This is a question for SAHMs and WOHMs.... what aspects of your education or work do you feel have been most useful to you in parenting?
One of the lines that often comes up when there is one of those discussions that says we should all be staying at home is 'why bother educating us at all in that case?' - however in the 7 months since my dd was born I've felt like my biggest secret weapon is my completely irrelevant PhD as it has given me the ability to skim through a heap of baby manuals and confidently assess the extent to which they're research-based/ideology driven. Conversely, one of my colleagues says that bringing up toddlers has immensely improved his ability to deal with difficult MA students! Just wondered if there was anyone else out there with a job/training completely unrelated to childcare who feels like it has helped them with parenting in unpredictable ways....!
ps On the other hand, I now catch myself using the most appalling management speak in a baby context - eg I was talking about cedeing my husband control of policy on bedtime the other day....
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What skills from work/education do you bring to parenting (and vice versa)?
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Kathy1972 · 13/01/2006 13:32
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