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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Mothers should be with their children. Don't like it, then don't have kids. Single moms are exempt because the world isn't perfect. Moms who are trying to come back home are exempt. Anyone else needs to be fixed due to being unfit. Work if you want, just don't have kids. Get a puppy instead. [/quote]

Wow, just wow.  I find these threads so mesmerizing because you people are actually willing to say the things that my mother will never say to my face but I know she is thinking!!  Responding to this comment is a futile exercise.  If someone truly believes that women (and only women) must be cord-attached to their children or declared unfit, that is a fundamental belief.  You just have to pat that lady on the head nicely and move on.

As far as SAHMs in the workplace go, I wouldn't rule them out per se but for me, it's a fictional beast.  It is extremely uncommon for a woman to stay at home for years and then jump back on the track and effectively compete with anyone who stayed on the track in my field.  Even if they could somehow relearn everything they lost, there is a continuing detrimental need to be graded on a curve because performance at work is not a priority.  In theory, it could be done but I haven't seen it.  That said, I think it depends on the job and the profession.  If the position simply requires basic organization skills or something that can be learned quickly, it could work.  If it is a job that really requires years to build an effective expertise, I just don't see it working.[/quote]

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