Being a ‘stay-at-home’ wife and mother doesn’t not mean not having a life beyond the kitchen and laundry room. I was fortunate that I could stay home with my kids — (all a year apart in age) But, also I was publicity chair for several local groups, ran school projects, library volunteer in all the schools over the years and all that sort of fun stuff. It gave me a life outside the house, but being involved with school goings-on, I also knew who my kids associated with and my contact with their teachers and friends kept me aware of the pressures of the times. It was all worth it.
Being at home and not being active outside the family is not easy, tho — no matter how much you love cooking and sewing and all. “A man may work from sun to sun -— but a woman’s work is never done” always comes to mind.
But it is the Mother who has no choice but to run a family AND work outside the home that gets my respect. Well-raised children, in that situation, means one phenomenal person. I bow to her.
You got to choose the volunteer work you did right? No one held a gun to your head to do that stuff. I found when I did a 6 months stint as a stay at home dad I got the house and yardwork done by noon. The rest was gravy.
I’v noticed that most of these working moms tend to over schedule their childrens lives in all sorts of sports and activities yet they shove the responsibility for baking for bake sales, car pooling, and other parent responsibilites to the non working moms.
THEY are too busy. Their kids will never come home from school to fresh baked cookies or home cooked meals every night.