Are you a stay-at-home parent? Is your spouse? Or do both of you work during the day?

How were you raised -- with a stay-at-home parent? Did both of your parents work during the day?

Did the way you were raised have any bearing on how you raised your own children (speaking strictly from a SAHP perspective)?

In what kind of household was your spouse ( Read more... )

Your high school-aged child has a junior year interview with her guidance counselor (pretend it's a male child if you want, whatev) to talk about her future plans. Your child has good grades and a potentially bright future ahead of her, and could easily be accepted to most public universities. She tells her counselor she has no desire to go to ( Read more... )

Your 17 year old child tells you, "I don't want to go to college or get a job after high school. My life goal is to be a stay at home spouse and parent, so college would be a waste of money and a job would be a waste of time." This child does not currently have a romantic partner ( Read more... )

Inspired by something someone said in an earlier thread today. This question applies to women with children who have working partners ( Read more... )

Do you think the obsession with "attachment parenting", breastfeeding, cloth diapers, etc. on the internet is helpful or harmful to new mothers seeking advice ( Read more... )

If you were setting up a stay-at-home-father situation, where the mother worked, how would you explain this to your children? Any parting remarks ( Read more... )

In a relationship, if there is one person who works outside the home and one who is a stay at home parent, does the person who works outside the home have the right to veto/cut off the spending of the stay at home parent?

How would you feel about your child having a 'traditional' life style? The man earning the money the woman at home having babies and keeping house and staying home after the children where at school? Would you be pissed off if you had paid a lot of money for your daughter to go to college/ university and they didn't use their education for work? ( Read more... )

...and the feedback gets downright ugly.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/120362?GT1=43002 (there's a clip of the show in the link)

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What do you think about moms/dads who continue to stay at home with children long after they start school? Do teens need a parent home and available? Or are they old enough to take care of themselves ( Read more... )