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[b]I'm a WOHM, and while I definitely clean my house, and cook, and provide childcare, I also do less of these things than a SAHM.  My toilets get cleaned less often because my preschooler isn't peeing (and missing) as many hours out of the week.  The legos and playmobile in my playroom somehow manage to stay in the bins while the kids are at daycare.  My kid eat breakfast and lunch that are prepared by their daycare provider.   Plus, I use a portion of the money I earn to buy take out once a week, pay for someone to come in every 3 weeks or so and deep clean my house.  Do I still do what seems like a lot of housework, laundry, and cooking?  Yes, but assuming Sally has the same size house, standards of cleanliness and number/age of kids that I do, she probably does significantly more.  Most of my WOHM friends also have spouses/partners who are home in the evening, and often "divide and conquer".  Maybe Wanda is a single mom like me, or maybe she's got a partner who is so lazy as not to be a help at all, but there's also a good chance that she's not struggling to clean, do laundry, etc . . . while watching kids alone, because there's another adult around to help out.

I don't think you can make a blanket statement that one "type" of mom has it harder than another.  There are lots of factors that determine how much work a parent does, both at home and outside the home: number of kids; their ages, stages, and personalities; any special needs; the amount of work the partner does (if there is one); the amount of "hiring out" a family can afford; the amount of childcare, preschool, or school; the kind of job; the commute . . . I could go on and on.  Are there stay at home moms who have it harder than I do as a single working mom with 1 child who sleeps through the night, is toilet trained, and has an easy going personality?  Yep, without a doubt.  Would my life get easier if I was somehow able to stay home with my 1, easy going, fully potty trained, in preschool, child?  Yes, but it would also get easier if I suddenly won the lottery and could outsource all the cooking, cleaning and laundry, or if I married someone who loved to clean and carpool.  [/quote][/b]

Best post on this topic ever. I think we should refer to this in all of these stupid threads from here on out.[/quote]

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