[MCCRon58]

(At grave risk of opening myself up for abuse, I have to ask the question that pops into mind);

Did you ever wonder what the wage scale would be for jobs in america, if we hadn't increased the size of the labor force by 80%, by forcing women into the workplace?

[Mrs. Darla Ruth Schwerin]

"Go to the supermarket, buy a bottle of corn or soy oil, and you’ll find your childhood memories in that bottle," I assured her."

Corn oil is my favorite. It's all in the corn oil...

[wouldntbprudent]

Not only do jobs drain parents' day away from home, then when they do get home, they begin shuffling the kids to various activities that keep the whole family passing like ships in the night.

Here's to homeschooling--the ultimate nesting experience!

[yellowdoghunter]

What a wonderful read. Thanks for posting. Demand the government quit wasting so much of our taxpayer dollars so one parent can afford to stay home. I also loved the part about how parents back in the day did not think they had to entertain their kids and shuffle them everywhere.

I plan on using this article in my research paper. Thanks.

[Moleman]

I started today at 8:00am and will probably leave at 11:00 or midnight due to many obligations. This is normal once per week, the other days are usualy just 10 hour days. My daughter says she doesn't get to see me enough. However, very thannkful to have a job and a pretty good one.

Ok Moleman get back to work or you'll never get home!

[i.l.e.]

Everyone’s in the same space.

Not everyone is dumb enough to think that being a wage slave is the end all and be all. There's more than one way to skin a cat and its not impossible to spend time at home and still make money. Maybe not in a preferred manner - but where there's a will there's a way.

[little jeremiah]

"What kids want

Because that is what our children really want. For us to be home."


List?

[Allegra]

Mommy, Daddy, please come home...

Soon, Dulcie and Finbar. Soon.

;-)

[Drumbo]

The Dollar
~ Jamey Johnson ~

Daddy hugs his little man
Says, "Son I’ve got to go."
And he pulls out of the drive and disappears.
As they walk back in the house
The young boy asks his mama,
"Where does daddy go when he leaves here?"

Mama tells her little man,
"Your daddy’s got a job
And when he goes to work they pay him for his time."
Well the young boy gets to thinking
And he heads up to his bedroom,
And comes running back with a quarter and four dimes ...

And says, "Mama how much time will this buy me?
Is it enough to take me fishing or throw a football in the street?
If I’m a little short then how much more does daddy need to spend some time with me?"

The young boy tells his mama,
"Now I know daddy’s busy
'Cause most times when he gets home it’s dark outside.
But tell him I’ve got me some pennies
Saved up from the tooth fairy
And I keep ‘em in my piggy bank and I believe there’s thirty-five."

"And Mama how much time will this buy me?
Is it enough to take me camping in a tent down by the creek?
If I’m a little short then how much more does daddy need to spend some time with me?"

"Mama how much time will this buy me,
Is it enough for just an afternoon, a day, or a whole week?
If I’m a little short then how much more does daddy need to spend some time with me?"

Mama takes her little man,
Sets him on her lap
And starts dialing up some numbers on the phone.
She says, "Daddy come home early
You don’t have to chase that dollar
Cause your little man has got one here at home."

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[cspackler]

My wife's job affords her the flexibility to drop off and pick up our daughter from school. I work about 50 hours on average a week, but I have can come home at 5:00 almost every day to have our family time. I just work from home after the rest of the family goes to bed.

Sleep is overrated, families are not.

[Guenevere]

My point of view...

...After my husband finished college, we married....he went straight to boot camp (Navy) and when he left for his assignment, I eventually joined him.

Our first child arrived during these Navy years...

..After his time in the Navy, he went back to grad school....we lived on campus....dirt poor...beyond dirt poor, and with a small child.

During this time, women's lib was rearing it's ugly head...

..and coming on campus to organize ....

..they especially targeted (I believe) young wives (& there were quite a lot)...many with children already...

..and tried very hard to disillusion us in our daily activities of homemaker/mom/wife.

I speak the truth....I attended their meeting and the focus was....

.. working outside the home....

....taking back our maiden name...

...and empowering ourselves.

...This is where/when it all started, IMO!

I almost weakened due to their rhetoric about being less than fulfilled if I stay at home.

But I chose to be sensible, sane and the happy homemaker by doing just that!

It took years to get the material things we wanted....

..but our children always had mom home....hot meals & the whole family together.....listening/caring/calming/being....and dad consistenly & steadily in their lives too.

Priceless!

[Hank Rearden]

Perhaps if Big Stupid Government didn't insist on stealing and squandering so much of our money (i.e. our precious time, spent earning the money), we could recover some time with the kids.

So why the hell are the Republicans enlarging Big Stupid Government and stealing/squandering even more of our money/time than ever before?