Being a stay at home mom

It is a big adjustment and you have to have a different state of mind than your friends who work full-time. I've been a stay at home mom for over 6 years now. I'm ready to go back to work, but we live in a small town and the better employment opportunities are an hour drive, so right now it's not worth it. My youngest is three so he'd have to go to day care for 10 hours a day. I really don't want that. It has been challenging. You can't go out to eat whenever you want to. You can't buy all the clothes brand new, I shop a lot at goodwill now. Just little things like that. And we're certainly not deprived. My kids have loads of toys they don't play with. You have to be willing to make those sacrifices and be okay with it.

The simple answer to that question is yes. It's all a matter of econmics, income vs outgo. When you start factoring in lifestyle, needs vs wants, and deciphering what your priorities are, that is when the answer is complicated. How much is enough? I am a stay at home mom. But it has not come without it's price tag. My husband and I have been together eight years and our first is 18 months old. We discussed children early in our relationship and determined that we wanted to be in the financial position to have me home. We do not live a lavish lifestyle and can in no way afford to "keep up with the Jones". While I maintain that the simple answer is yes, I believe that it is very hard for the "average income couple" (we are nothing special) to survive on one income for basic needs such as food, shelter, transportation, and utilities let alone raise a family. Some mothers work because they want to and I think that is great if that works for their family. However I think that it is a tragic commentary on our time when so many feel that it is simply not an option for them. I could go on for days about this particular topic becuase ther are so many dynamics involved from the impact that it makes on the child, each parent, the family unit, and even society as a whole. It's a ripple effect.

I am currently a stay at home mome with my second child on the way. I like to work but now I am just happy with the earning online. Being happy depends on how you can manage. If you want to buy all the things in the world, you defenitely need to work. Survival issue depends on the other person's income. Simple life = stay at home mom = happiness

When I first had my daughter i wanted to be a stay at home mother so bad. I successfully was for about 8-9months, but my fiance was unable to keep up with all of our bills so I was forced to go back to work. It is really hard to get by on a single income. I work only two or three nights a week, but it helps out so much. We are able to pay our bills, and be comfortable instead of hoping that something will happen that we can pay all the bills that month. It would be wonderful if i could be a full time stay at home mom, like i've always wanted, but with todays economy it just isn't possible for the average family.

Well i am a mom and i stayed at home and taking care of my baby but i also wanted to work to give an additional income but my husband is not ok of my decision because he wanted me to stay at home and will be the one to provide the needs of his family but i feel very hard to budget the money that he always presented to me because it is not enough to my family needs. I have a college students and a grade school student and i also have one baby that it is needed to buy a milk and it is very expensive when there is a baby, We always argue about working for he will always disagree with me, so the only thing i do is to stay at home for this is my husband's decision.

I'm a fulltime mom and wife as of now. After working for 7 years when I was still single,( coz I have to support my siblings that time)I'm quite happy and contented that I was the one serving and taking care of my family. It's hard when your hubby's income is not enough but I think it's also hard to leave your kids with other people. I think stayed at home mom can also earn while taking care of her family at the same time. You can do a lot of things to earn like what I'm doing now. . . spending some time to the internet and do some blogging!

Depending upon how much your husband earns, you can stay at home.

A lot of people do it. It just depends on the husbands' income. Though I would never want to do it.