I stay home for many reasons. The biggest one being that if my son needs to come home sick or is having a really bad day at school, I can go get him.

My wife stays home for those exact reasons, plus if you are considering SSI they take family income into consideration and base what you are given on that.

In our case we get SSI for both children so if my wife were to work they would just cut back on the SSI and essentially she would be working for free.

If you consider both of those situations and what daycare would cost sometimes it is just more cost effective to stay home.

I'm a stay at home mom right now, because Katy's schedule has been so demanding, but I'm hopeful to maybe get back into the job market again, as our finances are stretched tight.

Unfortunately in our lines of work that isn't an option; my husband is an Iron worker working 4am-6pm 6 days a week and a bouncer at a night club 2 nights a week and I'm an Orthodontic Assistant working from 6am-5pm 3-4 days a week. My mother is our Nanny to save on daycare but she doesn't drive to help with appointments...

I stay at home with our two boys.