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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree with PP about causation. All four stay at home mothers in my friend group did so because there was no way to handle two or three kids when their spouses were traveling and working crazy hours at very high-paying jobs. One is in and out of the work force when she can find interesting part-time contracting gigs.

One is planning to go back to work as soon as kids are more independent (late middle school) and two others have been talking to me about how down they have been feeling lately, with late ES/ MS kids and their careers in the rear view. They're getting annoyed when their kids ask them what they do all day.

I think when you hear from women with small kids you'll get a different take on all of this than parents of older kids. The down side of staying at home is more apparent when you're in your 40s, would like to be using your degree and interacting with adults, and the work force has left you behind.

FWIW Nobody I know from my law school class (HLS 1998) is staying at home. Most of my friends work at something we really love. When I win power ball this week I'm still going to work. [/quote]

I graduated from law school in 1999, but when my youngest showed signs of ASD, I chose to stay at home to manage his therapies and after care myself while raising my other two kids.

It's not for everyone, and I know that I'm not the only lawyer who does this with every intention of reentering the profession.

I've posted this before, but it's worth posting again: "The Lawyers at Home Committee advances the interests of lawyers who have presently turned all, or a significant portion of their attention, from career to family. This committee holds monthly meetings and reaches out to lawyers at home and those with part-time or home-based practices."
from the Women's Bar Association of DC's website: http://www.wbadc.org/committees_forums#Lawyers_at_Home_Forum

The truth is that a law degree is so portable that there are established -- although not conventional partner track -- ways for women to reenter the profession after staying at home for a while.[/quote]

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