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lumberjack_jeff

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6. I've done both too. Prefer staying at home. It is better in every way, even with a disabled child.

Reply to Warren DeMontague (Original post)

Mon Apr 16, 2012, 12:40 PM

Apr 2012

So now I work from home. Being home for my youngest is my highest and best use, it is far more important to his wellbeing than simply bringing home a paycheck. But it is also more rewarding, flexible and easier than putting up with a boss.

The problem is the sexist and classist double standard.

Stay at home moms -> Working moms -> Working dads -> Pets who can do interesting tricks -> Stay at home dads -> Stay at home Moms on public assistance -> Vermin -> Non custodial parents -> bacteria -> dads on public assistance.

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What is your opinion on stay at home parents? [View all] Warren DeMontague Apr 2012 OP

I think that lots of people- of both genders- who don't have kids, simply don't get it. Warren DeMontague Apr 2012 #1

I think it's a very hard, usually under-appreciated life choice. opiate69 Apr 2012 #2

Absolutely. The choices, if you can call them that, available to the rapidly vanishing middle class Warren DeMontague Apr 2012 #3

Couldn't agree more.. opiate69 Apr 2012 #4

wife stays home loli phabay Jul 2012 #15

Hardest job in the world tech_smythe Apr 2012 #5

I've done both too. Prefer staying at home. It is better in every way, even with a disabled child. lumberjack_jeff Apr 2012 #6

The Ann Romney flap is a red herring ProudToBeBlueInRhody Apr 2012 #7

Of course it's a red herring. And of course the point Hillary Rosen was making was ECONOMIC. Warren DeMontague Apr 2012 #8

please forgive my intrusion into your group Tumbulu Apr 2012 #9

I can't speak for the entire group, but I like to think that this place welcomes diverse voices Warren DeMontague Apr 2012 #10

good post and interesting thread. Whisp Jul 2012 #16

Exactly. lumberjack_jeff Jul 2012 #17

Stay at home parents should get a FAT Soc. Sec Bonus tech_smythe Apr 2012 #11

I like your thought (nt) Tumbulu Apr 2012 #14

With my wife starting her own business Broderick Apr 2012 #12

I agree with everything you've written.. I won't judge the choices people make, be that to both work Warren DeMontague Apr 2012 #13