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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP again.

I know it won't change your mind, but fwiw, I think you should know that I chose to be a SAHM because I felt it was the very best thing for my kids and made sacrifices to make it possible (including giving up a career I very much valued).  I don't feel I'm wasting my time at home with them, and what drove me to stay at home with them is exactly the same interest in why I'd like to consider private school -- I want what's absolutely best for them.  I strongly believe that me working and most of my paycheck into childcare would not be serving them nearly as well as being home with them.

Do I plan to stay at home once they are in school full-time?  No, I don't, and then I will have an income that could be put toward their education.  But there will be a few years when my youngest is at home with me and the other is in school already.  And even if I put my entire income toward their schooling, I probably could not afford the price of two kids in an expensive private school (I know some may be more affordable than others, though).

You are delusional if you think that my DH and I can magically get higher paying jobs.  Don't you think a lot of people would get those jobs if they could?  It's not like government work is necessarily my DH's "dream come true."  If he could get a higher-paying job, he would have it.  What government does provide, however, is stability and guaranteed income (i.e. not consulting or contract work).

And you don't know me enough to say I'm not working my butt off.  I have a baby at home right now and thus am not working, but prior to this, while SAH, I was working a PT teaching position in the evenings and doing freelance work on weekends and evenings.  My capacity to earn a higher salary, however, is just not there.  I have a master's degree and great experience, but my field is not one that pays high salaries.[/quote]

OP you don't owe these idiots on this board an explanation. The only people you owe an explanation is the admissions and financial aid team at the school you choose to apply for. None of these opinionated fools have a say in what any school will award you. [/quote]

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