SAHM's: What's are your plans when the kids are school age?

[eav2c]

Going back to work? Housewife?

I feel like this is a super hot topic in my house right now.

[orriskitten]

Back to school for me. First a BA in Icelandic and then MA program in museum studies. After that, hopefully work.

[TrudyCampbell]

I have no plans to go back to work, but I might if I get stir crazy.

I'll prob have a third child if my H starts pressuring me to go back. Just kidding

[Deleted]

If we live closer to the city I will work again. But just day calls or in a fx shop. I don't forsee myself going back full time. I really want to be hands on with my kids and working full time in film wouldn't allow me to do that.

[Deleted]

After this kid comes, I'll probably stay home until J is in Kinder, and then go back to nannying with the new one. It's hard for me to plan that far, because I'm not sure if we will be here or back in California when the new one starts school.

[jsillyfun]

I'm hoping to get my phd when the kids are school age. Either one in theater studies or in education. Then would love to get a tenure track teaching position or at least adjunct much more (like 4 vs 2 classes) and I also want to act and direct some plays as well.

[eav2c]

I think we will to for 1-2 more kids in the next 2-4 more years and then once the youngest is preschool age I will go back to work. H is insistent I go back to teaching which is a huge fight. I will probably try to work at a MDO program for a few years so that my schedule will work well with the boys school schedules. I do not want to teach in the public school system again (at least where I live).

I also started a masters program that I am very close to completing but it didn't return to classes when Colin started having seizures. H really wants to get his so he is insistent I finish so he can start. I told him he will never start if he waits on me =|

So, I guess eventually, completing my MA program and teaching in some capacity.

[fusion]

no idea! I don't think I'll ever work fulltime, but I really don't know. I need to figure out if we are going to homeschool or not first. If we homeschool I'll likely not work at all. If they go to public then I might consider going back for some type of health related degree - ultrasound, OT/PT tech, etc. If my husband's career takes off then I might not work either way since three kids is a lot to manage when I'll be doing all the managing. I'll probably continue to do my little bit of massage here and there for pocket money, but I don't see ramping it up again like I was doing before I got pregnant with Declan. It cuts too much into our weekends when I want to have some family time.

[Deleted]

Ugh no idea. I want to work somehow but I don't know how. My degree doesn't allow you to take years off and then go back to work. So I have no clue what I'd do if I went back. I would love to get a nursing degree but without me working we can't afford the schooling.

[jg183]

I work now but we've talked about SAHM and pt a lot. At my school kids go 8-220 and wed they get out at 150. It would be very hard to find a job to accommodate those hours so it would still require a good bit of childcare.

[Deleted]

My other option is to finish my masters in electrical engineering, I'm like 1/3 done. Then I would go back to a position in that. Which sounds good for money, but I wouldn't be happy.

[livinreality]

Right now I will not since we are homeschooling but if/when we sent them to school something part time to give us more spending money I think. I would still want tone around to hang with the kids and let them do activities.

[DesertMoon]

Eh, I don't want to work, like ever. I guess I could put my college to use, but id rather sleep in, read and drink tea.

[Deleted]

I plan to work part time for DH. I'll still be like a SAHM and be able to do all the school activities, but still work some so I don't feel as crazy. It would just be office work like bill paying, working in their website (which I used to do part time) and things like that. Keeping Dh organized.

[teamhayes]

I plant win he lottery and we will big stay home

[betsyray]

I'm hoping to go back to school next year and get my masters in education. Then I'd like to teach high school English. Trying to figure out if that's at all possible (VA has a lot of hoops for me to jump through). If not, I might try and start my own business. I want to work in some capacity, just not sure what I want to do.

[bebeetmoi]

Ugh I hate this question, but it's a good one. I'm going to begin YTT classes this spring, but it will take me at least a year until I complete the program and become certified. I have also been toying with the idea of getting my real estate license, but am not sold on it yet.
My biggest thing is being available for DD. And what I went to school for and am qualified to do (art history & fashion) there is no industry for where we now live. So continuing my education in that area is out.
If I get remarried, it will be to someone who wants children, so if and when I have more kids I'd stay home with them the same way I have with DD (minus the working at night).

So there's lots of balls in the air for me, but I'll figure it out:)

[devonpow]

Well, I timed Elliot to be born right before H started kindergarten, lol. When E starts kindy we are getting a dog, so kind of like another baby

But seriously, I will do what I do now. Elliot is in preschool 3 full days a week now. I use those days to do errands, I volunteer ( in the school library and with various local organizations) and I have down time to meet friends, etc. After school is a lot of shuffling to various activities.

DH works very long hours, and me going back to work would be very difficult unless I could find a magical part time job of some kind.

[carawestt]

I have no idea! I really don't want to work again but I also don't know what I'll do while they're at school if I don't.

[honeybee503]

I will be going back to work part time.

[eav2c]

Ideally I would like to get my photography business off the ground. I have a lot to learn which requires a huge investment. I am just not ready to make that next step. If I can make double what I am making now, I will be bringing in similarly to what I was bringing in before Colin. That said, my H is super pissy that I am not teaching because of the benefits. It's annoying. My degree is in early childhood and I never had intentions of teaching elementary school - the degree is more geared towards toddlers/preschoolers and my H cannot understand this. I feel like we have a fight about teaching every few months.

[Deleted]

I'm supposed to go back to work probably when Amelia is 2 unless we get a house then I'll start my own inhome daycare. Right now my focus is finishing my last year of my bachelors. Which is embarrassing how long it's taken me

[eav2c]

Jan 25, 2015 11:48:55 GMT -5 honeybee503 said:

I will be going back to work part time.

What did you do before? Working PT would be perfect. I like SAH but sometimes I feel like my brain is turning into sludge. I feel like I've lost some self confidence and social skills too.

[muppetinma]

I need to go back to work. NEED.

[eav2c]

Jan 25, 2015 11:52:59 GMT -5 @jayhawkali said:

I'm supposed to go back to work probably when Amelia is 2 unless we get a house then I'll start my own inhome daycare. Right now my focus is finishing my last year of my bachelors. Which is embarrassing how long it's taken me

Don't be embarrassed! You are doing it on your own terms and I am sure in many ways you will appreciate your education a lot more as a result.

[honeybee503]

Jan 25, 2015 11:53:22 GMT -5 eav2c said:

Jan 25, 2015 11:48:55 GMT -5 honeybee503 said:

I will be going back to work part time.

What did you do before? Working PT would be perfect. I like SAH but sometimes I feel like my brain is turning into sludge. I feel like I've lost some self confidence and social skills too.

I was a pharmacy technician. I really enjoyed it. I definitely miss the social interaction sometimes.

I hope to get back into that, but if not, anything dealing with people will be good. I probably will end up in retail one way or another. Customer service has always been my strongest skill as far as work goes. People can drive me crazy, but I'm really good at hiding it, lol.

[browneyedhunni85]

We were just talking about this last night. Our plan is for me to SAH when we have another baby. I can't friggin wait! DH asked if I was going to work once the kids are in school. Uh, probably not. I want to be involved when they are in school (room mom, taking them to and from sports practice, etc.) I also joked that I would be a SAH grandma too.

[Deleted]

Jan 25, 2015 11:53:22 GMT -5 eav2c said:

Jan 25, 2015 11:48:55 GMT -5 honeybee503 said:

I will be going back to work part time.

What did you do before? Working PT would be perfect. I like SAH but sometimes I feel like my brain is turning into sludge. I feel like I've lost some self confidence and social skills too.

I totally agree. I don't really have much of an identity besides being a mom now and that was really hard for me when I stopped working. I have a hard time relating with friends who are kids free now because our lives are just so different.

[creamsiclechica]

Ours is very dependant on where we are, which is unfortunate. Ideally, I'd go to law school as soon as we can (hasn't been an option here in TN), and then complete a masters and eventual PhD. I want to go to school forever. If we stay here, I might do a masters program before the JD now that my kids are a little older.

No way could I sit at home after they're both in school full time. If school or work isn't an option, I will volunteer.

[Deleted]

Thanks eav2c After I finished my associates there wasn't a real rush for me to continue then becausethe school where I worked payed the same as if I had a bachelors so I figured I would just use my time when I had kids to finish it.


My associates is in early childhood but my bachelors will be in child psychology. Ideally I would like to work for early intervention or with the school district in some way so I can have the same days off as them