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SAHM stay-at-home mom
01/19/2012
My Own Stay-At-Home Mom The topic of working mothers and day care comes up a lot on your show, and I've finally decided to throw in my two cents. I'm not a mother yet, but I still have one, and all my childhood memories of her. More >>

Tags: Adult Child-ParentFamily/Relationships - Adult Child/ParentMemoriesRead On-AirRelationshipsSAHM stay-at-home mom
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01/19/2012
Support and Wisdom You changed my life. Seventeen years ago you were the voice of sanity in a sea of naysayers (even my own sister!) when I wanted to leave my job and stay home with my infant son. I did it anyway... More >>

Tags: Regarding Dr. LauraSAHM stay-at-home momStay-at-Home MomThe Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands
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01/17/2012
How I Deal with Negative SAHM Comments ...My sister had a baby 3 weeks before I had my baby. She went back to work full-time when her baby was 3 months old. More >>

Tags: Adult Child-ParentFamily/Relationships - Adult Child/ParentMotherhoodMotherhood-FatherhoodRead On-AirRelationshipsSAHM stay-at-home mom
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01/16/2012
Getting Up in the Middle of the Night ...After a long night of getting up with my daughter who was not feeling well, I sat down to nurse my son and flipped on the TV - something I almost never do. The Anderson Cooper show was on with a debate between stay-at-home and working mothers. More >>

Tags: SAHM stay-at-home momStay-at-Home Mom
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01/11/2012
An 'Accidental' Stay-at-Home Mom I grew up in the post-60s feminism era, never questioning the idea I would go to college, have a career and be married with children. But I went off track early, quitting college during my sophomore year. More >>

Tags: ParentingRead On-AirSAHM stay-at-home momValues
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01/11/2012
Leaving Your Child to Return to Work - A How-to Guide The following malarkey was taken from a work-distributed newsletter: More >>

Tags: Morals, Ethics, ValuesParentingSAHM stay-at-home momValues
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01/05/2012
Even My 3-Year-Old Gets It ...While my family is sleeping, a few mornings each week I wake at 5 am to go to the gym down the street to work out. This morning, as I was walking back home at 6:15am, I passed the day care next to the gym and saw a mother getting her sleepy toddler out of her car and take her into the day care. More >>

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01/05/2012
The Value of a Dollar The majority of Moms do NOT need to work. It depends where their priorities are and how much they are willing to sacrifice. My sister and her husband live 45+ miles from any major town and raised 4 children. He works, she does not. More >>

Tags: BudgetFinancesSAHM stay-at-home mom
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12/29/2011
There's Another Option Than Taking Pills ...After having my first son, I went back to work full-time after 6 weeks because I honestly did not have anyone mention there was another option. Then my daughter and a second son came along...I was stressed! More >>

Tags: DepressionHealthMental HealthMotherhoodMotherhood-FatherhoodSAHM stay-at-home momstressWife
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12/19/2011
What I Want to be When I Grow Up When I was growing up, to earn my weekly allowance, my dad used to have me write an essay. One week, he assigned me to write about what I wanted to be when I grew up. More >>

Tags: FeminismMorals, Ethics, ValuesSAHM stay-at-home momSocial IssuesValues
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