Did you quite to be home more and to help out the school more and just be a better mom and wife, then regret it? Why or why not?
2007-03-21 23:43:25 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
I had 12 months maternity leave and had planned to resign to be a stay at home mum before the time was up...but when I thought about it, I started to realise I would regret it.
I think if I didnt have such a good job and one I would be proud to tell my child all about as they grew up, I would have been quite happy to stay at home and the only thing I would have missed would be the money! But I also had the option to come back part time so I can still see moreo f my daughter than some mothers who work.
I dont think its possible to regret the decision to stay at home and be a full time mum though....its more a selfish thing I'll admit when I think of the money I would lose and how hard it would be to re-enter the workplace later in life.
2007-03-21 23:50:09 · answer #1 · answered by karma_au_1984 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I quit my job and stayed home for 2 1/2 years, I loved it, and don't regret one moment of it, however, my plan was to stay home until my son started school, but by the time he reached two I realized the stay at home bit just wasn't for me and I went back to work...now I have LOTS of guilt, but everyone is adjusting well and I enjoy being back in the work force w/my colleagues. My son and I just have extra special weekends and the house is constantly trashed...LOL.
2007-03-22 06:52:08 · answer #2 · answered by i_love_my_mp 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think if you can afford it financially that you should raise your children first, job second. I stayed home with my youngest until she went to school and now I work part time so that I can put my children off to school and be here when they get back.
2007-03-22 06:48:42 · answer #3 · answered by Angela F 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
well, i wish i was able to afford it because i would stay home and be a homemaker. i don't think being home all the time neccessarily makes u a better mom.
right now my husband and i work different shifts so that one of us is always home with him. i think that children need their dad's as much as their mom's. if i were a homemaker, i don't think my husband would of been as involved in our sons life because i would of been the one to who makes all of his meals,bathe him, change his diaper and discipline him. in our arrangement my husband was forced to care for him for 8hours a day.
2007-03-22 07:01:17 · answer #4 · answered by Miki 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋