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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good for them! Hope it works out. [/quote]

This. But if it were my daughter I would be privately disappointed after spending so much money on sending her to college and then to not work professionally. I could have saved that money in my retirement instead and retired earlier. I do believe that the world needs more women in the workforce, especially in leadership roles and science, to change the status quo for all women.  [/quote]

Life happens.  She could have gotten all that education and had an accident or other disability that forced her out of the workplace.  The education is formative and beneficial regardless of what you do with it in the years to come.

As for other women in the workforce - only if that’s what they choose to do.  It’s all about choices and freedom. [b]You don’t owe other women a career.[/b][/quote]

But we do. and that kind of thinking is why/how women keep holding other women back. it's the war of which SAHM has it better, WOHM stepping on other women to get ahead instead of helping others achieve.

You dont need a college education to stay home. Save your parents the money and do your part to marry well.

You don't need a college education to work. Save yourself the time and money. 
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I disagree.   Parents are the first teachers of their children.  A college educated parent will be able to help with Math, Science, ELA and Social Sciences to their children at home. They will be able to understand the educational needs of their children better than anyone, and create and find out enrichment experiences and career opportunities better than a non-educated parent.  I do not mean just an ordinary high school graduate person. I mean a parent who has undergone rigorous college education and has attained a high degree of expertise in core subjects.

Apart from the comfort and security a child gets when they are at home with their parents, there also is a need in them to have high quality intellectual interaction with their parents otherwise there is no difference in that person and a low educated, low wage, unskilled care provider.

If I cannot teach them Math or Science at home, if I cannot find and create opportunities for their    You might say that schools will teach the children, but we know how pathetic is the quality of education in USA. Also, many children have suffered loss of knowledge and skills after COVID for a number of reasons.  So, for the well being and progress of the family, you need well educated parents who have the time and inclination to help and mentor their children.

Besides, do you actually think that a high value, high earning man would want to marry a woman who is not equally well educated and qualified? Even if she chooses to be a SAHM?

Educate a man, educate one person.  Educate a woman, educate a whole family. [/quote]

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