2006-10-23 16:07:01 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
LOL whoever told you that can come over to my house for a day. I'll set them straight. Heck I drink my coffee 2 hours old and cold most days. I get my kids dressed but never manage to make it out of my PJ or brush my hair. I give and give and take care of everyone but no one takes care of me..I don't get a paycheck and I get cried at peed on pooped on and puked on. I have to carry one baby while I play with the other and visa vrsa. I do everything with one hand and do many things at the same time with one hand. People who say that have a twisted illusion of being a Mom. When i had one child it was pretty easy and I could have "lazy" time but with 2 I don't get and time until everyone si asleep..and then I have my SO buggng me for attention...geeezzz
2006-10-23 16:50:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they haven't ever had the job of being a SAHM. Its not easy. I'm not sure if I would rather work or stay home, because both are hard. Heck being a mom is hard. The words Mom and Lazy should never be used in the same sentence.
I also think that a stay at home dad is $exy!
2006-10-30 11:08:00 · answer #2 · answered by washington_maverick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know why they say that, but I disagree. I think that is the most important place for a mom, and if a family has the ability to have a full time stay at home mom, all the better for the children. I hope that when I have kids, I will be able to be a stay at home mom.
2006-10-23 16:09:21 · answer #3 · answered by Insufferable Know-It-All 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Stay at home moms are not lazy. Being a mom is the most demanding and impotant role a woman will ever have in life. No career can ever match up to that life experience.
2006-10-28 19:06:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stay at home moms have the hardest jobs in the world. They're constantly on the go, with no time to sit and relax. Everyone should watch Oprah when she devotes an entire show to stay-at-home moms, especially when she has them switch jobs with their husbands for a day...a single day and some of these husbands look like they're about to keel over and die from the non-stop work: cooking, cleaning, laundry, dishes, pick-up and drop off of kids from school, practices, appointments...it's neverending.
2006-10-23 16:16:01 · answer #5 · answered by olliebee 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who knows?
I am a stay-at-home-Mom. The hour or two I get in the afternoon when my child is asleep is a total luxury.
Anyone can ridicule that which they do not understand. Read the job description:
-- financial management (what else does one call maintaining a budget for a household?)
-- hazardous waste management (when was the last time you got near one of those wickedly stinky diapers?)
-- interpersonal mediator (try more than one child at home)
-- food preparation (try making 3 balanced meals per day without having mac & cheese every day for lunch)
-- routine maintenance (I'm the one home fixing stuff)
-- routine medical assistance & triage (I aint' talking boo-boos, either - the real medical emergencies: wow, that's horrible looking, but do you really need to go to the ER?)
-- medical assistant (you try getting up 3 times in the middle of the night to deal with a sick child when you are horribly sick yourself)
-- primary educator (who do you think is going to teach them their letters, numbers, etc?)
-- moral compass (do you honestly think the kid will just automatically know right from wrong from watching TV?)
-- Encyclopedia (mom, why does the sun rise in the east?)
It isn't just the amount of work spent on the children - it is the fact that so little time gets spent on ourselves. Like many professions, as long as everything goes well, success isn't noticed.
p.s. don't dis' the stay-at-home dads -- who probably get way more derision from their working male counterparts than a stay-at-home-mom would.
2006-10-23 16:26:02 · answer #6 · answered by Elizabeth S 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Probably because they have never done the job themselves. Though I do personally know some who are lazy. They stay home, but do not take good care of their children, the house, or their husbands. Stay at home moms who do take care of things are anything but lazy! Their jobs never end--it's 24/7.
2006-10-23 16:10:04 · answer #7 · answered by schweetums 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because they are obviously not stay at home moms and have no idea what they are talking about. I had my sister in law (who I had met maybe once) tell my husband that I was probably sitting around eating bon bons all day and watching soap operas...LOL. She doesnt even have any kids of her own so she hasnt a clue what goes into taking care of the kids ( I have 3 and one on the way). There is no time to sit when your at home with the kids, cleaning, cooking, running after them.,etc, etc....
2006-10-23 16:25:29 · answer #8 · answered by Blondi 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because those people are ignorant, and apparently have never had children. I would rather work at even the most menial of jobs than be a stay at home Mom. I have been in both situations and I personally believe I have it easier at work.
2006-10-23 16:12:34 · answer #9 · answered by rustiangel1982 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
because they dont understand the time and commitment it takes to be a stay at home mother. often times people equate not making a paycheck with lazy
2006-10-30 14:28:44 · answer #10 · answered by neff8684 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋