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Jun 04, 2010 22:48

Your spouse is making enough money to allow you to stay home with your (smaller than school-age) children. You get a chance to take a full-time job in your field, that would allow you to pay for daycare. Do you take it, or do you stay home? Why?

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ayanamisama

Is it my dream job? If it's just another job in my field, I'd probably stay home. If it's THE job, I'd drop kiddo in daycare immediately.

I plan on working at least part time after I have kids anyway. In my field I'll be able to work out of the house a few hours a week on my schedule and I can look into gigs and bigger jobs later.

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notodette

What's the dream job?

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ayanamisama

I'm in school for music ed, ideally I'd like to be placed with a high school band with a good marching band program, an excellent choir, and chamber music options for the kids. That said, I'd be happy enough to see a high school music position open up and I'd probably take it immediately. I'd also be down for teaching college ensembles.

Once I have kids, if I'm not already in a job I love, I can always stay home and teach privately from the house/do gig work for theater programs or chamber ensembles part time while hunting for The Job. :P

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satellite6

Well, that totally depends on how you feel about staying home with your children and how you feel about your field. Personally, I'd stay home with the kids because I find that to be more rewarding. But then I don't have any special affinity for my field - or any field, really.

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thismakebelieve

It would have to be my dream job, now that I'm accustom to spending my days playing with the baby and shopping

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voxangelus

It'd have to be something more than a basic drone job to get me to give up staying home and doing what I like, even if it paid well.

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imwithrebel

I wouldn't take it. Being a SAHM is very important to me and my husband. Plus, unless it was a really big amount of extra money (unlikely since my degree is in teaching), I can make just as much doing my freelance work at home, crafting, clipping coupons, being in a lower tax bracket, etc. and then I still get to be home with the babies.

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