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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t get the families that feel poor because one of the parents decided to SAH. [/quote]

Not a SAHM, but I think sometimes these families don't feel like they "chose" to have a SAH parent. Childcare in DC is both incredibly expensive and in very high demand, especially for kids under the age of 1. I definitely know women from my new moms group who wound up leaving their jobs for a time after their kids were born simply because they either could not find childcare or could not afford it on their salaries. It's reasonable that people in that situation would feel poor. It's probably a scary and frustrating situation to be in, especially for the parent who is temporarily out of the workforce and may not know what they'll be earning when they get back in. Plus the added stress of having young children and worrying about unexpected expenses coming up.

I do think it gets better for families like this, as their kids start school and the SAH parent returns to work. But based on people I've known, this can be a very stressful period of life where it is genuinely hard to make ends meet. I feel for them, and wish we had better childcare options in this country. If we did, then I would agree with you that it would be silly for people who choose to SAH to complain about the lost income. As it stands, I think everyone who struggles with childcare has a right to complain.[/quote]

I don't think this post is talking about those people forced to step out with no choice. That's a whole different ballgame and yes, the real problem is the fact that our government does little to invest in its youth and support the working middle class families that are the core of this society. Maternity leave with pay? No. Healthcare? Also no. Education? Very unequal access, as has been emphasized with the arrival of COVID. Subsidized childcare? No. Easy access to birth control, even, to prevent conception of children that people can't support? Also no. [/quote]

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