Your opinion please !!!?

Question

Would you consider being a mother to a kid a full time job ?? Or would you feel you should still get/have an outside job and use some sort of day care ??

* Money isnt an issue.

There is a spouse and he feels i should go out and get a job so i can be useful to the public or something. I want to stay home with the child because I dont want to leave them with someone else. I thank everyone for their thoughts on this.

Answer 1

Oh dear YES being a mom is a F/T job...one that pays with hugs and kisses...But it is the best job ever... They are only young for a few years... I recently tried getting a job I worked a month.. My daughter and my hubby had an aweful time with me working...SO home is where I will stay...and its great as we will be starting adoption proceedings next year for our last child

Answer 2

Being a mom is a full time job. I needed to work out of the house, and I woud even if money was not an issue. Not full time, however some sort of interesting thing. I think it would be a good example for most kids to see the parents develop their own lives beyond the family and that the child is also expected to, encourage to do this also. Thats when the kid also gets to go to "their" thing.
Good Luck

Answer 3

If money isn't an issue, this is something you need to decide for yourself. Some women need the adult contact from the workplace. This also gives them a chance to have their own identity, make their own money, and have a break from their child. Other mothers thrive on being a full time mom--to raise the kids themselves, etc. If you're not too sure, you could always find a part time job for a few hours a week and see how it goes. This will also give your child a chance to play with others his age in daycare, and give you a break as well. This could be quite positive overall for your relationship. Good luck with what you decide. Michelle

Answer 4

thats a loaded question...i think that it is a little of both...yes I have a full time job just chasing after my 4 year old all day. I am 32 weeks pregnant with our second son. I am a stay at home mom, with money not an issue. There are times that I would like to get out and see other people and have adult conversations...but I would not trade the time at home with my son for the world. In the end I would choose being at home. We are best buddies. Its the best feeling in the world to know that you had a hands on approach to molding him into the man he will become someday.

Answer 5

STAY HOME...your babies are only babies for a short while....They will be grown before you know it...after they get in grade school get a part-time job while their there. I have 3 children boy 6 & 3 and daughter 1. There are times that I wished I had a job but when I really think about it being at home out weighs the erg to get a job...I can always just hop in the car and go for a ride after my husband gets home. And of course being a mother to a kid in a full time job...most say a at home mom does the work of 2 full time jobs....Try having 3 to take care of..
Remember your babies are only babies for a short while, put them before yourself.

Answer 6

Being a mother full time can be spent at home all the time or working. Even if you have other duties throughout the day, you're still a mother after wards. You have double duty if you are working, but you still have a full time job at home if you don't have a career that takes you out of the home. I think that unless there are lots of other children around your little one, he or she will learn a lot and enjoy day care and it gives mom a little time to tend to her own needs as well. There is nothing wrong with that. I advise day care whether or not you are working for those reasons. You probably would have weekends free for family time and could spend that all with your child. Our kids are very important, but if we don't take care of ourselves and see to our own needs too, we might not be around to watch them grow up.

Answer 7

i would say if there is a spouse in the picture, then if money is'nt a issue no, stay home. If not then it depends if you are rich. If not then you must work and not live off the welfare system. But to answer your question, yes raising a child is a 24/7, full time, no day's off, even when you're sick job. If one want's to call it a job, some like to call it a blessing!!!

Answer 8

i think that being a stay ar home mom is a full time job however i could do it just because i love my job so much (not that i dont my lil boy but) i think i would go nuts if i was with him 24/7 and i respect any mother or father (person) who could have the patiets to be a stay at home parent. it is a full time job and i hate when people say it is not because they have no idea. i know my husband would react the same way so i hope i helped ya out. good luck

Answer 9

Being a stay at home mom is more than a full time job, you are a caregiver, nurse, cook, taxi driver, mom, teacher, spirtual advisor and cheerleader. I am sure that your husband gets a lunch break where he can go and eat whenever he wants alone, you dont get that you dont even get a bathroom break alone. I personally think that if you have the resources to stay at home the best public service that you could offer would be to raise moral intelligent children.

Answer 10

Sounds like your spouse may be a little jealous?? Maybe you should sit down and talk with your spouse about what he really feels about the situation and why he's urging you to help society. Being a mom is a full-time job and being apart of your child's life and raising them yourself and knowing what they're doing and learning is a huge favor to society!! If you don't have to work and don't want to, then be with your child or else you're going to regret having to hear your daycare provider say, "OH! Little Abby took her first steps today..."