You can afford it, and having a parent that can be around 24/7 with the kids is immensely valuable.
A teaching career isn’t going to contribute much to your family unit.
Do you naturally assume that all mothers want to stay at home with their children full time?
She would like to be able to see our kids off to school and relax with them after school without having to think about work. Weekends without crushing amounts of grading would be nice. That’s the lifestyle my job allows me to have and I’d love for my wife to be able to have the same.
(But I'm not affiliated and have no other info!) I guess a downside is that it's not an ongoing position, but on a project-by-project basis.
Thanks for sending that link along! Contract work is definitely something to consider.
From my experience with friends who are teachers, especially at high school level, there’s no teaching job with built in work-life balance. You must create it through your curriculum and teaching style.
Or like I said, she could just quit and be a stay at home mom. There’s other ways to meet your financial goals.
Regarding your second point, I'd argue that there's no high school level teaching job with work/life balance in our area due to state regulations.
Thanks for your input, but she does not want to be a SAHM and we've both worked together to put together the financial goals for our family. Our goals assume we both have careers, because we both want careers.