66%
My son is autistic. My daughter isn’t, but realistically could use some extra time from Mommy to make up for the time to that I am not spending with her, because I’m working full time or focused on my special needs child.
yes, I haz guilt.
I would have quit a long time ago if I could afford to.
You’re just torturing me, really. Damn you Skald! :smack:
I object to that accusation. I only torture people for money.
Does Athena require that I have children already? If so, can I just take the neighbors’ permanently?
No amount of money. I did it for two years with each of my kids, and I hated it. I have great kids, well behaved, and we are very close, but they have a better mommy when I’m not home all day. It was like torture.
I did it when my kids were small. I reduced my work hours to 4-6 days a month. (They were 12 hour days. Full time is about 12 days a month.) This was just enough to supplement our income and allow me some quality grown-up time. Then, when the kids were medium sized, my husband and I switched and he became the full-time (or nearly so, he did some side-work as well) stay at home parent. We made sacrifices to do this, to be sure, but felt that raising our own kids full-time was something we wanted to do.
So, I would say I need about 33-50% of my current pay. But, I’d also need a 3-4% increase per year to keep up with inflation and growing kid expenses.
I think you should hire me for the job because no one will care for or take better care of my kids than I will. Day care employees or a a neighborhood mom/babysitter don’t really have much of a long-term stake in my kids well-being, but I do.
For me, close to 100%; maybe a bit more to make up for raises and the difficulty of getting back into the workforce. The other half of the household, though, the answer, if tax free, is probably a little less than 50% (as that’s what’s left over after taxes and child-care).
And, while I’m not really aiming to dispute theology with Skald, I would think Athena (praise her), as the patroness of practical arts and learning, would encourage a modest home farming operation while raising children. As long as its modest enough that there’s still time for reading, playing, etc., what child wouldn’t want to be helping Daddy out with planting or harvesting? And seeing a real business running would be a great education in a bunch of ways. I don’t think you could get much farming done with a crawling nine month old around, but a five year old would be in heaven if they got to spend 2 hours a day in the fields. And an 11 year old will probably learn math a lot more quickly if they understand it’s a way to figure out planting requirements.
So wait, what are we supposed to do for the 6-8 hours per weekday that the kids are in school? Or are we required to homeschool them now? Because if that’s the case, your salesman can get the hell off my property. And here’s your “Do Not Call” and “No Trespassing” notices.
Being unmarried, I would require 100% and I would do it if she stayed in school. Otherwise, my daughter gets bored after 5 minutes of being home so I’d have to spend a fortune filling the week with activities.
What salesman? You’re not being asked to buy anything.
And no, you’re not required to homeschool your kids.
75%. That’s the percentage of my salary currently spent on expenses that aren’t related to childcare services I’d be replacing with myself (the nanny, mostly). Those expenses aren’t going away if I’m a SAHD.
I’ve been a stay-at-home dad, and it was money just over 75% of what I now make that attracted me back to the workforce. But COL has gone up since…
Recruiter, representative, whatever.
So can August West work on his farm while his kids are in school or not?
And is it different if my kids work on the farm with me? That is quality parenting time right there.
If no taxes are paid, 66% of current salary, or if taxed about 80%. My rationale is that I am currently on disability and I am making 66% of former salary and paying taxes on that. It is not quite enough… it could be enough if I downscaled my life considerably, but I am not going to make long term changes (move to somewhere less expensive, give up my car, cancel memberships and stop my son’s tutoring) for a short term condtion that might cost more in the long run to undo. (mainly the moving to a cheaper neighbourhood.) If my spouse was not in the picture (he has generally had the second income job, taking care of our son before/after school etc, and is currently under-employed) i think it would be the same, the expenses vs income would just about make a wash.