[annyokie]

No one went to college to put their kids in day care. We did it as defense against divorce. College, not daycare.

[silverleaf]

sahm ping

[LauraleeBraswell]

So you don't get to keep your benefits if you leave the workforce. That's working your whole life and dying before you collect social security.

[Publius6961]

Articles that make you go...

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.

[Publius6961]

Not buying the $1 million. Sure, there may be rare cases that can be made, but the article makes it sound like a slam-dunk "average".

[Stellar Dendrite]

"Cost of being a stay-at-home mom: $1 million "

And what is the "cost" to the children and their upbringing by not having one parent at home? Is it WORTH $1 million?

Families would have more money, work less, and be able to have one parent stay at home if we didn't have such a progressive tax system....

[kingu]

The article itself debunks the idea of a million dollar loss; not even sure why it is mentioned, other than as a great teaser to get people to read it.

There's some good advice in there.

[shaggy eel]

,,, for quite a while I've been hanging out for redundancy or what's more likely known as severence in the US. This prospect was confirmed last Tuesday for me and I'm taking the big fat payout. I'll stay home with my brand new daughter. I'll be a house dad. I can't wait... I know how to use the coffee grinder and press all the hard work buttons on the washing machine already. I've always been a pro at drawing up shopping lists for the supermarket so I'm relatively adaptable, even down to the administrative aspects. There's room for improvement, I know - baking and sewing will be new things for me, but wish me well as I'm put to the ultimate test... "Survivor: the new frontier".

[Tribune7]

The most important job is motherhood. No children, no future.

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

Injuries to the number of women whose heads hit the glass ceiling soared.

We have had an excellent demonstration in our company of why the so-called glass ceiling exists --women who rose to positions of corporate responsibility, got themselves pregnant, then left the company to raise their children.

In one year, we lost a president, an HR manager, a production manager and a couple of writers and graphic designers.

Once bitten, twice shy...

[stopem]

Cost of being a stay-at-home mom: $1 million "

Price of being there for the children? Price of having a happy, strong family? Priceless!!

[chalkfarmer]

Hmmm...my second income doesn't benefit anyone. I don't have kids. I tell you the 16th ammendment is the problem.

[Atlas Sneezed]

A more realistic view is from one professional relative who is a working Mom because she enjoys her career for its intellectual stimulation. She says that if she added up the cost of day care, taxes, work wardrobe, restaurant meals, and all the other costs, she would barely earn anything. (And this is an MD researcher).

So, the $1m figure probably looks only at gross pay forgone, and not all the associated costs of earning that pay.

[LongElegantLegs]

Pinging for later

[Theophilus]

When I was six years old, I thought the kids that had to go to daycare after school must be poverty striken and destitute and I had great pity for their plight. Accordingly, I had immense gratitude that we were wealthy enough that I could go home to my mom, every day, where I belonged. These must have been the first thoughts about society that I ever had. My seven kids must feel really rich because they are homeschooled!!!