heavy with parents of young children and they (rightly so) have no idea what an older child may need or want and how expensive it can  be. Hope this helps.
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Some of the one-income HHIs listed by PPs make those things a drop in the bucket.[/quote]

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