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Originally posted by ZTAngel
While I agree with the article on some levels, I don't think this is exactly the new trend. From what I've observed and after discussing this before with my friends, we want this: work for a few years, have kids, take off a few from work to raise our kids, and then go back to work once our youngest child enters Kindergarten. I want to be there while my kids are in their formative years so that I can be there through those important stages of life and I can be the one nurturing them; I don't want some nanny raising them. I've realized that the only way to do that is to raise them myself until they enter Kindergarten. My friends and I all feel that we worked hard to earn our degrees and we are going to use it. Plus, I would be so bored if I didn't work but that's just me. I want to know that the money in my pocket is partly contributed by me. I discussed this with my boyfriend and he said to me, "You know, when we get married, I'll make enough money so you don't have to work." While trips to Barney's and lunch with my friends everyday sounded good at first, I would much rather come home from work everyday with a sense of pride that I'm making a name for myself. Those are my feelings and my personal choice. I don't look down upon any woman who decides the best option for herself is not to work.
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If you want your cake and to eat it too, the best job to have is a teacher. My mother was a teacher. She was able to take off for a few years to raise me and my sister and jump right back into her career when my sister entered Kindergarten. She was home everyday before we got back from school and she was always home to take care of us during our summer and winter breaks.
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You most definitely wouldn't be "totally bored" if you were a stay-at-home mom. Stay at home moms have lots of things to do, from volunteering at the kids' school(s) to grocery shopping, paying bills, etc. My mom quit her job when I was 12, and spent most of her "free" time volunteering. It's still really stressful. Sometimes, I wonder how the working moms I know from the Junior League handle all that.
