SAHM:
like janet, i also enjoy being a SAHM, and don't think i can ever go back to workforce, cause i am also very attached to my dd.
of course, being a SAHM has its sacrifices. because we are a single-income family, hubby and i have to give up the notion of EVER owning private property, because it will just be beyond our means.
hubby did say that if i had continued working, i would have contributed maybe another $3K or so to the household income, then we definitely would be able to afford luxuries in life. but i told him, it would be at the expense of leaving our dd to a maid to be her main caregiver, and i would NEVER agree to that.
purin,
i was a bit weird when i was in sch leh. my mum was NEVER strict with me, in fact she left me on my own to settle my school work from the time i was in P1. it was me who was always setting high standards for myself and i was self-motivated. in lower Pri, i always set a target of above 95% for all my subjects, then in upper Pri i set a target of above 91%. so for PSLE i scored 3 A-stars and 1 A, and my score was 168, which made me eligible to apply to any Sec Sch.
i've always been very academically-inclined, and my mum said i was a good girl leh, never had to force or nag me to do homework or revision, as i would always do them on my own. hee...
this carried on until i graduated from uni. i always had a strong desire to do well in sch, and i was very disciplined when it came to my sch work.
and my parents never used any reward system with me. i have NEVER been rewarded with ANYTHING when i did well in sch. but i know what always motivated me was that feeling of accomplishment.
i dunno if my dd will be the same also, but i am hoping she will be. i want to instill in her the desire to do well in anything that she does, and for her to be motivated to do well not for the rewards but for the feeling of accomplishment that she will get.