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Danielle
12-12-2007, 01:27 PM
Do you or anyone you know have non-traditional family roles? Anyone know a SAHD or a grandparent raising a grandchild? What led to that situation? Was it a choice or necessity? Does it work well for that family?
We're going to be trying something new this upcoming term, with both of us working part-time. I don't think it's something we'll be able to continue--financially it will make more sense for Sean to take a full-time job after he finished his degree--but it will be interesting to see how it goes, because for the last few years I've been mostly at-home and he's been working full-time.
Faith
12-12-2007, 01:43 PM
My uncle is a SAHD. He started 14 years ago. They have 3 kids and the oldest is 17, she was bounced around being watched between family members(including myself doing school breaks) while both my aunt and uncle worked. When my other cousin(14) was born, it was decided he would stay home with the kids, since my aunts job paid more and was where they got benefits. Their youngest is 9 and even though he is in school fulltime, my uncle is still the one to run the household, gettting kids to and from school, activities, etc and now he even cares of my nephew(3 months) when my bro and SIL need it. :)
My MIL also has custody of one of the grandkids. Rob's sister has some issues and custody was taken from her and given to my in-laws. When my FIL was alive, he was the main caregiver but since he passed, MIL is the one taking care of him now. We tried in the past to get custody of him, but because we were out of state, we weren't allowed to do so. In his best interest, I think he would do best with us but for now, it works and he is being taken care of.
Desirae
12-12-2007, 03:54 PM
I have an uncle who is a SAHD. My aunt job paid more and they didn't want to put their daughter in day care.
Renita
12-13-2007, 01:04 PM
My husband is/was a SAHD for most of 2007. He now works part-time, but only at nights & on the weekends. He still does take the girls to school & picks them up. He is great at it and I am so glad we are able to do this. It just made more sense financially - he wasn't happy with his job (too many hours, crappy pay) and we weren't satisfied with the montessori school the girls were at. It was probably the best decision we've made...the girls love having him home and are very much attached to him. I work full time outside the home.
Well Tom will be the SAHD in the near future :)
With his illness and the fact that there is little work for a botanist we think it would be a good idea for me to focus on getting a career. He is the better SAHP, he will do a much better job than me.