tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post4908221974654534681..comments2024-03-26T06:17:49.527-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Perplexed by MotherhoodStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-47001400080659830862018-08-21T04:28:10.678-07:002018-08-21T04:28:10.678-07:00Modern life nicely summarized by all. And Sam L. ...Modern life nicely summarized by all. And Sam L. supplies interesting insight into the next move by (whomever it is that is lying to women about men): Men not only lack the biological equipment to nurture newborns we lack the necessary mental formulation to respond regularly and appropriately to emergent needs. Notice the responses of men to crying babies, male lions to their young, male apes, and so on and compare those to the responses of both mothers of those young and any of surrounding women. So the likely reaction from guilt peddlers could be "If men only TRIED harder. Don't you see? All this stress is ALL YOUR fault". And the death-spiral begins.<br />ASM826 answered a question I've often asked. How did dad support three kids on his working-man's wage? He did HIS job and mom did HERS.Dan Pattersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18306436521768077821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-47429924618983958512018-08-20T14:55:22.028-07:002018-08-20T14:55:22.028-07:00I noticed immediately that I was unable to breast-...I noticed immediately that I was unable to breast-feed my first child... So I KNEW that when the second one came.Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-79772050041686014492018-08-20T09:30:14.457-07:002018-08-20T09:30:14.457-07:00It isn't just day care costs. To include a 2nd...It isn't just day care costs. To include a 2nd vehicle, with insurance, maintenance, and fuel costs. A work wardrobe. Increased use of sick time because a sick child (even a 2 degree fever) cannot go to daycare. Increase in household food costs to offset the meal prep time that is lost if no one is home. Both partners spending the weekends doing laundry and housework that goes unmanaged during the work week. Getting up an hour earlier to dress, prep, and transport children to daycare before commuting to work. Leaving work on a tight schedule to pick up children, then home to feed, bathe, and bed children so you can sleep before getting up to do it again tomorrow.<br /><br />It gets real easy to figure out a budget that lets a family live on one income and free up a parent to stay home.<br />ASM826https://www.blogger.com/profile/04017388670319590449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-70371025447471865612018-08-20T08:24:28.067-07:002018-08-20T08:24:28.067-07:00One really has to pay attention to the costs of wo...One really has to pay attention to the costs of women going back to work.<br />http://www.stay-a-stay-at-home-mom.com/cost-of-working.html I have seen a number of studies that state that for many, if not most, the costs far exceed not working.<br /><br />dtrumpetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com