"20. Hire a babysitter for a couple of hours on the weekend so you can tackle household duties and errands without kids in tow."
That is fucking ridulous. ITA about having the sperm donor watch them but there is also the point that the kids should be helping to clean the house.
Most SAH MAWMS today have their priorities all fucked up: they seem to think their sole existence is being a 24/7 entertainment center for their brats.
My mom stayed home with us until the youngest was 8. She and my dad shared a car and she probably had 1/10th the disposable income most of these idiot Moos have. Not to mention, no convience items like disposable diapers (don't blame me for the landfills) frozen dinners, DVDs and the electronic babysitter. Her job was to be a "homemaker" and to use the dollars my dad brought home efficiently. Dinner was ready every night he came home and the house was picked up because we were expected to help out.
She operated on a schedule. We were expected to go along on the errands to each of the stores while she shopped and there was HELL TO PAY if we acted up. Similarly, we knew better than to tell my mom we were "bored" because we would get another household chore. The end result is that we learned to ENTERTAIN OURSELVES and USE OUR IMAGINATION. She didn't hover over us every minute and wipe our butts when we were age 8. We would have been mortified because it was a social faux pas to be seen as babish.
The funny thing is, until my dad died, I remember my childhood as good. We had stability and structure. We went to the library and got books to amuse ourselves. My parents also had adult parties and we were certainly not a part of these parties. They had a good marriage, hobbies and a social life.
Most MAWMS today have no hobbies, other than competing in the "I'm a Better Mommy Than You Because I Sacrifice More For My Chyyyyld Than You" Olympics.
So Glad I opted out of that mess.