Stay at home moms

[chloezoebob101]

My mom is stay at home, but she works constantly. Doing dishes, laundry, cleaning up, and schooling me. She never takes a break!! So SAHMs do work, every day.

 

[un-named543]

$113,000.00 yearly...
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/whats-a-mom-worth-2012-04-13

SAHM's do a lot of work, no doubt about that. Most of them anyway. Maybe it's just me, but analyzing their worth doesn't make sense in the hands on time children experience. You can't put a price on that.
Plus it's not fair to the working parents. After their 8 hour + travel time days, they come home and the house still needs cleaning, breakfast and supper dishes need to be done, there is still as much lawn to mow, laundry to do and cooking to be done. They have to fit in the same amount of shopping, run the same errands, spend time with the kids, be a chauffer to after school and friend activities just like the SAHM. Plus working parents have that much less time to fit it all in compared to some of the advantages SAHM's have.
I think that figure should state what PARENTING is worth; not just SAHM!!!! jmo!

 

[Symphony]

My mother is a SAHM and she:

Does all the dishes
Gets browse for the goats
Takes care of the sick baby birds THROUGH THE NIGHT
Takes care of birds
Makes food
And many other things.

SAHM probably do more work (without money to pay also) than a woman with a job. And they do it all out of love.

 

[un-named543]

My mother is a SAHM and she:

Does all the dishes
Gets browse for the goats
Takes care of the sick baby birds THROUGH THE NIGHT
Takes care of birds
Makes food
And many other things.

SAHM probably do more work (without money to pay also) than a woman with a job. And they do it all out of love.

She sounds wonderful! I love your avatar too.

 

[Going Quackers]

Sounds pretty typical, I always respond i do work, i simply do not get paid for it. Tends to leave people with not much of a comeback. Generally, it's ignorance and in some cases toss in some arrogance too.

 

[SillyChicken]

Try doing everything, with 11 hours less a day, to do it in.... and still (try to) sleep. That's what a working mom does.

however, I do not agree with the theory that sahm's don't work.. being a mom, whether you work osth or not, is a tough and often thankless job!

 

[chloezoebob101]

My mother is a SAHM and she:

Does all the dishes
Gets browse for the goats
Takes care of the sick baby birds THROUGH THE NIGHT
Takes care of birds
Makes food
And many other things.

SAHM probably do more work (without money to pay also) than a woman with a job. And they do it all out of love.

YES!! and they take care of crying babies, and teenagers, and drama

 

[Happy Chooks]

I've been a SAHM for 12 years. I was a financial analyst and gave it up when my first child was born. It was not worth it to have someone else raise my kids. I'm very independent and to give up all your earnings potential and be dependent on your husband was not an easy choice for me. Would I do it again? Absolutely, my children are worth far more to me than anything else. It is the best decision I ever made.

I work harder being a SAHM than I ever did at a job, and I'm a hard worker. I take care of the kids, the house, homeschool my 12 year old, the garden, the chickens, soon we'll have bees, make my husbands lunch for him every morning, all the cooking, canning, etc. My "me" time involves the gym.

 

[Royd]

If you don't know, already, the SAHM comment was made by a political operative of the DNC, Herself, a lesbian with two adopted Gucci Bag children, trying to denigrate Ann Romney, under the pretext that she's some couch sitting, Bon Bon eating, rich woman with a dozen maids and nannys running around, taking care of her 5 children.

 

[CorinneP]

Good Moms are Good moms .. If they work in the home or out of the home .. Many working moms actually pay their Children more attention than some stay home moms.. Its all in the commitment of the Parent ..
My Self I am a Stay at home mom .. So I Dont work ... lol I just have a ten and a 14 year old watch my daughters twin one year olds and a three year old and take care of the house and goats and chickens and dogs and ducks .. I only cook and clean .. No Work there : )
I think this has been a debate since women have started working out side the home .. I have seen some pretty dog gone Lazy stay at home Mothers who complain about their kids and plant them in front of a TV and barely interact with them at all.. I have seen some working moms that line up night and especially weekend day care so they can go out and party .. Rich moms, poor moms young moms old moms .. some are great and some should be ashamed .. I Dont think its about Quanity time, If a Mom has to work she has to work, or even if she chooses to work .. Its about the Quality time you spend with your children.. The Love you give them the morals you instill ..But this said to Be a good Mother who stays home and actually tends to her children and keeps her house decent I would agree thats WORK !