stay at home mom

Hi, I am a stay at home mom and I love it! Some people ask me why I choose to stay at home and I tell them that is where I want to be be. I am always there for my children and my husband. Maybe I am old fashioned but I feel that is how it should be.

i was fortunate enough to be able to stay home with our daughters while they were growing up. even now, although they are 12 and 16, i only work part time to be able to be home for them most of the time when they are home. teenagers need their parents as much as little kids.

I've been a stay at home mom and I also worked from home. If I could get a job outside of the home that paid me enough, I would work outside the home.

I would like to congratulate you and admire you with your job. You have the nicest & proudest job ever, a woman & a mother could have. If someday, I would be married and my husband could afford all our expenses and supply all our needs & wants- for me, my kids & him, then I would prefer to be a stay home mom. Because in that way, I could always be there for my kids & husband and I could guide my kids all the way. I could also witness the growth of my kids and witness their firsts- first talk, first smile, first walk, first words spoken, etc. Not only that, I could spend quality time with my family and I could even serve my family healthy foods. When I was growing up, my mom was not always there because she was a single mom, she needs to go out and find money to fed me and raised me up. So I was left with my grandmother. So, I wanted to let my kids feel what is like to have a fulltime mom.

I am a separated single mom of two kids,boy and girl 6 and 4 years old., I am working overseas and i only got the chance to go home once in every 12 months for 35 days only , My salary with my current job is really good compare to what I am earning when i was at my place.The bad part of it , Im away from my kids , I left them with my aunt who is a stay-home wife with 2 teen age children , My kids situation there is good , they have a father figure out of my aunts husband, a mother figure from my aunt ,two elder siblings out of my cousin's presence. I called them regularly , 3-4 times every week , But... nothing is really painful when you realize that you miss every step of the way when your kids are growing up .. I was not the one who my son is with on his first day of school , I was not the one who was there to watch him perform on school programs and activities , I was not there when they get sick ,I wasn't able to see their expressions and the looks on their faces when they are happy , scared , excited etc, etc,.. i miss a lot of birthdays and holidays but I dont have a choice but to work to be able to provide and prepare for their future , I can be a stay home mom if I want to be , Im very domesticated person , I can bake and cook good , I love being home , but in my country being stay home will not work out , econimically wise. I am in a career now that can really provide good for my children , so I dont have a choice. As for you Keilbach , if things work out good for you being at home then I envy you. You're right about it being rewarding.. To be with you're kids when they need you is a very big reward indeed.

What a wonderful experience I say. I was a stay at home mom for about a year but do to the economy I had to go back to work and even now we are barely keeping our heads above water! While being a stay at home mom I could raise the kids MY way, give them the food and drinks I wanted them to have and do the things I wanted to do with them. Since going back to work I struggle on a daily basis with teaching the kids that what is done at one house is not done at the other. And of course telling the grandmother that one year olds should not drink pop. Being a stay at home mom is so rewarding because you get to see your kids all day and in so many different moods. If I could go back again and be a stay at home mom I would in a heartbeat! Congrats on the opportunity to do so!

I totally agree with you.When I was in my early 20's I had 2 son's and was a single parent.I had to work,but if one or both of them was sick I would take off work to be with them.Because I am a mom first!A lot of people did not understand that and I lost a lot of jobs. Then,I got married and had a daughter.My husband worked a good job,not a great job,but good enough for us to get by.When our daughter turned 2 I had to put her in day care part time because there were no children in the neighborhood her age that spoke english and was home during the day.But,to afford to pay for the day care I had to work. Now he is deceased and I am a single parent again.I homeschool my daughter and we get social security.The social security is not enough money,therefore I babysit my grand daughter.However,my son has lost his job and I am not babysitting very much.I am trying to earn money online.Even I didn't have handicaps preventing me from doing a lot of kinds of work I would still want to homeschool and care for my daughter. If I were you I would continue to stay at home.You are doing right.

I have worked off and on throughout the years, usually working only when things got tight and we needed the extra income but was home for my kids most of the time. The benefits of staying home with the kids far outweighs being at work. No one is there to discipline them a way that you disapprove of, give them outside opinions that you disagree with and you don't miss the little important parts of the kids' lives. When I did work, I would find a job opposite the kids' dad's shift so that one of us was always with the kids and didn't need a sitter or daycare. I taught my two older kids to read at the age of 4. Taught them to tie their shoes, ride a bike, make snowballs and snow angels, arts, crafts, anything to make their little minds work, seemed like when I was working I missed a lot of things with them and extra time to do things we liked to do. If I was working but not because we needed the extra money it would be because I had gotten burnt out from being home all the time and needed to go to work for myself, I've been looked at like I was crazy when I would tell someone that when I'm at work, I feel like I'm on vacation!!

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oh, i am just a little girl. i have never thought this question. if i were you,i may choose work outside.

I am single and I am happy working online. The income is not so big as I am still a beginner. Little by little step by step I know I can make it to the peak of success. In your case, being as a home based mother I could suggest you enjoy staying at home. You can take care of your family in everyday. You can see your children from night and day. If you get bored then mylot can help. Talk to your friends and receive a reward of few bucks at the end of every month. Yes, everything is okay to stay at home and find some home based online jobs. Good luck and happy mylotting.

Hi Keilbach I was also a stay at home mom for several years utnil my eldest was in kindergarten. After that I stayed at home during the day and worked at night when my husband came home from work we kinda just passed each other hi and bye . I found it very rewarding to be there for them to cook take them to their practices help with homework ect.. There is a lot of dignity in being a stay at home mom it is a JOB with no pay 24/7 on call no paid vacation or sick leave.I was in the Navy when I got pregnant with my first born and got out before he was born I decided to come out becaue I didn't want to have to take him to a sitter so I guess I sort of gave up my career to raise my children but I don't regret it at all. They have grown up to be respectable adults. I haven't had a problem with them being in trouble with the law or being truant from school. And have had many of my neighbors comment on how well behaved my children were. They werenh't perfect no child is but they were good kids cuz their dad and I believed in discipline when necessary. So keep doing what your doing its fortunate that you can afford to stay home with them in these days and times of recession.