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I didn't choose sides. I didn't anticipate what we came to discover (or at least perceive), to be fair. In theory, it would seem that children with a stay-at-home mom would be more shy, and perhaps even better behaved than their working mom counterparts' children. But that's not at all what we experience. We have about 15 children on an average Sunday. The same 4-6 children that are the most aggressive, least disciplined, and least willing to accept discipline come from stay-at-home-mom families. Is it just coincidence? I dunno, maybe. I will also say that these particular children are extremely intelligent, considerably further along cognitively, yet remain the most rowdy and aggressive in a group setting.

I will also say that these particular children are extremely intelligent, considerably further along cognitively, yet remain the most rowdy and aggressive in a group setting.

There are many different factors to consider. For example, are they all the same gender? I'm not one who labels the children of any specific type of mother (stay-at-home or working) to be one way or the other (though I might lash out in self-defense).

The same 4-6 children that are the most aggressive, least disciplined, and least willing to accept discipline come from stay-at-home-mom families. Is it just coincidence? I dunno, maybe. I will also say that these particular children are extremely intelligent, considerably further along cognitively, yet remain the most rowdy and aggressive in a group setting.

I would say that it is coincidence. I have taught SS for years and have not experienced that at all. I can also speak for my own children who are NEVER a discipline problem. And I'm sure they aren't because I constantly check up on my kids and they know that if they cause ANY problems, they are OUT of that class. I had to do it once with one of my three boys and he straightened out quite nicely after that. (At the tender age of five, he was so girl crazy that he was stalking them druing class--driving them nuts. I told him he couldn't talk to, touch, sit near or even LOOK at a girl or he'd be out of the class forever. He's now nine years old and I haven't had a problem since. However, I do expect the girl thing to kick in again in a few years :-> )