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[quote=Anonymous]I am a full time working mom with two kids in Elementary School.  Personally I don't have the choice to not work, so I have always worked and always will continue to work.  I don't see Stay at Home Parents as lazy, but I do think they are taking a big risk by choosing to stay home, and that risk increases the longer they stay out of the work force.   Their spouse (which let's be honest is typically the man) often sees his career benefit due to having a stay at home partner.  They immediately fall into the mold of the traditional ideal employee - a hard working man with a family to support -- and their career improves because of it.   Meanwhile the longer their stay at home wife stays out of the work force, the more stale her skills become and her earning prospects decrease if she ever wants to start working again.   This can create a big power imbalance in the marriage, which can really change the relationship between spouses.

I've seen two friends who are SAHMs go through nasty divorces over the past few years, and they have both had to struggle with reentering the workforce, and it has reinforced for me that staying home is very risky for the stay at home spouse.   One of my best friend's is a divorce attorney, and as she says, hitching yourself to someone else's wagon is never a good life plan. 
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