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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Stay home for 3 yrs, back to work for the other 15. [/quote]
+1 best of both.  Your kid will be thankful that they have a fully funded college account when they start picking which colleges to apply to. They won't remember (or care) that you were not home with them all day when they were 4 or 5. [/quote]

Each family is different. Each kid is different.

I have a friend who is very successful and has 3 kids (two upper elementary and one middle). Her kids are all struggling and could really use my friend. One child is struggling both academically and socially. It stresses my friend out, but she says she has so much going on at work that she can’t deal with the kids. I’m not sure her kids will turn out well and in her situation, a mom home would be better IMO than a fully funded college.

I don’t think it is all or nothing. What if mom was around and college is mostly funded.

I’m a SAHM and if that was the choice, I would work for college fund. DH earns enough so I can stay home and also pay for college, grad school, etc.[/quote]
That's your friend's issue.  She clearly doesn't spend enough time with her kids due to her job. Yea, if you have a job that prevents you from spending time with your kids, it may not be worth it. But, I'm sure she could find a different job that pays less but allows her to spend time with her kids. Also, where's the dad in this equation? Is she a single mom? That's a different story.  Single parents have the toughest job. But, a lot of kids turn out just fine.

My kids are doing great -- they are teens now, one in college, and they have a fully funded (in state) college fund. They said they are so grateful for that because they see kids who had to drop out because they couldn't afford college.

I had to work my way through college, and it was super tough. I didn't have a great college experience. I'm happy that my kid's will have a better experience than I did and not have to worry about paying for college.[/quote]

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