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I have been a stay at home mom for twenty years - still have an eight year old that I am home schooling. What I always hear from women that work is that they can't quit their jobs because they need the money, can't home school because they wouldn't be able to stand their kids for that long, and wouldn't know what to do at home if they were there all day. Usually these women are strung out and constantly racing the clock. It frustrates me because I know none of this is true. They can make it on one paycheck, they can stand their kids if they make them mind and there is plenty to do. There is also a big network of women who get together with other home schoolers so it isn't isolating. I really don't think they want to give up the independence of working, and take on the responsibilities of taking care of their family. It is more about the me-generation than a matter of having to work. In the long run that is why they are unhappy. You are better off giving than getting.

PLEASE!! Don't propogate their agenda by labeling yourself a 'stay at home Mom'! I'm sure you do a whole lot more than just 'stay at home', whenever anyone uses such a term they demean all the blessed women who are home working harder than any wage slave!

The battle begins and ends in the establishment of labels and the branding of something in people's minds, let's do all we can to fight back and let society know that making a home is a high calling!