To think having children brings status?

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I should add this only happens if you are the "right" kind of mother. 17 year old with a baby does not gain status from having a baby, quite the reverse. But for most mothers having children brings an increase in status. Suddenly you are a "proper" adult.

You still get discriminated against as a mother, get judged, and pigeonholed. But that does not take away from the increase in status.

Frumpy status!

Not on Tinder it doesn't!

No. I completely disagree. I see the exact opposite 😚

I was a bit confused by this post but after reading the responses I'm even more confused. Are you equating 'status' with 'respect' and saying that being a parent is somehow seen as 'better'? Some have talked about others views towards them but is there anyone who actually believes parents are somehow better/more worthy (or whatever) than others? Who are these people that think this way?

I think some people are using respect for the same thing that I mean by status.

I'm not a teacher, so I don't know. Does every teacher that takes a class have access to that information?

Y3s, if it's HER OWN MONEY she has more status than a stay at home mother married ro a man with roughly the same income.
Always better to have your own income and not to have to share it out!

I think the school gates is the most under the microscope I ever felt though.
Now my dc are 20 and 17 nearly and I have my own job, house, pension, nobody at work thinks less of me because I'm single. I don't think. I only ever felt that when my dc were small. Now it is probably coming across more independent than "ah blessssss"
I used to see the heads tilt in pity for me at one point!