Re: Stay at home parent?
SAHM here, former homeschooler. My last two at home are just now getting to the driving thing although they are 18 & 20. I may go back to full or part time work soon.
The only thing I would encourage people to do is to make sure you fund some retirement monies for the stay at home parent as you can afford to do so. Unless you are in a high paying career this may be difficult. We were never really able to fully fund my IRA thru the years. I'd say if the person had worked before like I did, you will want to keep your eye on the number of credits/units for receiving SS income on their own merits. It is especially important for me to return to the workforce for some small amount of time as I'm lacking just a few short credits to pull SS on my own.
I enjoyed VERY MUCH being at home with my kids, can't imagine my having done it differently.
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