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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My family reveres a highly educated SAHM.[/quote]

I’m Korean American. All my relatives in Korea stay home. They study hard to go a top university to marry well and they all stayed home when they had a baby. I’m married to a physician and I also stay home. My mother seems to approve of my life. In Japanese and Korean cultures, it is preferred that the mom stay home to raise the children. I don’t think it is the same for Chinese or Indians although the uber rich don’t seem to work.[/quote]

I have a couple of nieces who are married to doctors staying home and raising kids. The arrangement seems to work fine for now. Personally, I don't want my daughter to follow that path if possible. I don't want her to rely on man to support her and become her lifeline. [/quote]
+1 main reason I would not want my DD to start off as a sahm.  I want DD to have a career first, build up her network, finances, be marketable, then have kids.

I saw my one sister who was a sahm, initially, get divorced. She struggled to get back into the workforce but needed to because her DH was a loser who became under employed.

My mother stayed in a terrible marriage to my father because she had no other means of financial support.  If she had, she could've left that abusive marriage.

I would never advocate for a woman to be a sahm long term.

I'm East Asian.[/quote]

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