I mean, there are some terrible, terrible things that have happened (remember susan smith in texas who drowned her kids one at a time?). Maybe she felt trapped? Maybe she felt guilty for not wanting to stay home with their kids? Maybe if she was able to go back to work, her kids would still be alive? Who knows?

Post partum depression is a horrible, horrible thing.

What's even more horrible is feeling even more guilty because you just can't stay home with your child anymore or you will go insane.

Why do we have to jump on these women who choose to go back to work? We should support them, not degrade them.

Not everyone is cut out to be a SAHM. If I had the choice (with no money problems), I think I would still want to work. Or at least volunteer in the community.

Then there is also the women whom just recently threw her kids off a bridge in Dallas. That is just sick!

Hey, that's enough you guys. Lets not go there. Do not generalize, and lets try to squash the judgmental character of these boards.

As neither a SAHM or a Working Mom, and as a woman who one days wants to have kids and will make the choice for myself, I think this post is totally off target and I'd encourage others not to reply any further.

The point of the post was to show that we should be supporting each other, if we are working or staying at home, we are all mothers.

We shouldn't make each other feel bad or judge for wanting to work OR stay home.

Please....these mother's harmed their kids because the couldn't cope with staying home with them?? Get real. What place do comments like that have in what should be a rational discussion about an issue families are facing today?

These women didn't kill their kids because they felt trapped. The woman in Texas who drowned her children one at a time did so because she was suffering from a very severe form of postpartum depression which made her delusional.
Most of the mothers and fathers that do things like this do so because of drug abuse, psychological disorders, alcohol abuse, or a past history of physical/sexual abuse, not because they decided to stay at home or go to work. Completely unrelated subject really.

Again:
Hey, that's enough you guys. Lets not go there. Do not generalize, and lets try to squash the judgmental character of these boards.

I'd encourage you all not to further this discussion, and focus (if you so choose to further any of the other ridiculous posts) on the issue of the board.

If something is going to drive you insane it's not staying home with the kids, it's having a job. It's so common it's almost a cliche. I'd love to see a poll of how many SAHM/SAHDs really WANT to go back to work. I bet that is one small percentage.