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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I left teaching to stay at home as soon as my first child was born. I wish I could say it was a hard decision but it was not. DH makes enough to keep us in a decent suburban house, keep us debt-free, fund the kids’ 529 accounts, and our retirement well funded.  My youngest is now in 11th grade and I’m just working part time now for some vacation fun money.

I don’t want to turn this into the “raise your own children” thread but you just have to assess your own talents and where they are well utilized.  I was raised by my grandmother who was an incredible cook, gardener and seamstress. Now I couldn’t care less about garment sewing, but the rest of it rubbed off, so I’m like Martha Stewart with advanced degrees in education and childhood development. There was no way in hell I was outsourcing my child rearing.

Many of my friends don’t even know where their kitchen is, but make good money professionally, and that’s OK too.

Just play to your strengths, and make the decision as a married couple with your spouse, so you’re all on the same page.  It’s a life-long decision in terms of financial impact, so you have to do it as a couple. 
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Not to be mean but a teaching job is not what people would consider a big career.[/quote]

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