My wife works with many other Christian mothers who have well adjusted and highly successful children.
It’s been my experience that much of this superior stay-at-home mom stuff is perpetuated by certain religious perspectives.
Not the, “I honor him” comments, etc...
Parenting is so much more than constantly being in close proximity to your children at all hours of the day.
Besides, what do these women do when school starts?
A lot of us stay at home for religious reasons types homeschool. That’s what I’m doing. So to me it’s imperative that I find jobs or hobbies to keep me occupied at home for years to come.
Superior? Nope, just different priorities. Though I grew up in a family with a stay at home mom and the hostility we received from other women was insane. So much venom and hatred and “how stupid are you?” comments directed at my mother. Yes, she didn’t complete college and have a degree, but she homeschooled two computer engineers, a Ph.D candidate, a videojournalist - and that’s the ones who are almost done, the younger ones have years yet to go. So she wasn’t exactly unfit for intellectual pursuits!