[geojen]

DH and I don't have children yet, but we have been discussing this very issue already. Both of our mom's stayed home with us until we were in 3rd or 4th grade, and we both loved it. We want that for our kids too. We don't want a daycare raising our child. The hard part is deciding who would stay home. Right now, I am in grad school working on my master's degree, with the hopes of getting a cushy federal government job for the natural resource conservation service, and DH is a machinist. I want to stay home with my kids, but feel like I should work because I went through all this work to get a degree and the job I want. DH could stay home, but I think I would be jealous...plus I don't know if he could keep the house up!!