25
10
2007
How much does it cost to be a stay at home mom?
Posted by: Mom in articles, tags: articles, moms, money, motherhood, stay at home momThis article by MP Dunleavey is posted on MSN Money. It made me stop and think.
I’ve been a SAHM for 9 years. I have no degree. I have no career, aside from mothering. How much will this time with my children cost me in terms of what I could have been earning for the last nine years?
In the future, I may have to work harder or longer to be financially secure in my old age, but the years of being home with my children are priceless.
October 25th, 2007 at 1:43 pm - Edit
I agree. I think it’s important to try to save as much as we can and keep up skills with learning, classes, etc. And just think the time we put into them means a better relationship if we have to move in with them later
(just kidding..I hope).
Debbie aka The Real World Martha