Talk to your kids!

CountingDown
Wed, 02 Jan 2008 19:18:52 +0000

Youdon’tsay,
It’s a “lifestyle choice,” along with the consumer debt. Not fair at all. I’m a mostly stay-at-home mom now, too, due to illness and wanting to make sure I get these kids successfully launched while I have the health and strength. (They were 10 & 11 when I became ill.) There isn’t enough of me to give to an employer. Didn’t make any difference to the first school who has sent us a FA package.

By the time we pay the marginal tax rate and SS on my income, I don’t know that we wind up any better off. I think the EFC assessment is a greater percentage than what I would bring home. We did some of the same gymnastics in figuring out day care vs. at-home when the kids were young, but I had a career investment to protect then. Now, I don’t see myself going back to what I used to do, so it’s a whole new path to blaze.