Comments on Stay At Home Child: Spoiled American Brats

There is a great comfort and sense of non-stress i...

2011-09-24T15:44:46.961-05:00

There is a great comfort and sense of non-stress in living well within your means and not "reaching for the brass ring". More need to live by common sense and find out that less can truly be more. Simplicity can truly go a long ways.

I hear ya! Staying at home to educate and raise...

2009-05-23T11:20:36.441-05:00

I hear ya!

Staying at home to educate and raise my children took a good chunk of change out of our income - I was an accountant. The thing is...there are other things out there besides money. I am putting all that effort and energy into my small - but quickly growing - children.

As for saving for a rainy day, I grew up in a family where my dad couldn't stand his job. He hated it, but felt too trapped to change things. I swore that when I had a family it would never be like that. I swore that we would not be over-extended and that my husband would have the luxury of doing a job that he enjoys. I don't ever want my husband to feel trapped.

Thanks for the post. It's like a breath of fresh air when you meet people who won't play the 'rat race' game.

Hey, nice blog... right on target. Didn't Dave Ram...

2009-05-05T23:07:00.000-05:00

Hey, nice blog... right on target. Didn't Dave Ramsey say this? "Live like nobody else so that someday you can live like nobody else!"

Do we need to drive an Escalade to impress the people we don't even know or can we live in humility and drive a "Hooptie Mobile"?

~Fahring

Well said! I totally agree, we are a country of sp...

2009-05-05T18:35:00.000-05:00

Well said! I totally agree, we are a country of spoiled, whiny, brats. Something has got to change, but I am not too confident... Here's hoping! Thanks for posting this