How many stay at home moms have degrees?

I don't have a degree, but I did go to college to become a secretary. I worked for 6 years before giving up my job to become a stay at home mom. And it is definitely worth it. I never heard "I love you," or "You're the greatest" at work, I never got to see the amount of smiles and hear this much laughter when I worked outside of them. My job means the whole world to me because my job is my children. How many people working out in the workforce can say the same thing and actually mean it? Great question!

I have a degree in Social Work and am a stay at home mom. I have been primarily a sahm for the last 14 years, and don't really have any plans to go back to work. Each stage of my girls lives seem to reqire more of my time. The older they get, a different kind of guidance is needed and my husband and I feel like I need to be here to do that. We are very fortunate that he has a job that allows us to be able to have me stay at home. That does not mean that we do not have rough patches financially though. Sometimes we barely scrape by, but a firm foundation for the girls is what we want, so we do it.

I am getting ready to have my first baby and I recently left my stressful corporate job to have and raise the baby. I have a degree, and I think it's great that many educated mothers are choosing to be moms full time while their children are young. Education is important in everything in life, not just work. It gives us more tools to help educate our children as they grow older.

My mother is a doctor but she stays at home to take care of us. I think it was worth it because we would not have learned the things that she taught us that would help our future. She still gets to practice once in a while (once a month) in a friends clinic and she also helps in a charity clinic. I love my mom and I guess is what makes her think that it is really worth it.

I have a Bachelors and a Masters. I'm not using it currently b/c I'm taking care of my 2 kids at home but I don't plan to be a SAHM forever. No one can ever take your degree away from you. It's worth it to have it.

I don't have my degree, but I was very career oriented. I worked as an engineer, project coordinator, manager. I worked my way up w/o a degree and was making good $$ when I decided to give it up to raise my child. I rather go w/o material things, in order to provide a loving home for my family. Fortunately, my husband makes enough for us to live comfortably, but I do miss the good ol days of spending money wrecklessly!! :)

I have my bachelors in criminal justice and I've been a sahm for the past 3-4 years. I was planning on going to work when my 3 year old starts kindergarten. Now that is out since I'm pregnant again. I'm not sure what we will do. I want to go back to work and maybe I will. Depends on what base we go to next.

I am not yet a mother and wife but i am a stay at home single taking care of my grandpapa. I have a BS degree and it had helped my family as well.I have work outside the home for a year and a half.But i'm readily available for my neighbors.

I have a degree in Computer Programming with a minor in Accounting. I was a SAHM for a few periods of time in my life, then I picked up work part-time for several non-profit agencies that didn't need a full-time person. I could make my own hours which was nice. Now I am back to working full-time since all of my kids are in school. I will probably get another degree in hotel management since the company I work for will pay for it.

it's the way of approach towards them....... many are so to their own wish and many due to the reason it's been too orthodox sort of.....

I have a cousin sister, she is master in electronics. She is just a house wife, busy in parenting. I feel pity for her, she worked hard to earn her degree :)

I don't have a degree, but I did attend college for 2 years to be a teacher and then took a correspondence cource for writing. It has paid off thru being able to help my kids with homework assignments and creativity. I also home schooled my fourth child for fun until he went to kindergarten where he was reading third grade level and math was in the second half of first grade level. He loved to learn, and I had the resources.

I just gave birth last November and I work as a teacher. I plan to resign and be a stay-at-home mom. I believe that it is worth it because you will be able to spend quality time with your children and at the same time see the changes they go through in life. Also, the joy of rearing children cannot be measured by monetary means. Though, the not-so-good side is that the income that comes into the household is lesser.

count me in.. i'm also a full-time stay at home mom and i'm currently homeschooling my kids. education is never indispensable whether learned or put into practice. to widen one's knowledge and educate one's mind is an end in itself.. and that,we owe to nobody but to ourselves.

I have a professional degreE.YetI stay home and look after my baby.Education is always worthy.It can be used to teach and guide your children.It is never a waste.Also with a degree you can get a work anytime of your life.

I have an Associate Degree in Fine Arts and an Associate Degree in Liberal Arts. I thinking about going on so maybe I can teach. But I want to raise my son. I think it is worth it. I like being at home with him and I like working at home now. I love helping others to work at home too.

Absolutely worth it. I have a Bachelor in Social Work and then I had my daughter & I want to stay at home with her and all the other children we want to have. I think it is way more important to stay at home and raise your children than to have the rest of the world raise them. We would have a house and we would have a lot of nice things too, if I worked-- but, in the long run, it's not worth it to me & I want to see my kids grow up and be there when they accomplish all their milestones and goals. The materialistic things aren't what matter--it should be our children.

I haven't watch oprah but found your topic interesting...for me i think it depends to the persons prespective in the situation...if she's happy and conteded on what she's doing I can say its worth it.Sometimes, we as a mother needs to make sacrifices and give up something for the benefit and protection of our Family, specially our children. We can earn money even we are at home ...like through internet there's lots of oppurtunity career online..like medical transcriptionists or we can also look for a part time jobs that doesn't need for us to report at work 8hrs aday. This are just my idea and suggestion hope i don't offend anyone...

My degree is in radio/TV. But right before I finished, I met my now DH and moved 300 miles to be with him. Away from all the contacts I'd made in the field. He had 2 small kids at the time and I wouldn't have been able to do the crappy jobs at podunk little towns around the country and working weird hours all the time. So I went and got a data entry type job in a bank. 10 yrs later, I have a good resume for business / office stuff. I got let go a couple months ago and would love to be able to stay home with my 1 yr old son. I'm hoping to be able to work from home enough to make up the difference.

I have a degree in Broadcast Communications and have enjoyed both my experiences as a working mom, stay-at-home mom and stay-at-home working mom. When I was single, my job required me to travel anytime, anywhere in (and at times across other countries)the country. However, having raised in a closedly-knitted family, I was torn between giving up my job and raising my own kid(s) when I got married. However, when my daughter had a problem (she was hurt by her computer teacher) in preparatory school I decided to quit my job and be a mommy full-time to encourage my daughter to go back again in school. When she recovered, I went back to work and had a promising job in a PR agency. Unfortunately, I was forced out of work again when she had an accident and broke her left arm. Now, am a full-time stay-at-home-working-mom.