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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not trying to be funny, but if your kids are in school, what do you do all day?  I've been on vacation all of this week, and LOVING it.  Wishing I didn't have to go back.  But, now that it's the end of the week, I'm wondering what would I be doing if this was my way of life?  I feel like I'd run out of money & things to do.

Just curious....[/quote]

I'm a SAHM, and volunteering takes a ton of my time (two schools, church, not-for-profit). Driving my kids to after-school activities and playdates, or being with them at home after school to help with homework, etc., is another big chunk of my day. I go to all their soccer games, dance recitals, band concerts, field trips, class parties, etc.  The rest is all the household stuff that takes up anyone's time: tidying and housekeeping chores, laundry, cooking, paying bills, monitoring investments, troubleshooting computers and electronics, family cards and bday gifts, planning birthday parties, dinner parties (we have way more than most people), family scheduling, doctor appointments, vet appointments, buying whatever the family needs in the way of clothes, school supplies, household supplies, drugstore stuff, figuring out what to do with all the kids' art projects and school papers, occasional exciting projects like organizing closets. I consider it a good day if a find time for a walk, let alone real exercise. It is nothing like vacation. And I honestly wonder how WOH moms with demanding jobs manage to hold it all together.[/quote]

I respect SAHMs and I did stay home for several years when my kids were young, but I think that working moms wonder about SAHMs with kids in school because we do all the same things (laundry, chores, planning birthday parties etc etc, but also work too. Personally, I really enjoy working and like making money and having a career. I' can leave work fairly early so I don't miss too much time with our DC. Occasionally it's a juggling act, but I think having a career is worth it. Part time would probably be ideal but financially it wouldn't work. I just wonder if SAHM with kids in school would like a career and a purpose outside the home. Raising children is extremely important, but when they are in school, it's not necessary that you are at home. It's too bad there aren't more part time positions for professionals.   [/quote]

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