2006-07-13 12:38:42 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
I'm a stay-at-home mom and I DARE someone to give me a bad rap! I am a cook, a dishwasher, a gardener, a personal assistant (paying and staying on top of bills). I mow a half-acre lot with a push mower. I am a dog walker, car washer, house cleaner, bathroom cleaner. I wash, fold, iron. I painted the interior and exterior of our house. I am a repair woman, a plumber, and a handyman. I hang pictures, I hang curtains, I hang blinds. I scoop the dog poo out of the yard. I empty the trash. I take the recycle bin down. AND, MOST IMPORTANTLY, I AM A MOM!! I play house, cars, trucks. I fingerpaint. I cut and glue. I find missing toys. I find missing socks. I kiss and make the boo-boo's better. I play in puddles. I never get a sick day... EVER. Again, I say, I DARE someone to give me a bad rap! I am on the go from 6:30am until 10pm. I gave up everything to be a stay-at-home mom and I wouldn't have it any other way! =)
2006-07-13 12:50:18 · answer #1 · answered by Cherstin and Adam F 3 · 6⤊ 0⤋
I'm a stay-at-home mom and I know a lot of working moms that would like to trade lives with me. I used to be a working mom and than it just got too expensive to have someone else watch my kids while my husband and I were at work, so we decided that I would stay home until both the kids were in school.
I think that the main reason we have a "bad rap" is because the working moms feel a little jealous that they can't be home doing things with their kids as much.
2006-07-13 12:46:41 · answer #2 · answered by motherincrisis 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll admit I thought very little of Mom's that didn't work, I felt that they were using the child as an excuse not to work and that they were lazy. Then I was one for 5 years, and realized it's harder to stay at home than it is to go to work. Now since both of my kids are in school all day I went back part-time, but I still think the S.A.H.M. still needs to find something to get them away from the home a few hours a week at least, so they have some time away for themselves.
2006-07-13 15:00:54 · answer #3 · answered by helleonwheels 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe it's due to working parents feeling envy because they have to work. They would probably like to stay home with their children but can't afford to. I'm a stay at home mom and a lot of people I talk wish they could be in my shoes to spend time with their kids. I don't feel like I have a bad rap at all.
2006-07-13 16:33:33 · answer #4 · answered by mergirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stay at home moms get a bad rap because people who are judgemental think that taking care of children is a job that don't require alot of work. Back in the days (years ago) stay at home moms were common for women but now that more women are in the work force stay at home moms get put down. I am a stay at home mom and I used to work full time for many years in the corporate world so I have experience on both sides of the spectrum.
2006-07-13 12:47:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never heard that, but there is no reason for it. The stay at home moms are the ones who realized it makes no sense to have kids and then have someone else raise them. That is not what having kids is for... If your career is that important, don't have kids, your career will always come first, even if that means missing events because you have to work. Besides, someone else is always having to tell you what your child does and doesn't like, and what helps them go to sleep or what calms them down. And if you have to work to "pay your bills", you should have thought about that BEFORE you went and had a kid. And the "accidents happen" excuse is all it is, an excuse. That was your fault for being stupid.
2006-07-13 12:48:11 · answer #6 · answered by shorty_7123 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because people think they sit on their rear ends all day and do nothing. Unless you have been a stay-at-home mom then you don't know how trying it can be. That's why they say that a mom's resume is better than anyone's. People think that if you don't have an actual job, earning a paycheck then you aren't worth anything.
2006-07-13 12:44:34 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stay at home Mom's get a bad rap be cause it is not the popular thing to do.
2006-07-13 12:43:49 · answer #8 · answered by John W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The old SAHM vs. WM debate.
Some (notice I said some) SAHMs accuse WMs of neglecting their children and outsourcing the raising of their children. And some WMs are accusing the SAHMs of depleting the workforce of intelligent women. I even heard one woman go as far to say that she's afraid that colleges will realize that there isn't even a point in educating women since they choose to stay at home once they have kids.
Some also think that SAHMs are lazy and just use their kids as an excuse not to get a 'real job'. I dare anyone to fight with my 2 year old to change his diaper and deal with my 12 y/o daughter's attitude while trying to cook supper and tell me that I'm not working a 'real job'.
As I said to a friend who is a working mother - I am at home caring for my children while you are at work providing for yours. It is all the same to me.
2006-07-13 14:12:27 · answer #9 · answered by AlongthePemi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well... I don't know about the bad rap thing.. but I do know that it's not easy taking care of a house, kids... and doing everything else to keep your house in order..
I give props to stay-at-home moms
2006-07-13 12:43:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋