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Is there any region of the world that respects SAHM besides Scandinavian countries? I feel like this is one of the most important issues we're facing today. Sep
by dgut 6y ago
Is there any region of the world that respects SAHM besides Scandinavian countries? I feel like this is one of the most important issues we're facing today. Separating kids from their parents for most of the day after three months can't possibly be good.
- humaniania 6y agoDepends on the quality of the average parenting skills.
- throwawaygh 6y agoNot just skills, but also buy-in. My mother was a SAHM by social convention, but it's not what she wanted for her life. She was miserable and it effected our lives deeply. She went back to work full-time (making more than my father even after >10 years out of the labor force). My younger siblings went to a well-run up-scale daycare with professionals who were passionate about child development and had none of the self-loathing/depression of a reluctant SAHM. Suffice it to say: I need therapy and my siblings don't. I think the social value of the SAHM is vastly over-estimated. It's basically a "good old days" lemonade and football fallacy.