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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My mother stayed home with us and then started a similar transition once I (youngest of 3) hit middle school age.  She verbalized it just like you do- she wanted to regain an identity and sense of purpose with her life as we started leaving the nest so that she wasn't left with nothing to do, lost, etc.   Anyways she didn't go back to her previous career, she got a teaching degree of some kind- I think she took a bunch of classes at NVCC? And then she went on to teach history at NVCC.  She taught very part time and only in the evenings until I left for college- I guess her mind frame was that she wanted to be available for us during the school day (illness, etc) but in reality it meant she was gone 2-3 evenings a week and I probably could have used her motherly guidance a little more instead of coming home to an empty house and having sex with my boyfriend after school.[/quote]

It's really weird that you blame your mom taking night classes a few times per week for your bad decisions. Where was your Dad in all this?[/quote]

Her dad was working. Someone had to pay the bills and keep the family housed and fed and clothed. The posters point is that her mom was supposedly contributing to the family by being the stay at home parent but wasn’t actually available as a parent when the kids were home and needed it. [/quote]

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