Working Mom or Stay Home Mom

You are certainely right about having room for many choices. I guess that is why the old saying goes "for every choice there is a concequence" it is just up to you to decide what concequence makes the most sense for you.

That's an interesting way of putting it. I think that there is no perfect solution.

Yep, I know what you mean. Money is pretty tight right now but when I was working full time my son started having behavior problems at daycare. It could have been his way of trying to get more attention from me and my husband or that I did not have the time to dicsipline him correctly. Either way when I began staying home his attitude shaped up .

I know what you mean. I worked part time with my daughter. I would pull into the drive of her daycare lady and she would cry and cry. Broke my heart. That night I told my hubby I was done. I said we will have to figure another way. I am putting my two weeks in at work. I did and I have been at stay at home mom ever since. I think when the wife works you get use to the money coming in so when there was no money my hubby realized he needed to step it up (he owns his own business) Now i stay home with my three kids

Yes, I think that if anyone feels that staying home would not make them happy then they probably should work.

For me there is no greater joy in life then to see my children grow and know that they are happy and healthy.

Yep, that is what makes the most sense to me. I can deal with having a little less money, so I can raise my kids with the values and morales that I have taught them.

I totally understand what you mean. An unhappy mom or dad can equal an unhappy family because they will be taking out their frustrations on the person they see as holding them where they do not want to be. Although, the mother will have to be able to except that their child might learn a thing or two from the sitter that she does not agree with.

I am conflicted about this subject because I have been both a stay home mom and a working mom. I whole heartedly agree that if someone else is babysitting that they are basically "raising" your child. On the other hand choosing to stay home is not an option for most people because of finances. I have just been fortunante to be able to.