Re: Stay at home parent?
Speaking just from a dollars and cents perspective going back to work once the kids are in K incurs a lot of costs. Before and after school care, camps and/or daycare during the summer. Not to mention the increased costs of convenience meals, and the returning workers work-related costs like clothing, gas, office contributions, professional dues and such. It's not as though the extra income is all discretionary.
But this choice can't be made strictly from a financial standpoint, there are a lot of other considerations.
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