Posted by Dinah on February 18, 2005, at 0:01:27
In reply to Re: Single income families...esp. women, pls reply, posted by NikkiT2 on February 17, 2005, at 17:21:44
Our family, and my family of origin, worked more of a compromise solution.
My mother worked as a teacher, so her hours were my hours, I could hang out in her classroom after school, and she was off summers and holidays when I was.
I work part time mainly from home. My son goes to school and summer camp (with school hours). He likes both, and enjoys the companionship. He rarely goes to aftercare. If I can't be available on holidays, his dad takes off. Sometimes he stays with grandparents, and they watched him a lot when he was younger than school aged. But he knew them really really well, and they came to his house, not vice versa.
I don't think I'd make a very good full time mom. Well, maybe now that he's in school. But it requires an intensity I'd find difficult. And he wouldn't do well in aftercare all the time. He enjoys it now and again, but he really needs the downtime after school. He gets worn out being "on" for all that time.
So this is a good solution for *our* family, though by no means would it work for all.
(BTW, my husband does way more housework than I do. He's got higher standards.)
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