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My mom WOH full time, so I went to a daycare center and then after-school care until I became a latch-key kid around age 7-8. My LO will also go to a daycare center/after-school care.
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When I was really little she stayed home and she hated it, the minute she could she got a job and put me in daycare. With my brother she was a single mother, so only option was daycare. I tried to be a SAHM and I hated it. I now work from home and my kids go to daycare. My dad was military and he was gone 6 months, home 6 months until I was in high school and then he started working a corporate job.
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My parents owned a business together so my mom stayed home when we were little. She also did some work from home. And when I was a bit older, I remember having a nanny. I never went to daycare. Now I'm a WOHM and after my year long mat leave we had a nanny until 20 months and then he has been in daycare since. I'll be off for another year next month when DS2 gets here and will keep DS1 only part time in preschool. And then I plan to go back part time to work for a few years. Hopefully until DS2 is in kindergarten.
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@MenagerieMama: I'm glad it's not just me!
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My mom was a SAH and I WOH full time. LO goes to daycare. I think my mom had a few random jobs when I was little, one of which she split with her friend so I think I was at her friend's house for those hours. I would like to work fewer days, just so the weeks aren't such a grind but I don't see that happening.
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My mom did it all. She WOHM'd until I was 6. Sometimes we had a babysitter, sometimes we had family care, and we went to one center (my favorite of all the options.) Then she SAHM'd until I was about 14 and we were old enough to take care of ourselves/start dinner,etc. Honestly, I saw how unhappy she was as a SAHM and it probably helped cement my belief that WOHM is the best for our family. We have used a center and a family friend for daycare. We prefer the center.
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My mom stayed home until I was in elementary school and then she started working at my elementary school so she would have the same hours, summers off, etc. Later in elementary school she started working for a friend over the summer - I think for a couple of years. Said friend had a nanny for her girls (who were my best friends) so I had a part-time summer nanny.
I work full time outside of the home and LO goes to a center based daycare. I don't see myself ever staying home except on maternity leave and LOs will probably always go to daycare until school age and then we'll have to do some kind of after school program.
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My mom SAH, she hasn't had a job since I've been alive. I'm a very happy WOHM, and I'm sure there's a connection. My mom was great, and I have loads of positive memories from my childhood, but from a young age I was also very aware that my mom pretty much can't function without my dad (there are other issues in her life), and certainly could never support herself if he was gone. I've always been very independent, and always wanted to be sure that I could take care of myself and my family no matter what situation we found ourselves in.
LO is in a center, and we are all very happy with that. No family members live close enough for a grandmacare option.
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I don't know how to classify my mom, when I was in high school, she worked a few hours a week teaching adult education language lessons. Then she decided to become a kindergarten aide, she retired after 17 years there recently.
I have worked full time since I graduated college, with the exception of 2 years I took off following the birth of my son. My mom totally gets it though, she is the one that convinced me to try going back to work.
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My mom has always been a SAHM. She homeschooled us as well. There was one time in our lives she took a part-time receptionist job, I was 14. But it didn't last long.
I'm the female trailblazer in my family- the only one who wants to work and puts their child in daycare. Both my sisters are SAHMs. They weren't super supportive of me at first, but in the past two years have kind of come around. I do think they're at least proud of my hard work and the career I did choose.
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My mom worked. I currently stay home but would like to work eventually, when I'm done having kids. For us right now, it's cheaper for me to stay home than to pay for daycare, so it's mostly finance driven.
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In a way? She worked super full time when I was growing up (parents divorced when I was 5). But she didn't go back to work for the first year and would have vastly preferred to be a SAHM. I'm a SAHM, so I'm doing what she wanted to, even if it's not what she did.
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