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[quote=Anonymous]And there it is.  So incredibly sad.  I wonder what your children would think if they read your statement as adults.  How pathetic for them to hear that you find working to be a better use of your time than taking care of them.  Oh well - different strokes.[/quote]

WOHM's conveniently ignore this statement [/quote]

I think it's pathetic that you think so little of your DC, but at least you're setting yourself up to play the martyr mom role for the rest of your life with those DC when they become adults.  You could tell them, I wasn't organized, motivated, intelligent <fill in the blank> to manage both a career and a family so I took a break/stopped working all together....all because of YOU!  Dear Susie, I'm going to volunteer in your classroom everyday to ensure you get into AAP and run you to a different after school activity every single day and sit home while you're in school all day trying to figure out how to clean our house and go grocery shopping with the 7 hours a day that I have on my hands.

My mom was a WOHM with me, but a SAHM for my younger siblings.  She always thought that was just what you were SUPPOSED to do if you could.  It was BETTER for your kids.  This is now one of my moms biggest regrets.  All of her kids turned out to be successful, happy people with families.  I tend to remember more "special" things about my childhood than my siblings.  I'm actually closer to my mom than the rest of them.  She stalled her career for so long she found it difficult both professionally and personally to get back in the field.  She feels like she could have worked and all of her kids would have been just as healthy and happy as they are now.  She could have handled being a WOHM easily.

I have absolutely no worries about my kids looking back on their childhood and feeling neglected because I have a career.  I know that it helps SAHMs feel better about their choice, but I have absolutely no guilt, but if you acknowledge this it doesn't help your martyr act.  Sorry.[/quote]

I think it's pathetic that you consider yourself too "intelligent and motivated" to raise your own DC[/quote]

+1000

That's what frightens me most about this wohm trend. The fact that putting one's own intellectual vanity over the welfare of YOUR OWN CHILD is a common excuse  :shock: [/quote]

You are joking, right?  If not, you have just knocked SAHMs down a few more pegs in my book.  Intellectual vanity???  Yes, because the world keeps going round because of your big contributions to society.

I'm also curious how you feel about your DH, who I assume works to keep that roof over your head and your big butt in that mommy-mobile every day.  I'll also assume you don't worry about getting your DD into AAP since you just need her to look real pretty and smile a lot.  [/quote]

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