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Originally Posted by graciegirl
I relate to every single word of your post.
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Thank you Gracie. I forgot to add that a lot of Dads are "Mr. Mom's" today.
We have a dear friend, young mom, younger than our kids, whose own mother was a working teacher, her dad a lawyer........after graduating college and medical school (via the U.S. Navy) she began having her babies, one each year for three years......then went back to med school for her "specialty" which involved a lot of study and surgery, etc......all the time her husband gladly took on the roll of full time MOM. She always tells me that she couldn't have done it without him. Someone has to supervise the children. She hardly had any time at all to be with her family, as she always states.
They are now out in the South Pacific but we still keep in touch....held her in my arms when she was a newborn baby. Had deep conversations with her while she was still at Brown University , saying that she had that dilemma of knowing she was going on to medical school, yet knowing her biological clock would be ticking if she waited too long to begin her family...........then wondering how she would BALANCE everything.
It's not easy for the working mom or those who go back to college for advanced degrees. I was fortunate to be able to stay at home and the kids always bragged that not only did they have their mom at home but Dad as well, as he had a studio at home and worked from home the entire time they were in school, from K through college.......then he opened a retail establishment..........they were long gone by then. So, it worked for us.
p.s. Vermont allows cottage industry or "at home businesses" ; we lived in a totally residential neighborhood the entire time.
Other artists and craftsmen also worked at home. I'd say we had the best of both worlds..............
p.s. My parents were both factory workers......my mom had to work a lot of "overtime" so dad would do the cooking. They were ahead of their time.