Comments on article from below
First the article I am commenting on is posted in the post below this one.
Now my comments. First off I see nothing wrong with the fact that these woman plan to graduate and become Stay at Home Moms. Honestly to me this is part of what the whole Feminine revolution was about, the right to be equal to men, and to make our own choices. Not the requirement that all woman have to work.
It is rather annoying to me however, to read other comments on this post as if these woman are destroying all that woman have worked for in equality. So what if they want to stay home, that is their choice and right. They have the right to do whatever they want with their education.
Honestly, I plan to be a Stay at Home Mom as well, once I have kids. I would like to get my PHD yes, but I will be quite happy staying at home with my children and hopefully homeschooling them as well.
Economically it also makes sense for one parent to stay home with the children. Child care can be expensive. Looking at childcare in the area where I live it would cost about $210 a week for daycare for one child. So around $10,000. Now let’s assume I have two kids. That is $20,000 a year. Assuming I get a job that pays $60,000 a year I lose $20,000 of that to childcare. Now let’s assume I am paying 40% on my taxes because my husband is also working and I’m in the top tax bracket (numbers maybe a bit off here but hey it is estimation). On my $60,000 I am paying $24,000 in taxes. So I am losing a total off $44,000 to childcare and taxes. Which means yearly off my $60,000 salary I will be seeing $16,000. Plus with both me and my husband working most likely we will be eating out a lot more then if one of us is home to make dinner. A homemade meal costs around $5 or less per person, where as a restaraunt costs around $12 minimum per person. Which will take off more of the money I am earning.
Using my basic estimation, yes if we are in a lot of debt that $16,000 will be useful from a job. However, in general I know I personally would not want to work 40+ hours a week for a net gain of $16,000 a year. So yes staying at home would not harm me financially since to even make it worthwhile I would have to get a job at $60,000 a year, which is above the average wage.
I understand people who may be upset by the idea that people are getting degrees and hope to stay home with their kids rather then work . However, education is important for everyone, and it is nice to have that backup if it is needed. People do have the right to feel as they do and financially it often is actually not a bad thing for one parent to stay home with the children especially before they enter school.
So honestly I applaud the woman who want a college degree and still want to be stay at home mothers for their children. It is good to have the choice to do so and hopefully they will be able to follow their dreams and do as they wish with their lives. And if they don’t well they will have their college degree to fall back on if something happens and they do need to find a job.