Your Questions About Stay At Home Mom Vs Working Mom
Maria asks…
Stay at home mom vs working mom debate..?
this lady asked a question if people felt underappriciated as a SAHM… and how hard it really is.
i said i knew it was hard, but stated that i work full time, but my son comes with me, so i have to juggle work, and keeping my son at the same time… ( and no, i’m not just a receptionist at a family job or anything like that) i work in a real office, but have awesome bosses.
i stated that i would rather be a stay at home mom, because it does seem easier to me… i stated i have many girlfriends who are SAHMs, and they go shopping, to playdates, lunchdates, going to here and there with their little ones, and so on, so they are always out and about doing things.. and how i would love to be able to do that instead..
well, the SAHMs instantly took offense and acted like i said being a SAHM is a piece of cake…
i mean, come on… i dont understand how i could have offended anyone, because i clearly stated that this is what i knew of the SAHMs that i know personally…
why is this such a hot debate??!
does it really matter if you are a working mom or a SAHM?? i mean, all that matters is that your baby is taken care of..
not everyone has the ability to be a SAHM, so i would love to be, but i cant….
why are SAHM so quick to assume people are thinking that their job is easy??
Yigly Admin answers:
I am a stay at home mom and it isn’t always easy. It sounds like your workin mom routine isn’t easy either. It is the women that ou described who give diservice to the woman who ae true stay at home moms and homemakers. I personally don’t like the term stay at home mom in reference to me. I am a teacher( I home school my children), I am a cook, housekeeper, financial manager, care provider, etc. I am a Keeper at Home.
Unfortunately many stay at home moms do just that, stay at home. They put in a movie and plop their children in front of the TV, and Stay at home. I don’t personally see my family as a struggle, but a blessing. It’s not about wether I get the recognition I deserve, but about taking care of my family. I am not in it for the glory.
I pray that your busy days find you and your child with happiness. You are a mother who cares for your child,just like me. Our venues are just different.
God Bless
Sharon asks…
STAY at home mom vs. WORKING mom???
WHICH JOB IS HARDER? My fiance and I have been fighting about this since our new born has been born. I’m a stay at home mom and i feel like I have it worst. He can clock in and out, being a parent my job never ends. I feel my job is just as important.
Yigly Admin answers:
Lol guys just dont get it my husband said that too for a long time we faught over it well one day i got sick in the hospital for 2 days and he had to take off work and take care of the kids yeah he came in the hospital a few times ready to rip his hair out he finally admitted to how hes never take my job over his leave your husbend home for more than a day and see what he says and if you have a newborn yeah just wait till hes 2 then let him say that he will see when hes around him that its not fun lol our job is very important your not just working for someone your taking care of your kids your teaching them respect responsibility school work life and playing with them to entertain them feeding them doin laundry house work ect ect ect its alot harder than like you said clocking in going to work and clocking out its more mental and physical stress on a stay at home parent
Charles asks…
Working away from home mom vs stay at home mom? What did/do you find harder? WHY?
This isn’t so much a debate as just a question…
When I stayed at home with my kids (maternity leave) I thought it would be harder staying at home all day… But then when I returned to work I realized things were a lot easier when I was at home with my kids. I had A LOT more time to get things accomplished during the day.
I think a lot of people think working mothers have it easier because they drop off their kids each morning. But for me that is soooo not true. I come home from a long day, pick up the kids from Grandmas, and then I have SO much to do. I want every second with them to be QUALITY time, since I do work. But I also want the house running smoothly as well. I find myself on my feet until 9 or 10 each night. And then up all night- since they both don’t sleep through the night (17 mo & 5 mo) I am soooo looking forward to having the summer off (work at a school) to be home with my kids. Its WAY less stressful & I would love to be able to be a SAHM, if only for a few months.
In your opinion… what did/do you find harder & why?
Please don’t get me wrong, I am not “down playing” the job of a SAHM… I am just saying “in MY opinion” it was less stressful.
I am not going to give any thumbs down… this is just a “opinion” question.
I think everyone’s experience is different- depending on how many kids they have as well.
Trust me I would be a SAHM if I could, but right now, its not really a option- Although we are working on it-I just cut down on my hours.
WOW Zorro, 6 kids! 
Yeah those would be some busy days.
Yigly Admin answers:
I have been both in my time, 4 years as each.
Being a working mother is much more difficult, because you have responsibility for your job, taking care of yourself so that you can do your job, and all the same responsibilities a staying at home mother has on top of it. You have to make time for both. I worked difficult hours and sometimes had to go away for stretches of time, I was a single mother for a time there and it was very painful not to see my children, but it made me stronger and more determined to do well for them. I did not have anyone to help me but my mother who watched my boys for me. There was no infants school, no house cleaners, no one to cook, no one to share my workload at home.
It is very ignorant of some women to diminish what we go through, by saying that being supported by a man and getting to stay home with your children all day, is harder than having to survive on your own and make a comfortable, safe life for your children, and maintain a balance between work and home. I am grateful every day that I could leave work young, and that my partner is semi-retired at a young age and that we have all the time in the world for our children, but I do not forget the hardship of working parents, especially single mothers and single fathers. No matter how much some may want to say that looking after a child is such a struggle for them, they are enjoying a provided for and relatively stable and comfortable existence where they do not even need to get out of their sleep clothes some days if they do not wish to.
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