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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I didn’t get the urge to SAH until my youngest was 4. It just wouldn’t have been fun before then. I left my job a few months ago and it’s pretty awesome now. They’re in school all day so I have actual leisure time! And we can do fun stuff together when they’re home.[/quote]

Well, I think wanting to stay at home only once your kids are school-aged is a lot different than wanting to be a SAHM to kids who are actually there all/most of the day. [/quote]

For me it has gotten much harder to juggle everything now that my children are in elementary school.  The school day is shorter, there are many more holidays, more school events in the middle of the work day, and other demands on my time.  I found it much easier to work full time when my children were in full day daycare/preschool.  I considered staying home briefly when my 1st was a newborn and was glad to have a job to go back to by the time I finished my 2nd maternity leave, but am again thinking about it seriously with a 6 year old and a 4.5 year old.  [/quote]

There are definitely valid reasons to SAH while kids are in school. I just know several people that only chose to start SAH once their kids were in school and they all say it's because they want to be with their kids. It just comes across a little odd because they formerly had their kids in daycare from 7:30am-6pm and they could have had them at home all day with them instead, but now that they're in school for hours every day it's suddenly important for the mom to be in the (child-free) home. [/quote]

Exactly. It’s so transparent and no one is fooled, except possibly the women’s husbands. I’ve been at home since my first was born and the school years an infinitely easier. And my husband knows this too. [/quote]

I wanted to stay home since my first was born. I had 100k student loans. I made more than DH. When my first was in kindergarten and second was in preschool, I decided to take a break. I was not expecting to stay home forever. I had a third child and have been home since.

Our financial situation dictated my ability to stay home. My third is now in kindergarten and I considered going back to work. Dh earns a seven figure income now and we don’t need my income. I really like being home. [/quote]

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