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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would never voluntarily step away from the workforce and lessen my earning potential. What if my husband dies or we get divorced?
That is worse than my kids having different caretakers for 1/3 of the week when they are young. Also the kids eventually go to school so what do the SAHMs think then?[/quote]

As for me, I will be in the situation of having at least one in the pre-school years for a few more years because we spaced them out about 3.5 to 4 years apart. So that phase lasts quite a while. After that I will probably consider working part time. My degrees are in education and psychology, and the brain development during the first years is what was the deciding factor to me. Homo Sapiens are wired to learn from a variety of environments, so I wanted them to spend as much time as possible working and playing and growing things outdoors, plus reading traditional paper books. And also having a ton of quiet time with dolls or legos, without the mental stimulus of other people’s children around them during the important mornings and afternoons when they aren’t tired. I believe a lot of our social ills with epidemics of over-diagnosed mental illness and social ineptitude are a result of the rearing in the first few years.

My DH has enough of a term life policy that I could pay off the house.  And we are people who were careful about choosing mates, and honor our vows, so divorce is not a risk.  I could always go back to teaching for “OK” pay and good benefits, but after the stock market performance of the last year, a comfortable retirement is actually a distinct possibility. LOL[/quote]

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