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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a SAHM and I wouldn’t advise my daughters to stay home. I would advise them to work in a job that allows flexibility, PT, and WFH options.

Ideally I’d love to have a nanny and a flexible job that allows me to be around a lot to enjoy the fun stuff (school plays, play dates, music classes) but doesn’t leave me feeling trapped and exhausted the way being a SAHM does (waking up napping baby to rush to preschool pickups, schlepping multiple children everywhere, always feeling isolated/alone, etc)

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I am an immigrant.  I was a SAHM (now a SAHW) and I would advise my DD or DIL to stay home if they wanted to and if they had a support system in place (helpful husband, family members, money). If being a SAHM means doing everything at home then it is a bum deal. If being a WOHM means that you come home and do a double shift then it is a bum deal too.   Unfortunately, this country does not have a culture of providing much support for any mom -SAH or WOH!!

My DH always did the mornings with the kids - breakfast, pack lunch and take them to school  before going to work so that was never my task even when I became a SAHM. However, he was wiser than I was and he always insisted on spending money on outsourcing whatever we could.  We were very much a single income middle class at that time, but he was raised in a family with a lot of domestic outsourcing so this was an expense that was normal and palatable to him  (and certainly palatable to me), especially when the household included kids.

We only have two kids though.  I don't get how people can juggle more than two. More power to them![/quote]

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