I don't like the premise of this show. Homemakers are not stuck at home raising kids. We choose to raise our children and invest ourselves in the most important job possible. If people would realize that we aren't babysitting. We are molding a generation. Teaching values, character and integrity is more important than anbig fancy house, car or vacation money can buy.
You're right, it's not just babysitting.....but going to work does not equate to owning a big house, a fancy car or having vacation money. You can teach values, character, and integrity as a working mom (my mom certainly did). There are plenty of stay at home moms who don't teach values and integrity, working moms too. It varies from person to person.
One situation does not equal a certain outcome. Only death and taxes are certain.
In reference to teaching your children values, character, and integrity....
Can I give you a story of few SAHM that I know personally with children that have no values, character, integrity, or whatever....versus my son???
First...let me tell you about my son and I'm not bragging at all, because he has his rare moments which of course mom will remind him who the boss is He's a boy, so I expect him to do certain things as a boy, just dont go overboard with it. Anyway, my son is in Pre-K now, and has been in daycare since he was six weeks old. He has all the values, all the chracter, and all the integrity in the world to me and others can tell you that about him, even strangers. A few experiences of ours during our outings.
We go everywhere together and this one particular case he saw a child his age talking smart and throwing a fit in the store, banging and knocking things around. He simply asked me, "Mom, why is he being bad?" I simply told him "Because his mother does not know how to handle him." He said "But mom you would punish me if I did that" and I said "Of course and you'll think twice about even trying to do that". I dont have to put my son on a leash, dont have to put him in a stroller, and I dont have to hold his hand everywhere we go, he know to walk beside me and he also know to behave at all times. Yes, of course he has his rare moments, but he know that it will not be pretty when we arrive at home, lol. I have many more stories of him questioning me of why that and this child are being bad....but that's a girl's night out, lol.
Now as far as these children that I know that have SAH mothers (not directed towards any of you, just the ones that I know personally). As I've stated above with this particular child in the store, the ones that I know do not respect their mothers at all. Talk back to her like she's one of their friends (and yes these children are between the ages of 3 and up). Basically put their mother in "timeout", swears at her, punches her, bruise her, etc.
I triple dare my son to look at me the wrong way let alone do 1/16ths of the things these children do to their mothers. Not in this lifetime!!! So mothers that are career moms also have children with values, character, integrity or whatever.....I'm living proof! I know that's not what you were referring to. You were basically saying that you're not just at home babysitting, you're teaching your children to be the best they can be. But just letting you know from my experiences and beliefs that all children can fall in this category depending on the parent(s). And I thank my mother EVERYDAY for being hard on me and pushing me the way she did....if she didnt, I would not be the person I am today.
I completely agree with Pryceless. I was practically raised in a daycare, being both my paretns were active duty Air Force working 60+ hr/wk,and I can not imagine having had my mother around 24/7. I probably would have turned into one of those squealing brats in the store. I love my mother to death, as she does me, but there is such a thing as space. My mother and father taught me and my brother what's right and wrong, and I can tell you that we turned out MUCH better than a lot of the kids that we go to school with. I can not tell you how much it appalled me on how kids, my own age, would treat each other and their peers. Even now, at 18 in college, I find myself aghast about how some of the kids I know talk about/treat their parents and how lacking they are morally.
Why are you people so offended? Just because some moms choose to go to work, or go back to work after being a SAHM doesn't mean they are attacking you personally or your choice to raise kids at home. If you really feel so good about, why do you feel the need to justify your decisions by attacking others? And to say that there is no job that's molded society is assanine. Women in professional careers and getting jobs has COMPLETELY changed society and the archaic views held about women (or atl east it has for most of us). In other words, the decisions of these other moms are NOT about YOU.
Also, just because a woman works doesn't mean they can't teach their kids integrity and values. Fathers and mothers who work often teach their kids integrity and values just as much as the mother's who stay at home. I know of alot of people who have outright said that their father's have taught them almost everything they know about integrity, a good work ethic, values, and morality all while they were going to work. I don't think anyone of you on here who are judging the women in this show, whom you don't even know, and claiming that only women who do things the way YOU do should be allowed to have children, should be teaching anybody anything about morality, integrity, and values.
I understand you are "molding a generation". But at the end what are you really teaching the children... Well, if you have a girl, she learns that even though she decides to go to college and get an education, she can't work because if has kids she better stay home and take care of them and only dream of having the beautiful house, the nice car and a few luxuries here and there. And I guess you teach the boys to work, don't do any housework, because your wife will be waiting for you with dinner ready after a long day. Now, tell me how is that impacting the generations to come? If you think about it, it's going back in time, when women had no choice... You should think before you write something like that again.
Originally posted by JMG: You're right, it's not just babysitting.....but going to work does not equate to owning a big house, a fancy car or having vacation money. You can teach values, character, and integrity as a working mom (my mom certainly did). There are plenty of stay at home moms who don't teach values and integrity, working moms too. It varies from person to person.
One situation does not equal a certain outcome. Only death and taxes are certain.
I agree. My mom worked for most of my childhood, and she was a SAHM for 18 years with my brothers (who are 10 and 12 years younger than me). I was far more equipped to deal with the world when I was their ages. Working outside the home doesn't automatically make someone a bad parent any more than staying at home with the kids automatically makes someone a good parent.
The whole debate is so muddled with variables that it's actually pretty pointless to debate. We can go on and on with this circular reasoning and nobody will win. As long as you are happy with YOUR choice, and your family is happy and taken care of, who cares what another mom chooses to do?
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He's a boy, so I expect him to do certain things as a boy, just dont go overboard with it. Anyway, my son is in Pre-K now, and has been in daycare since he was six weeks old. He has all the values, all the chracter, and all the integrity in the world to me and others can tell you that about him, even strangers. A few experiences of ours during our outings. 
