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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You seem judgmental.  You have no concept of how someone else might live given your income.  It may not pay for her to work and earn minimum wage.  After taxes, its not going to make a huge dent in college savings and may hurt with financial aid.

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This.  You cannot just waltz into a high paying career after decades of gaps in your resume even if you have a Ph.D. under your belt or used to make a lot of money in your 20s.  Most SAHMs who enter the workplace and make enough to make it worth working used to already have some sort of established careers prior to becoming SAHMs and have good professional networks they can leverage to get back at a decent enough level.  If the person OP describes isn't one of these early career women with a good network that can hook them up with a decent job, then she is SOL and will be working for peanuts in service industry.  At the end of the day if they are taxed at the highest bracket and if she has to incur additional expenses due to her not being home to take care of things, this "job" may not be worth it. [/quote]

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