I myself am a working mom and I love it...how do other people feel about working mothers? If you are one, how do you handle it all? And stay-at-home moms, what made you decide to be a stay at home mom?
2006-09-25 16:52:05 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
I was a stay-at-home mom for 10 years. When my kids were old enough, I started working part-time. My kids are now 13 and 9 and I still make sure I'm home in time when they get out of school. I love working because of the money (lets be honest now) and I'm able to buy the few little things we need. I see nothing wrong with working or staying at home...as long as you spend alot of time with your kids.
2006-09-25 16:59:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I love being a working mom, but it is a ton of work to do that full time and be a mom full time too. It can be a juggling act and I end up tired, but I also find that I am happier and enjoy my kids more when I am working outside the home. Of course, I am also a teacher and get summers with them (which is more than many working mom's get.) I tried being a stay at home mom and there just aren't enough pats on the back for me. You do the same job every day, everyone takes it for granted, etc. Working outside the home as a teacher is similar, but at least there is a paycheck attached to it(small though it may be!)
2006-09-26 00:03:08 · answer #2 · answered by cra8zyteacher 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a stay at home mom because I didn't finish college and don't have a chance at making enough money to cover child care for our growing family. I have a 6 1/2 year old, a 13 month old, and am currently 36 weeks pregnant. I quit working back in March and am still adjusting to it. While I love being able to spend time with my family I do sometimes feel as though i have not contributed to my family as much as I could or I want to be able to interact with someone who can carry on a conversation with me about politics. LOL. I am a bit fed up with staying around the house but it has helped that I have now formed a mommy and me play group in my area that is growing nicely. If I had a choice, I'd go back to work, but financially it isn't wise.
2006-09-25 23:58:40 · answer #3 · answered by momofthreemiracles 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a stay at home mom, but you always need that little extra income, whether it's 10 or 20 hours a week it helps getting those extra things you want (weekend trips, going to the spa, etc,). I decided to stay-at-home so that I won't miss out on the first couple of years of my son growing up.
Also, I'm in school part-time...
2006-09-26 00:02:48 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My wife is a working mom, and she started rejoining the workforce only few months back when she's 4 months expecting. She's into 7th month now and still going strong! :) Eldest is 2.5yo now, and he's into daycare during weekdays.
I am fine with either stay-home-moms or working-moms, just as long as the person is happy and have no regrets living her life! But gotta make sure that basic needs of the children are attended to..
2006-09-26 00:16:10 · answer #5 · answered by Blazer F 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having done both (worked as a mother, then been able to go home and stay there with them), I am of the mind that there is no such thing as a working mother. If you're working, you're not there mothering. Someone else is doing the raising, the training, the loving. You get to go home and play with the kid for a few hours as if it were a pet.
Now that my kids are all much older, I still only work part time, from home, so I am always there when they come home from school. They all have friends whose mothers work, and they've told me many times how grateful they are that I am home with them. Kids survive day care, they don't thrive in it.
2006-09-26 00:03:26 · answer #6 · answered by SLWrites 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
My mom worked a full time job and went to graduate school full time and raised kids. Personally, I don't want children but, I think that stay at home moms are so lazy!! They don't set proper examples for their young daughters about womanhood just mother in the kitchenhood. I have a lot of respect for women who, like my mother, are educated professionals and mothers.
2006-09-26 00:48:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I agree, today it is nearly impossible to survive on one income. I hate it. I'm a traditonalist. I think the woman should stay at home and raise the kids and the man should bring home the bacon. But, I do have to work (from home) because, thanks to all this equality and so forth, men can't make enough to support their wives anymore. Woman were built to have children, and our emotional level is built to raise them. I don't know why people want to go against nature so much and act like men and woman are the same. It's quite obvious there are differences.
OMG piepiepie, I really hope you stop having sex. We really don't need more people thinking like you in this world. What is wrong with you? You obviously have no clue how hard it is to raise children and maintain a household. I can see that your mother NOT being there and how you turned out is a perfect example as to why mothers SHOULD stay at home and raise their kids as opposed to them being raised by tv, or whatever they are raised by when a mother isn't there to do it. You ought to meantion about your abortion too so that everyone will know how unqualified your answers are (and, I have gone to college, actually started when I was 16, thanks). There are some lazy people out there, but if you talk to any stay-at-home mother with a fuctional household, you will know it is a 24/7 job, late nights and no breaks, lots of planning and cleaning and cooking and calling creditors and all kinds of stuff, it is a full time job like no other, but it is the most rewarding job you will ever have.
2006-09-26 00:14:40 · answer #8 · answered by Serious Answers 3 · 1⤊ 3⤋
I have been a working mom since my daughter was 6 weeks old. I got a lot of support from my family for wanting to go back to work. I also got a lot of crap for going back to work by some people that didn't realize what they said didn't really matter to me.
I did get to take some time off and take care of my daughter when she was 3 to 6 months old, and I enjoyed every minute of it. Now I work full time and I spend all my free time with her. She is my life. The only thing I find hard is that fact that I am always tired. She is a ball of energy and I have to fight to keep up with her.
I wouldn't change anything for the world though.
2006-09-26 02:42:00 · answer #9 · answered by Princess 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I really think that all Moms need a chance to stay home with their children. It's really important for the welfare of the child and family.
There are certain cases where the husband may have to fill that role (househusband), but it should be on an exception basis.
2006-09-27 19:49:12 · answer #10 · answered by L.A. Scene 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋