Please explain and be honest! Thanks!
2007-09-23 14:42:45 · 17 answers · asked by .vato. 6 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Sorry! SAHM means stay-at-home-mom.
2007-09-23 14:48:12 · update #1
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2007-09-24 14:28:42 · update #2
No, I think coal mining would be a lot harder.
I'm a SAHM by choice and I think it's rewarding and so much fun. It's not a job, it's life. I love my daughter and we have a great time together. This weekend I babysat an 8 year old for 48 hours and that was wonderful too. I hope to have another child one day and stay at home with him/her too.
2007-09-23 16:17:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Every job is hard. However those who work outside the home get to leave their job after work and have weekends off.
SAHM's are on call 24/7 and rarely get a break. But being a SAHM is the most rewarding fulfilling job out there. Ok so I don't bring in a paycheck. I don't sit on my tail all day either. SAHM's are usually on the go from early in the morning. I could give you a whole list of what I do but I won't.
No matter if you are a SAHM or a working Mom. Being a Mom is the toughest job you'll ever have. What matters is that the children that we bring into this world know that they are loved.
2007-09-23 21:56:06 · answer #2 · answered by Diane 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure about "hardest job in the world" but it is definately hard and neverending! Its non-stop with no breaks and no pay. Often its a thankless job. I have worked and been a SAHm and am a SAHM at the moment and don't get me wrong I love being around my kids but some days are quite difficult. I have a 3 and 4 yr old and am pregnant with my 3rd. I basicallly stay home because day care finacially was not worth it.
2007-09-23 21:49:30 · answer #3 · answered by anjelahoy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if it's the hardest. I work full time as a preschool special ed teacher, then come home and have to take care of the house and the babies, so basically 3 jobs LOL. That gets rough sometimes.
Maybe not the hardest job in the word, but definitely one of the greatest would be to be a SAHM.
2007-09-23 22:51:25 · answer #4 · answered by Mercy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a stay at home mom of an 8 month old and a 6 year old. I'm telling you...I've worked some crappy jobs (warehouse with no AC, convenience store, McDonalds) and very difficult jobs. None can compare to being a SAHM!!!
For one thing, you don't get paid. Obviously, you get the joy of watching your children grow up, but monetary wise, you get nada.
Secondly, most people have a 9-5 job, while being a SAHM mom is nonstop. You are on call like a doctor 24/7, only you do not get doctor's pay!
You have to be a good multitasker. Office people....you don't have anything on us! We can talk on the phone to the insurance company while folding laundry, planning dinner...all with a baby in our laps!
Plus, most importantly, being the main caregiver in our children's lives, it is up to us to nstill good values, morals, and behaviors in our children.
We have to have it all....and while it is very rewarding, it is VERY difficult.
2007-09-23 21:50:08 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being a stay at home mom has to be one of the most under appreciated jobs in the world.Many people, especially those without children, assume all you do is sit at home and just watch T.V. and play with the kids for a bit.These people do not understand that there are many tasks that must be performed each day.From dawn to dusk and then some.There is no time clock to say when you are on duty, you are on call 24/7every day.Laundry, grocery shopping, making doctor and dental appointments, housekeeping, taking kids to and from school, meeting with teachers, taking kids to and from after school activities,helping with homework,playing with children, remembering the myriad of activities for your children and keeping it all straight. Making vet appointments ,walking the dog and feeding the "dog" the kids promised they would look after. The last book you read was from the Franklin the turtle series.Current events on T.V is the newest episode of Dora the Explorer.Down time is when your head hits the pillow.Comforting bruised shins and bruised egos.Helping your children cope with life's successes and disappointments. No sick days allowed, little free time, no pension.Stay at home moms may wonder if it is worth it all ( like all parents ask themself on a really bad day) and they just take a look at their child sleeping in their bed and know it is all a labour of love.
2007-09-24 12:02:11 · answer #6 · answered by gussie 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree with what momof4 said. It's a very hard and challenging job (should you do it correctly), but it's a choice that we make, and I'm not sure any one person can say that they have it *harder* than another person does.
I can also respect how difficult it is to juggle full time work with parenting, I think those people should definitely be applauded, especially when those who judge them know that they might not be able to handle both.
I would say that all parenting is the hardest, and most important, job in the world.
2007-09-23 22:45:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes!You are on call 24/7 and even when you think the day is over it might not be!you cant leave work at work coz its right there with you!You are cook, cleaner, laundry person, mediator (if more than one child), activities organiser, plus a dozen more all rolled into one, but it is also the most rewarding job, to be there to watch your children grow and not miss out on those precious first years:)
2007-09-23 21:52:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In some ways it is and some ways it isn't.It is hard to explain cause everyone is different and they handle certain situations different,but for me it is hard in ways cause everything you do is inside the home and you work 24/7,it is NEVER ENDING,you do a bit of EVERYTHING,you are a nurse,a maid,a dishwasher,an accountant,a cook,a taxi,a psychologist,the list goes on and on,but I think all this work is rewarding because you get to be with your child and really get to know them and raise them the way you want to,wereas if you worked you would be putting them in daycare and therefore someone else would be raising them and getting to know them.
2007-09-23 21:52:38 · answer #9 · answered by Victory 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It certainly is difficult-I am one. But I wouldn't say it is the most difficult by far. Most moms who work outside the home come home and work more so I think they have it tougher than a SAHM.
When I was working outside the home I came home and did the same housework etc. as I do now. I do get to spend more time with the kids now.
(Hubby works full time and goes to law school time)
2007-09-23 21:52:25 · answer #10 · answered by teelob 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋