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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Okay, I just read 15 pages of this and my take-away is that WOHM are offended by absolutely everything a SAHM says.[/quote]

Which suggests that reading comprehension is not your forte.

The point is that being a SAHM was important to the candidate, but it really isn't that important to the interviewer.  So, stop making this about you and what you want.  Make it about applying for the job.  The fact that you chose to SAH to care for your children does not make you better or worse as a candidate for the job.  Your skills and what you did to keep the current during your time out of employment do.  If you really want to mention it, put it in the cover letter and then you don't need to refer to it again.  If they bring you in for an interview, they've read that and they still brought you in.  If you are asked about a 10 year hiatus, then say that you took time off to attend to family matters.  Then mention anything you did to renew and/or freshen up your skills for the job during that time.

For the record, it isn't only WOHM that are at issue.  There are many managers now who are WOHD who have WOHM spouses and they made the decision for having a 2-career family jointly.  These suggestions that SAH parenting is inherently superior to WOH parenting might also rub a male interviewer wrong as well, they just won't say so here.  So, stop making your choice to SAH a commentary to anyone and just work on selling yourself for the given job.[/quote]

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