I understand the need for good preschools & day care , ...I really do. Ive utilized some good ones at various times. But there is so much that Pres Obama stated here I strongly disagree with. I would be considered a Stay-At-Home mom for most of 25 years as we were raising our girls. And I had a lot of good company in other smart, capable, talented, visionary moms-at-home -- who also didnt believe that we would BE BETTER OFF (?) by making more money in the long run if wed just choose to keep working & drop those kids off as the President seems to imply. It is a sad day when it is insinuated by a sitting President of the United States that women who choose to stay home while their children are young ~ cleaning up Cheerios, making play dough, playing & singing childrens music, setting up goal charts, fixing meals so the family can sit down together to eat, running kids to/from practice, ~ ~ that we are somehow taking a wrong route (perhaps even an unimportant, demeaning route) in life! Ive worked in a chiropractic office, worked in the schools at all levels as a paraprofessional, had my own home business for 21 years, and went back to college when all but 1 of our children were out of the nest, and am now licensed working as a PTA. All very interesting and fulfilling endeavors for me. However, Mr. President.... I am better off (our FAMILY is better off) that I WAS able to be at home with our children (12 yr old in sports year round, 8 yr old & car pooling to Christian school everyday, 2 yr old who would not nap & had LOTS of energy & imagination, and a newborn whom I was nursing.) For me, being at home with these young girls was the place I wanted and needed to be.... Was it a financial hardship? YES it was! Was it worth it? A thousand times over! Regarding COMPARING DAY CARE/PRE-SCHOOL COSTS TO COLLEGE COSTS: I took the time to do a little checking and math (my math is bcc -- before Common Core): Looking at one of our large state universities here in Illinois (Mr. Obamas home state) ~ at $349 per credit hour for in-state student (at 15 hrs per semester)=$10,470 per year, plus dorm housing (double occupancy) at $5,282 per year, plus insurance @ $233, 5 day campus meal plan for 2 semesters= $4134, books per semester--lets say $200 per semester, would TOTAL $20,519 per year (and thats if they didnt attend summer school, pay to park a vehicle or pay to eat on weekends!). A parent would have to spend OVER $400 per week on day care/pre-school costs to equal what it costs -- bare minimum -- to send a son/daughter to college at a state university in Illinois.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 17:42:19 +0000
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