Featured Obama does not want Americans to choose to stay home and take care of their children

Yep - because we have a lot of "down" to go before we get to that point. We DO have a very nice sailboat that costs us approximately the cost of a vacation for our family of 6 each year. If need be, we could sell that (although my hubby would be heartbroken) and live off that for a while (boat is paid off). We have a house in a very nice neighborhood that we could sell and downscale and that has been on the table a few times already in our 23 years here. Finally, as I said, I can put my daughter in school and get a full time job. Oh and there is also the option of hubby leaving the ministry and going back into computer consulting making an easy 6 figure salary. But right now we are plugging along, shopping sales, asking for hand me downs for the kids and just doing what we can to save money and bring a few extra dollars in to help.

 

This is why he wants free prek for the kids - so mom doesn't have to stay home very long. You know - it's horrible that mom has to stay home with the kids instead of building her career. We don't want her to make the choice to do so, so we instead will take her dear peanuts and take care of them while she builds a life outside the home! It's WAY better.

*sarcastic suit off*

 

Actually, that's pretty much what he said and what he is communicating to the world.

Yes, we personally have options and right now, those options include not food shopping for the week because we are not getting paid and being so grateful because my son has a winter coat thanks to the generosity of a dear friend who bought him one. Yes, we have a sailboat (paid for with the proceeds of selling a business years ago) and that is pretty much our savings account and our pleasure (and I'll bet my bottom dollar that it costs less per year than most people spend on one vacation for their family - and we are being blessed by family who gives us a Christmas gift each year of the equivalent a year's costs so it is not actually figured into our budget). But it's going to be the first thing to go if we need to. Right now we are not getting paid - and we are making about half of the median income in our area when we DO get paid - but we're frugal and we're making ends meet.

Should I be in the position where I couldn't make ends meet and I had little ones, I would still have choices including working third shift so my husband can watch the kids or bringing in other people's children for me to watch (which actually brings in a decent penny). Realize that preK doesn't start until at least 3 years old which means that the President is still leaving families with littles in the lurch if he feels that this is an issue. So why don't we just make free childcare for everyone? That would solve the problem completely. Or would it? Is our goal to keep women in the workforce (personally, a career is not a priority for me)? Or is it to help families to be able to make choices that would benefit their children and family?

 

They would do the same as we did. Bust your rear and get creative. We didn't always have these items you mention. So you take in other people's kids so you are watching your own AND a few others. You bring in a roommate or tenant. You find work at home jobs. Heck, I'm even doing online stuff like Bing Rewards and Swagbucks in order to be able to afford niceties like a dinner our or to pay for my daughter's train rides into the city for school. You do what you have to do. Remember, this is not free childcare but instead preK. There is still the child's first 3 years you would need to cover. So what do we do?

What do we do? Oh yeah - as a church we step in to help the "widows and orphans".

 

We help support CareNet - a ministry to help and support single mothers. And best of all, many girls have been led to the Lord!