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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think most women are young and naive when they makes decision to become SAHM, it’s mostly due to circumstance and societal conditioning. Once they do, it becomes difficult to leave all the responsibilities, by the time kids are out of high school, they are in midlife or often peri menopause and it’s been so long they find it intimidating to go back to the world. With lack of experience and up to date certifications as well as advancement in their fields, all they can get it often not attractive enough to leave their psychological barriers. It’s not taken seriously by the society but there should be system in place to help them with this transition.[/quote]

Lates 30s, professional degree, 15+ years of experience when I started SAH. I would like to see backup statistics for your assertion. I have met far more SAH women in my situation than the one you described.[/quote]

Late 30’s with 15+ experience isn’t where most young women start. [/quote]

In DC it definitely is.[/quote]

from my DMV experience, the SAHMs I know are roughly divided between the camps of 15+ and <10 years of experience. Those in the latter had not always broken through to full management positions, so not a lot of advancement in their fields. [/quote]

This. Not everyone waits to have children until they are inching towards infertility. Many prefer to have kids between 25-30.[/quote]
Not in DC. I was 35 and 38 when I had my kids, which is pretty much the same as everyone else in my community and 80% of the families at our school. I SAH and freelance when I can now. I had 18 years in the workforce before stepping out to shift gears. Incidentally, I also supported DH through grad school so any judgment from other people rolls off me and I can see it for the insecurity it is. [/quote]

This sounds off.

Everyone in my circle had their first kid right around 30. I knew one couple from grad school who had their first kid at 25.  And I knew two others who had a first kid near 40. Everyone else was right around 30. By 35 were long done with baby showers. [/quote]

Off for who? You?[/quote]

That’s what I was thinking, too. I’ve been in the DC area  for 20 years, and the only young moms I have met have been military spouses or Mormons. I’ve worked across three federal agencies and live in north Arlington—the new moms at the park are usually well into their 30s. I don’t have anything against being a younger mom (part of me wishes we’d started much younger), but it’s just not the norm here that I’ve experienced.[/quote]

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