Comments on: Is it Worth it for Your Spouse To Go Back To Work? http://www.moneycrashers.com/is-it-worth-it-for-your-spouse-to-go-back-to-work/ Personal Finance Blog, Your Guide to Financial Fitness Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Elizabeth Ihttp://www.moneycrashers.com/is-it-worth-it-for-your-spouse-to-go-back-to-work/#comment-8500 Elizabeth I Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:13:26 +0000 http://www.moneycrashers.com/is-it-worth-it-for-your-spouse-to-go-back-to-work/#comment-8500 Having been a working mom and a stay at home mom, I can speak on a few additional issues regarding dual parents working. Aside from the taxes and child care costs, couples have to figure out additional issues such as which parent is going to not go to work when your child is sick and which parent is going to pick up the sick child when day care calls. Small issues like these can cause a tremendous amount of stress at work and in a marriage. Parents also need to realize that vacation time might need to be saved for such emergencies such as taking sick children to the doctor. Also for couples who tend to work late hours, which parent will leave work on time to pick up the children? Which parent will drop of the children in the morning? What happens when one of the parents has a business trip? Lastly, how much stress do you really want in your life. For me making the transition from working full time (plus overtime) to a stay at home mom has greatly reduced my stress and vastly improved my marriage. Our weekends are relaxing (or as relaxing as they can be with 3 children under 5) but we have time for the kids, time for ourselves and time for each other. Having been a working mom and a stay at home mom, I can speak on a few additional issues regarding dual parents working. Aside from the taxes and child care costs, couples have to figure out additional issues such as which parent is going to not go to work when your child is sick and which parent is going to pick up the sick child when day care calls. Small issues like these can cause a tremendous amount of stress at work and in a marriage. Parents also need to realize that vacation time might need to be saved for such emergencies such as taking sick children to the doctor.

Also for couples who tend to work late hours, which parent will leave work on time to pick up the children? Which parent will drop of the children in the morning? What happens when one of the parents has a business trip?

Lastly, how much stress do you really want in your life. For me making the transition from working full time (plus overtime) to a stay at home mom has greatly reduced my stress and vastly improved my marriage. Our weekends are relaxing (or as relaxing as they can be with 3 children under 5) but we have time for the kids, time for ourselves and time for each other.

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