Stay at home mom or working mom?

i would want my mom to stay home and take good care than go out and sweat it out

Even stay at home, a mom have a lot of things to do. But in most time, the hard work can not get any respected. While to a working mom, as she is also a bread-winner, she can have a excuse to do less housework and have a good status in the family. If I choose I will choose to be a working mother. But I am not sure whether the choice is good for the children.

Well i am certainly not a mom, but i prefer you staying at home for the kid. I know a lot of my friends that are perfectly happy staying at home taking care of the kids, i also got friends who are working as well as taking care of the kids and i can tell you its way more hard work. Well it actually depends on what you decide. Good luck. :]

mOTHERHOOD CAN DEFINITELY BE A CHALLENGE. I have enjoyed being both a working mother and a stay at home mom. Once I started to stay home with my children I found it difficult to get back into the working world. There was so much attachment. I have recently gotten back into the working world and while I miss my family while i am away, I think there can be benefits to oth worlds. I would love to stay home with my family right now but that won't get the bills paid.

I am not a mom yet, i am doing my engineering right now and have a stable relation. one day we will get married and have kids. I do not think it is right for us to leave kids with a nanny because it is during the first 5 years of life that a kid's personality forms and i personally believe we need to be there for them during that point of time. not only this but this when they begin to build bonds and we all sure want our us to be the closest to our kids raising their trust and belief in family. above all this, the time we spend with our little toddlers should not be given up. their first step. first words and their funny little mischief are memories to be stored forever. unless there is a pressing financial issue i would suggest you to stay at home. what do you think?

I'm not a mom yet, and don't know if my advice will serve you, but i would try some part-time job just to see how the things will work.

Hello Pisce I hope that you are fine. My mother worked out of home 27 years, in an office, we never lacked of money, never. But I grew with a nanny. I didn´t want this kind of development for my children so I stayed home. My eldest is 14 and the smallest is 10, as we came short of money some years ago, and I arrived at hospital exhausted for the housechores, I set an e-business 6 years ago. I graduated with honors in one of the best colleges in my country and I work from home and I hired a househelper. I know you are going through a great dilema. May God bless you and lighten you. Blessings Piscesix... dainy

I complete my bachelor's in sociology as a stay-at-home, work-at-home mom. I'm now working on my master's degree. I enjoy being able to stay home, and since my major is in writing (and psychology) I might be able to continue working from home as a freelancer...hopefully making more money when I'm done with school and have more time on my hands. It's hard work being home, let alone having a job outside the house and then picking up the second shift of cleaning, cooking, and tending to children. I do miss the social interaction though. That's one tough thing about being home all the time --I have FEW friends. I miss going to work and being able to chat with acquaintances; it is better for mental health to have a social life, even if it's only work.

a pleasant day piscesix08, honestly i am not yet a mom though i am doing work at home. and even i am not yet a mom, i could imagine your scenario as i am also doing the task of a mom. and i do understand your point that somehow you cannot just get a nanny to take care your child and so do i. so in this regard, i am doing all my best to earn online. aside from that, i am doing my best to earn more and making sure that i always save a little penny to be a part of the savings.

i had a baby right before i started working. but i had to leave my baby with my mom for me to work. but after 5 years a quit my job. while i was working i missed my daughter everyday. while im working, i found myself wondering what she's doing at that moment. there would be instances that i would call home to check on her. i decided to quit my job so that i could take care of her personally. at age 5, i thought she needs me more than anything in this world. and i was right. i never regretted my decision to quit working for her.and now she's 9, she's starting to do things on her own. she is now telling me to let her do things without me. so that leaves me bored at home. i am now thinking of going to work again. i think even if we are working, we can still be a parent to our child. but in your case, i think your child is too young to be left with a nanny. a nanny can never give the care and love that you have given your child. i have seen children with only the nanny at home. and i can see the differences. hope this helped.

Hi, I am a father of 24 year old son. My wife is a housewife and not a working woman. I had to go for out of the city for work many times. So all credit of raising our son does to her. she has made many efforts to make him a good human being. But now a days the costs are rising up of everything and so mother and father both have to work for earning money. When your son become understandable then you can go for a job.

i am a stay at home right now.. i admit that sometime i really miss working but when i see my baby growing and doing things for the first time it is the most rewarding experience for me.. i decided that i cant leave my son with a nanny because he is too young to be take care of other people.. maybe i will wait for the right time where my baby can eat alone and able to speak.. then i will go back to work.. i also want to help my husband with our financial but my baby need me more now so i think i will be with my baby.. anyways it is really up to you what will you choose.. just follow what you think is best for your family..

Well I am not a Mom yet but my mother had the same situation. She graduated in a four year course but is now a house wife. There was a good job offer for her before but she didn't accept just to take care of us. And I thank her for that because she raised us very well. There is no such job in this world that is greater than being a house wife and a Mom.

I am a working mom! It's tough especially if you do not have any extra hand to give you help in household chores. I had bad experiences with the nannies before and now that my kids are quite big enough (12,11 and 7) I think we can get by. Just like you my husband needs help when it comes to finances. Having three kids all ins school means thrice the expenses. Good thing that I only work half day so I still have a lot of time doing my job as a super mom. God Bless you. Hope you can also find a job, we all need that not just for the money. It is also for our self confidence having money of our own.

I think you can try some online job as you are now stay at home and I think you can earn money through online job or through some internet related job as you wanted to help your husband.