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[quote=Anonymous]Anyone, WOH or SAH who feels they need to say horrible things about others' choices has some insecurity about their own.

I am the PP who was a SAH,now a WOH.  Wasn't the original premise of this thread whether it makes more sense to stay at home when kids are older?  As someone whose been home with younger and older kids, I can't believe this question is even being posed.  If you want to stay home to spend more time with your kids, the time to do it is when they are, you know, actually home, which is the younger years.

That doesn't mean that older kids don't need a lot of parental support (bigger kids, bigger problems).  That doesn't mean that there is not a hour or two afterschool that has to be covered by a babysitter/nanny or after school care.  That doesn't mean that there aren't other reasons to be a SAH (having a less busy lifestyle, for instance).  But the fact remains most kids are out of the house for at least six and often many more hours a day, and this typically increases the older they get.  My own late elementary age kids are at school or being transported to/from school from 7:30 to 4.   Personally, I don't think I miss a lot of quality time between 4 and 5:30.  Plenty of time for homework help and conversations, particularly since older kids stay up later.

And if you do intend to return to work, most employers are more sympathetic to staying home with small kids as opposed to big kids because that is the path most moms take.  Personally, the majority of my SAH friends were working again by the time their kids were in second grade.  I actually can't think of a single person who left work with older kids, although I don't doubt it happens, it doesn't appear to be common.  The SAHs of older kids I know also stayed home when their kids were younger.[/quote]

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