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“Whether or not you choose to be home with your children while they’re young, prepare yourself to be able to work and make a living,” offers u/Separate_Farm7131.
“You never know what is going to happen. Be prepared to not have much money beyond essentials. Be prepared to be somewhat isolated, as most women work now. It’s not like my parents’ generation, when most married women were home with kids and there were lots of opportunities to socialize.”