The end of stay-at-home parents and the effect on kids

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I thought you were interested in a career in urban planning? Do that and become a land use consultant. I've been doing that for the past 30 years and working from home. In this crazy over-regulated world, handling red tape for property owners and developers is a growth industry. Well, unless we have another massive recession like 2007. That sucked.
 
I thought you were interested in a career in urban planning? Do that and become a land use consultant. I've been doing that for the past 30 years and working from home. In this crazy over-regulated world, handling red tape for property owners and developers is a growth industry. Well, unless we have another massive recession like 2007. That sucked.

I definitely am interested, but right now I'm working in new construction/energy management. I might go back and get my masters, but right now I think I'm going to stick where I am.
 
I definitely am interested, but right now I'm working in new construction/energy management. I might go back and get my masters, but right now I think I'm going to stick where I am.

Probably wise, but you don't really have to get a masters to do land use consulting. I went that route and it's been a help, but mainly people want to know you can get the job done. One of the guys I know who does what I do just has an English degree. He studied up on his own and took the AICP test so he could put that on his business card.
 
I thought you were interested in a career in urban planning? Do that and become a land use consultant. I've been doing that for the past 30 years and working from home. In this crazy over-regulated world, handling red tape for property owners and developers is a growth industry. Well, unless we have another massive recession like 2007. That sucked.

Art Vandalay?
 
It would be nice if we could own a couple of Mexicans. One for housework, the other for yardwork.

I see this a lot in LA. Mexican women/maids are raising the kids of wealthy parents, taking them to parks, etc. I think the moms are just lazy and don't want to deal with the kids, I think a lot of them aren't working just don't want to deal with motherly duties other than the good stuff.
 
Art Vandalay?
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I've got 3 young kids and my wife stays home. It can absolutely be done, you just have to adjust your priorities. When my first was born we couldn't afford to be on one income so my wife started an in home daycare. She didn't try to make as much as possible, just wanted a little help with the bills, and was instead very selective about the families we worked with becuase we wanted good influences arond our kids. She quit the daycare a few years ago and my kids are still very good friends with the daycare kids. With 3 kids now, the cost of putting them in daycare would basically take my wife's full income so there is no point in her going back to work.

Even once all of mine are in school, I think we will still want her to not work just to make sure the kids can do any extracurricular activities with our work schedules limiting them.

You can go to school to be a stay at home parent. My wife knew we wanted her to be at hime with the kids so she majored in early childhood education. Financial reasons aren't the only reason to study something!

And no, you don't need to make 200K+
 
My parents divorced when I was 7, so both my parents worked and I raised myself mostthe time because the babysitters had to focus on my mentally handicap brother.

My wife is gonna scale back and work part time when we have kids. We have four sets of grandparents around town to help out with babysitting
 
You don't go to college to be a stay-at-home mom, what's the point?

This connection might not reflect the proper view. A persons education should be independent of what you are doing, working or stay at home. It probably should be viewed as life time project.
Of course one must at time give priority to learning to satisfy your job requirements. And then the fact is, education is available from more sources than just college, as more and more information is readily available without paying tuitions.

Then people need to get their priorities straight, there is no more important thing to do than to raise your children to be ready to be adults. If you have the cash, perhaps you can hire a person more qualified than yourself or your wife but for most of us, it is out of the question. My wife and I did the both work for a couple years with our first child. It was terrible. She then stayed home until they were both over 12 years old and most of the time in school. Then she went back to work. Would more money be nice? Yep for sure, but not worth the cost.
 
I've got 3 young kids and my wife stays home. It can absolutely be done, you just have to adjust your priorities. When my first was born we couldn't afford to be on one income so my wife started an in home daycare. She didn't try to make as much as possible, just wanted a little help with the bills, and was instead very selective about the families we worked with becuase we wanted good influences arond our kids. She quit the daycare a few years ago and my kids are still very good friends with the daycare kids. With 3 kids now, the cost of putting them in daycare would basically take my wife's full income so there is no point in her going back to work.

Even once all of mine are in school, I think we will still want her to not work just to make sure the kids can do any extracurricular activities with our work schedules limiting them.

You can go to school to be a stay at home parent. My wife knew we wanted her to be at hime with the kids so she majored in early childhood education. Financial reasons aren't the only reason to study something!

And no, you don't need to make 200K+

Yeah, but reading a book is free. I mean stay at moms going to college, what will that do? What do you learn in college? Gotta get that philosophy in order?
 
This connection might not reflect the proper view. A persons education should be independent of what you are doing, working or stay at home. It probably should be viewed as life time project.
Of course one must at time give priority to learning to satisfy your job requirements. And then the fact is, education is available from more sources than just college, as more and more information is readily available without paying tuitions.

Then people need to get their priorities straight, there is no more important thing to do than to raise your children to be ready to be adults. If you have the cash, perhaps you can hire a person more qualified than yourself or your wife but for most of us, it is out of the question. My wife and I did the both work for a couple years with our first child. It was terrible. She then stayed home until they were both over 12 years old and most of the time in school. Then she went back to work. Would more money be nice? Yep for sure, but not worth the cost.

yet we have a huge student loan/debt problem right? shit is overpriced, ain't no reason to be aimlessly chasing education.
 
Problem is, too many Mexicans. In the good old days, white children went out in the fields and earned their keep. Picking grapes and olives for their parents' drinks, then trying to sleep with all that sex in the next bedroom. Nowadays all you white bums play video games while your poor old grandfathers mow the spacious lawn they paid for and you play croquet on.
 
My wife solved the problem by starting a day care in our home when our son was a toddler...worked like a charm..made a lot of money from other mothers who wanted to work and had plenty of friends for our only child to grow up around.
 
Problem is, too many Mexicans. In the good old days, white children went out in the fields and earned their keep. Picking grapes and olives for their parents' drinks, then trying to sleep with all that sex in the next bedroom. Nowadays all you white bums play video games while your poor old grandfathers mow the spacious lawn they paid for and you play croquet on.

fuck yeah, i used to pick berries in the summer bro
 
student loan/debt problem right? shit is overpriced

Oh, I agree. College appears to be a rip off. But that does not mean you can not learn what you want to know. And when you want to know, is the time to learn what ever that is.
 
Oh, I agree. College appears to be a rip off. But that does not mean you can not learn what you want to know. And when you want to know, is the time to learn what ever that is.
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I would never let my wife be a stay at home parent. Maybe for the first couple years of our kids life. But after that, get your ass to work and start contributing. Both my parents worked, I went to day care. We all turned out somewhat normal.
 
I would never let my wife be a stay at home parent. Maybe for the first couple years of our kids life. But after that, get your ass to work and start contributing. Both my parents worked, I went to day care. We all turned out somewhat normal.
It's all great as long as the parents make time for parenting...day care can be great if it's the right day care
 
My wife stayed at home with both kids, til just 2 years ago when our youngest started 3rd grade. The combo of her not working and us moving and our mortgage payment doubling, made those 10 years VERY tough. But We both really wanted her to be home to raise the kids the way we wanted. She was raised that way. I wasn't, I was at a babysitter everyday after school. I never got in trouble or was bad, but I always remember missing my parents. My wife only makes 1/4 what I make, but the 2nd income has been fantastic. Paying off the cars and a bunch of bills has been great. We went many years not getting each other presents and taking any vacations, but we are starting to turn that corner. I'd say if you can afford it, go for it. That time with the kids is priceless.
 
SO IS JET SETTING AROUND THE WORLD AND BANGING 20 YEAR OLDS WELL INTO YOUR LATE 30S

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The future is multiple streams of internet millions. Work from a beach in thailand bro

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I would never let my wife be a stay at home parent. Maybe for the first couple years of our kids life. But after that, get your ass to work and start contributing. Both my parents worked, I went to day care. We all turned out somewhat normal.
According to some of the folks on this board, the women you date are collecting social security. Why would they need to work???
 
I dont know, I watch my sisters try to parent their bastard children and think the kids would probably stand a better chance if their parents werent in the picture.
 

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