2006-12-22 23:57:53 · 16 answers · asked by ruby 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
I am a teenage daughter of a stay at home mom. I love my mom and all the things she does for me. I wasn't dropped off at some germ filled daycare everyday. I think every mother should try being a stay at home mom at least for a year or two. My personal opinion is that I think i am a lot closer to my mom then other kids who were dropped off at daycare.
2006-12-23 01:51:08 · answer #1 · answered by girlnextdoor 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm a stay at home mum. Before falling pregnant I ran my own very successful business. I quit the day I found out I was pregnant, and I haven't been in the workforce since.
My two little ones are my number one priority. Since giving birth to my first child four and a half years ago, I have suffered severe post-natal depression, often bordering on psychosis. It has been an extremely difficult experience, and so many times I have felt terrible for my children having to put up with a mother who's been so screwed up, but every minute of hell that I've been through has been worth it.
I wouldn't swap hell and my two kids for an easy life and no kids for all the money in the world.
I don't judge women who chose to go back to work after having their children, but it's not something I could do. I have always felt that I have so much to teach my kids, so many experiences to share, so many amazing moments to look forward to, that I couldn't bare to let someone else be the one there doing it all.
Being a stay at home mum is awesome :)
2006-12-23 02:36:07 · answer #2 · answered by Donna M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a stay at home mom, I think that I am no better or worse than a mom who works. We both have the same goal, happy healthy kids. Every ones situation is different.Some mothers work because they have to some work by choice. Same with those who stay home. We all do what needs to be done. Who are we to say that one mother is better than another. As long as we are willing to tare each other down neither side will get the respect the other deserves.
2006-12-23 03:07:23 · answer #3 · answered by blue_eyed_brat78 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I work part time but I would love to just be able to stay home with my son.
My impression is that SAHM's work very hard and the most important job on earth.
However, they are not better than moms who work outside the home. Nor are they worse.
If you want to stay home, and you can...then you should. But if you don't, there's no reason why you should feel bad for wanting to work.
Some of us can't afford the "choice". Seriously. I would choose to stay home but we need both of our incomes just to make our mortgage. We've already cut down unnecessary expenses...we don't have television or a home phone....
But to say every woman can "choose" is false. Some of us truly can not afford to stay home full time. I'm thankful I only have to work part time.
2006-12-23 03:12:19 · answer #4 · answered by Jen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was a stay-at-home mom right after my son was born, for about 7 months. I loved it. I got a job when his dad and I separated, and if I could go back to staying at home I would. I totally think whether a mom wants to work or not is her choice and she shouldn't be looked down upon either way. I know great moms who work and great moms who stay at home; I know crap moms who work and crap moms who stay at home. It varies, just like anything else.
2006-12-23 00:03:03 · answer #5 · answered by babygirlnc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stay at home moms make great sacrifices. They CHOOSE to stay home and be with their kids. Granted it must be very hard to work a full time job and then come home and spend time with your kids not to mention the other things that need to be done like homework,baths, dinner etc. I am a stay at home mom and wouldn't trade it for the world. I have friends who work and tell me that they wouldn't give up their jobs to be a sahm because they need adult conversation and the kids drive them nuts. I wouldn't work unless I have to and I am very lucky that my husband has a great job because I have 4 kids and another on the way and I would have to work 2 jobs,one for money to support the kids and the other just to pay for daycare. Not to mention that a working mom couldn't judge a sahm unless she had done it herself and vice-versa.
2006-12-23 00:05:53 · answer #6 · answered by ws_422 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stay at home moms have the hardest jobs in the world.
2006-12-23 02:10:19 · answer #7 · answered by WUO 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think we need more of them raising a family is a full time job and children are less likely to do drugs, have sex, or brake the law and research show children with a parent at home they make better grades and feel more comfortable talking to them about there problems
2006-12-23 00:04:43 · answer #8 · answered by free the plant 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Strong women who feel that their main priority is raising a child and not having someone else do it for them.
I admire them. It's so much harder than going to an office every day. And, statistics show, so much better for their children.
2006-12-23 00:02:55 · answer #9 · answered by honey 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I think they are great.....but, I hate how most of them always put down Mothers who decide to work. Its almost like, deep down, they want to work.....so they constantly try to justify staying home by saying that those who work are wrong. I believe there are plenty of pros & cons for both.
2006-12-23 05:45:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋