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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My neighbor is a SAHM. Her teens are into a lot of EC activities  at a high competitive level and she manages all the logistics.  Really depends on what your family needs are. [/quote]

I really hate these mom-wars threads.  They just bring out the worst misconceptions about mothers in whatever situation and ridiculous scrutiny of mothers that is not leveled at fathers.  It's sexist and unfair.  There are so many different situations, different for each individual family.  You cannot generalize to all moms who stay home, or work a job at home, or work outside the home, or whatever.  PPs come on here and relay their individual situation as if it proves some global rule for mothers and it does not.

Can we please stop pretending that you have to be a SAHM to manage your child's EC activities, I don't care how high-level.  Can we please stop using this type of argument to defend the choice of SAHMs?  It's insulting to those of us who have a job outside the home, as though we do not do these things.  Many of us do and quite effectively.  The point is, that most of the arguments to defend SAHMs end up being insulting to moms with jobs outside the home.  Likewise, many of the arguments defending working a job outside the home end up being offensive to SAHMs.  For heaven's sake, why should *any* mom have to defend their choice to stay at home or to work outside the home?  They should NOT.  Just do what works for your particular situation and your family and own it.  Stop rationalizing why it's better or worse than someone else.  Stop pretending that your individual situation has any implication for other families.[/quote]

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