Is being a house wife a full time career?

Answer 1

I think house-wives are trapped by low self-esteem, but I don't think that with the women with young children to look after, but with the women who have no kids or have kids that are older now. Everyone should do something they love either for money or just a hobby, if you're lucky enough to have a husband who supports you financially then great, but I think a woman wants more from life than to clean a house.

Answer 2

I think postmodernism needs to come up with a new term for today's "housewife-homemaker" or "stay-at-home-mom", because those sure don't sum up everything they are and do. Many also assume that "housewives" are lazy and uneducated - this is absolutely not the case. Many of us have been in the workforce, had careers before we had children, and many of us have advanced college degrees. At my house, I care for our children - all by myself, I might add, as I do not have a sitter, daycare, or even relatives nearby to help out - plan, shop for, and cook three meals a day, do all the laundry, and care for our house. Those are the obvious ones. I also manage all of our household finances (investments, paying bills, filing federal/state/local taxes), medical insurance, all the incoming and outgoing mail, the whole family's schedule, essentially all of our personal business. I also manage eBay auctions for our own family (used clothing, books, and toys - young children rocket through these types of things) and members of our extended family at no extra charge, and I do genealogy research in my free time - which turns out to be about 1 hour a week...unless I burn up that hour on Yahoo! Answers. So yes. Being a "housewife" is a full-time career. There is no sitting on the couch watching the soaps while eating a box of chocolates.

Answer 3

yes it is but it doesn't have to be all babies and no fun. The beginning is very hard on the mother, less sleep, more work and little time for fun and husband. After a few months it will get better especially if you and your husband - boyfriend work together. After all it is his child too and the male counter part should do his share to help mom have a break. Take shifts, split jobs - you feed he bathes - you cook he cleans up - you wash clothes he puts away. You will enjoy each other much better and the baby will be less a chore and more a joy. After a few months when the baby is on a schedule, take breaks for yourself, hire a sitter and go shopping, have your hair done, see a friend, A happy mom is a contented mom and you need to come first sometime. You can watch other kids if you really like them, you can do home jobs possibly, write stories if you are good at it or just do crafts like I did. I sold some, made gifts for holidays, and just kept myself busy and happy. It really can be fun

Answer 4

Oh yes, it is definetly a full time career. Especially with little ones around. The goverment recently released this: If a Stay at Home Mom were to actually get paid for all that she did you know how much she would make on average? $106,000 a year. The cooking, cleaning, laundry, day care, nurse, counselor, taxi, personal shopper. It is a 24/7/365 a year job that is totally worth it.

Answer 5

Put together with being a mother of 3 boys, I found it be a more than full time career. To used what free time I could arrange to do some volunteer work and that made me feel like I was making a difference in my community as well as in my own home.

Answer 6

very much so i wish i could be a full time house wife . i feel my children need me at home but i as a single mom not looking for a hubby any way i am the only provider. so i am un able to be home all the time and trust we need more stay at home moms or dads to keep our kids out of trouble. but this time and age even if both or there it takes two incomes to make it unless hubby is pulling in the dough. raising kids is a full time job and career (i just have two careers and that works for me)

Answer 7

Being a house wife is not a career. Now, if you said a stay home mom of three kids, like me, yeah. THATS a career, no coffee breaks, no paychecks...Just the hope that all the time I'm vesting will payoff in the end and they will grow up wonderfully.

Anyone can be a housewife. Get some work out of your home if you are bored. Otherwise, kick those feet up and enjoy. You sound spoiled......

Answer 8

You can certainly manage to put in a 40-60 hour work week, if that's what you mean. But I wouldn't count on being able to support yourself for your entire adult life solely by housewifery. It is very difficult to be a middle-aged woman with no degree, no job experience, trying to find a job that pays a decent wage. No matter how much it now seems that your husband will be there for you forever, it is a sad fact of life that husbands die, get sick, lose jobs, leave wives for young bimbos, etc. Even in the old fashioned 'traditional' households, the 'housewife' had some income of her own through selling eggs, doing fine needlework, etc. Don't just think "job", think career, something that will support you if need be, something that will give you savings for your retirement.

Answer 9

Yes it is, after all if it wasn't for a full time house wife, the house wouldn't get cleaned, meals wouldn't be cooked and all the other millions of things a woman does during the day. Only thing is it needs better pay, with benefits and vacation time.

Answer 10

Alot of people would probally say no that it's just a way of trying to stay home all the time. I say that it is because if you didn't stay home the house prbally be messier than a 4 year old's room.
Any way yes it's a full time career.