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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I WOH but I think SAHM is the most neutral term you can use. [/quote]

You identify with the work you do.

What do you do? I am a doctor. 
What do you do? I am a full-time mom.

I would never call myself a SAHM, because I do not hear others call themselves a WOHM.  We all are moms. I choose to spend more time with my kids than the WOHMs and when they were little I chose that they stayed at home with me instead of a childcare provider.  
 
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I literally just referred to myself as "WOH."

The "full-time mom" thing just sounds unnecessarily defensive to me.[/quote]

[i]"What do you do?"
" I WOH."[/i]

:lol:  :lol: I would die laughing if I heard that at a party.

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PP. Fair. I misinterpreted her comment to suggest WOHM parents don't qualify the term with "outside the home." Yes, I say my profession when asked "what do you do."

I still think "full-time mom" sounds defensive. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think most people go around categorizing mothers as full-time or . . . what? part-time? I just assume you're a "full-time" parent whether or not you have a paying job. Are the working husbands of "full-time moms" part-time dads?

I get wanting to find a term that captures the day to day work involved with caring for children, but I think SAHM does that without sounding like you have a chip on your shoulder. [/quote]

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