Posted on 05/15/2006 8:48:55 AM PDT by Blue Turtle
Women who juggle career and family tend to be thinner and healthier as they approach midlife than long-term stay-at-home moms, a new study suggests.
Researchers tracked the health of a group of British women from their mid-20s to their mid-50s and found that full-time homemakers were the most likely to be obese in their sixth decade.
Women in long-term relationships who had raised kids while they held jobs outside the home were least likely to be overweight, and they also reported being in better overall health.
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There are a few different options. She could start a home-based business of some sort. Perhaps she could find a part-time job that would allow her to be home when the kids get home from school. Maybe her husband will have to find another source of income. Once kids are in school, I see no harm in mom having a job, as long as she's home when the kids get home. In the first five years, no way!
Funny. My wife didn't start gaining weight until she started working.
Apparently she doesn't have to work as hard now.
The only problem I have as a SAHM is not being taken seriously by some companies when I play my husband's personal secretary.
I am 36. I may get older but, I'll never act it.
;-)
The only "ECW" I've ever heard of is the service organization, "Episcopal Church Women". This sounds.... different.
The day I act my age.........please shoot me!
ECW! ECW! ECW!
I always acted like a guy in his 40s. Thing is, that guy was Benny Hill!
My God, I have eyes...I can see for myself the difference between women who work and women who stay home.
I don't blame you. I get excited about pressed altar linens and a well-polished communion service as well! :)
"Hi, let me introduce myself. I went back to work after having both of my kids because financially, we could not make ends meet otherwise. After just having a baby, boredom does not enter the picture and we do not have enough money for new cars or vacations or extra things, even going out to dinner once in a while. Also, my career does not exist. If given the opportunity, I would love to stay at home with my children. But one income in our family, does not allow for that.
Oh, and by the way, I am over weight and I work full time and put my kids in day care, so does that make me a bad mom? No. But it defies this stupid study."
One rule of thumb I've noticed from a large segment of Freepers is that no matter what choice a woman makes - it is the wrong one.
There are other threads criticizing stay-at-home moms for being moochers and being lazy.
Single women are criticized for being too career driven - or are called old maids.
Working women MUST only be in it for status/salary/ and don't give a rip about their kids.
The truth is that most women are not ALL one thing or another. Most women drift between full-time, part-time, stay at home - depending on their stage of life and financial situation.
If you did not work you would be criticized for not being financially responsible.
So you see...it doesn't matter what you do - how much thought you put into it - there will always be someone here to tell you that you made the wrong choice.
Several of us have noticed that. Well stated!
LOL!
I don't know if you can.
When I go to the supermarket I see plenty of totally put-together stay at home moms out shopping, while the moms who work the registers and the customer service desk could stand to miss a few hundred meals.
But I forgot - the only stay-at-home moms are rotund welfare queens and the only moms who work are patent lawyers and fashion consultants with personal trainers and spa accounts.
To me, it really should only depend on one thing. How the mothers feel or interact with their children. I read a glowing article about a mother who went on about how great she was, but probably only spent half an hour a day with her child because she would rather be working with MTV or whatever her job was. Then, there is the wife of one of my husband's friends who said she could not stand to be home with her son. When she did see him she would yell at him about almost anything. My own mom was a stay at home mom. She spent a lot of time cleaning and watching soaps, but not as much time with me. Meanwhile, my mother-in-law was a divorced mom who had to work her tail off to take care of her children, but she was there for her children when they needed her the most. It shouldn't matter whether someone stays at home or not if they are there when needed.
Again, you're not looking at the circumstances. If she had quit her job my Dad would've had to close up shop.
Maybe her husband will have to find another source of income.
Are you seriously suggesting that it's better for the husband to be working two jobs (and thus never be home so that the household is then essentially single-parent) than for the mother to work one?
ROTFLMAO!
TRUST ME!
My mom was also a stay-at-home mom. She resented any intrusion into her personal space by her children and made it very clear. Sheesh, I can still hear her screaming now. :) I'm not trying to indicate that all SAHMs are saints. My mother shouldn't have had kids at all. Still, those women who ARE good at being mothers should be free to stay at home and raise their children. In the long run, it's better for the kids.
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