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nacho_cheese in booju_newju

SAHP and personal experience

Sep 01, 2010 08:39

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... )

stay at home parents

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ruchel September 1 2010, 12:55:36 UTC

I'm a stay at home mom. My husband has been a stay at home dad too.

I was raised first with a SAHM, then she went to work and my dad retired to become SAHD. Husband had a SAHM who was not "into" child care.

We both agree on "whatever works".

nacho_cheese September 1 2010, 13:00:38 UTC

To answer my own questions...

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

No children yet, but I hope to be a SAHM. It really would depend on when we decide to have children as to whether I can be a SAHM (will he be making the money to support us?).

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

My mom was a SAHM from the time I was born to the semester I went to college, and my dad worked during the day. My mom sold Avon on the side from about 1984 (when I was born) to just last year, which brought in some supplemental income, but I'd hardly consider it a "job." When Dad lost his job in 2003, my mom started working for the elementary school that my siblings and I all attended... and where she volunteered since I started there in, oh, 1990.

Did the way you were raised have any bearing on how you raised your own children (speaking strictly from a SAHP perspective)?Yup. I firmly believe that it's in a child's best interest to have a SAHP at ( ... )

cursed_genesis September 1 2010, 13:01:26 UTC

I am a SAHM

My parents worked, and I spent a lot of time with my grandparents while the worked, however there were periods of time where my Mom was laid off and my dad was making enough that she stayed home with me for a few months to a year.

Not really. I want to write and we both agreed that if I stayed home it might afford me the chance to do so, though I do plan to work or go to school once the kids start school. My plan to write didn't quite play out though, I'm only really just starting to get the time to do so.

My Husband was raised with a SAHM, and he felt that if possible a SAHP is preferable.

sblmnldrknss September 1 2010, 13:04:25 UTC

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

trinity_gal September 1 2010, 13:06:47 UTC

My husband was raised in a home - mum (who did not have higher education) being full time housewife who hoovered every day and dad in full-time work never helping with housework other than breadmaking just because he liked it ( ... )