OK.if this is the case...it makes the case for stay at home Moms....not a liberal philosophy by any means
It does make the case for stay at home moms. I have been lucky enough to be one for 16 of my son’s 18 years. He’s a senior this year.
Food has always played an important role in our lives. I love to cook and he’s picked up on that. We’ve always made it a priority to have family meals and talk and share our day. He’s always brought “bag lunch” to school with healthy food he enjoys - usually a sandwich with turkey, cheese, romaine, etc. and grapes or other fruit and homemade brownies or cookies. Sometimes it’s chicken noodle soup or spaghetti and meatballs in a thermos.
As I said, I’ve been fortunate in being able to be at home. It sure hasn’t benefited us financially with me out of the workforce for so long. Our retirement won’t be ‘grand’.
It was worth it though. He’s a well-adjusted young man, slim and strong with an after school job at a restaurant. And he’s smart - mom brag, in the top 7% in the ACT and has several college opportunities.
We never had vacations in faraway places - he’s never been on a plane. :( No big toys or anything. It’s been hard to explain when friends fly to Hawaii and such. We just have different priorities.
Husband and I both have B.A. degrees. We want him to be able to achieve more, just as our parents did before us.