After reading several threads on Mumsnet recently, I've come to the conclusion that stay at home Mums and Dads are regarded with a fairly substantial dose of disdain. Most MN threads which involve problems a sahm is having, involve advice along the lines of 'you should work when the children get to school' (school holidays/before/after care for 3 kids anyone?), or 'your husband must be very worried at being the sole breadwinner' and 'I'd go insane being at home with my kids 7 days a week' and gems such as 'my kids are better off in daycare.' The overall implication is that any woman, or man, choosing to be a stay at home parent is a brainless numpty who has no life, no ambition and is doing the Wrong Thing. And then we've gout our lovely Deputy PM saying we need to get away from the sepia tinted 1950's model. wtaf? I wonder how many childminders and nursery workers are aware their employers think that childcare is dull as fuck and only for uneducated individuals with no ambitions?