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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I always thought WOHM and WAHM were the same thing!

Thanks for clarifying. And I too prefer "working mom." I don't think it's a slap in the fact to moms who work from home or stay at home and don't work (for money--we all know that SAHMs do a lot of work!). It's just a more familiar term to people who don't camp out on message boards all day.[/quote]

That's the thing, all moms are working moms. The distinction lies in where the work occurs. [/quote]

All moms have work to do in caring for children and home, yes. Not all moms have work - as in "where do you work" or "what type of work do you do" or "time to catch the bus/metro/drive to work".  Not all moms are working moms. There is a difference. [/quote]

Work is work. Your "distinction" only attempts [b]to make one type more important than the other[/b]. [/quote]That's the thing -- if unpaid household and family work were valued in our society as much as working in an office for pay, I wouldn't care what you called me.  But it's not.  Most people see paid employment as more prestigious because raising a family is "women's work."  If more men were primary caregivers of their children, you'd see this change fast!  Being a full-time stay at home parent would be honored![/quote]

That's just insecurity talking. It's not true that "work is work." Some work involves a career outside of family life that requires juggling and planning and issues that people who don't work outside the home have to face. I'm with the Wanda poster above. Why is this really so hard to understand? One set of mothers leave their houses on a daily basis, go somewhere to conduct business, report to and accountable to a boss or a board or own their own business, and they get paid money to do this. As a trade off, other people are caring for their children in the pre-school years.

The other set of mothers choose to not leave their house on a daily or semi-daily basis to go somewhere to conduct business or report to anyone. As a trade off, they don't get paid money from an outside source.

Are both sets of mothers good people who love and care for their children very much? Yes.

Can we be done with this crap now?[/quote]

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