RANTING AND RAVING
I tried to go to sleep but my mind is racing. I just can’t stop thinking.
GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY
TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE
THE COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN
AND THE WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.
I should repeat this to myself all day and night. It doesn’t make a difference but it should. I am CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can’t help thinking of the two women I know who are pregnant. I can’t help thinking that the mothers will go back to work as soon as possible. Why not? Aren’t their careers important?
I can’t help thinking of the difficulty these women had to get pregnant.
Why would they leave their precious babies to be raised by others???
PLEASE DON’T TELL ME THAT BOTH PARENTS HAVE TO WORK. SURE THEY DO IF THEIR PRIORITIES ARE WRONG. THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY FOR ONE TO STAY HOME. WHY STRUGGLE TO HAVE A CHILD AND THEN LEAVE IT WITH STRANGERS?
I will not say anymore. I will send both couples some books on childbirth, breastfeeding and parenting.
Why does our society place so little importance on being parents and raising our babies?
Why would any parent leave their baby with strangers?
I can accept single parents. They have no choice.
Think back to your own childhood. Who raised you? How did you like it? Were you home with your children? Did you enjoy it? If you weren’t home do you wish you were?
I don’t want to give anyone a guilt trip. I am just such a fanatic.
Both of my parents worked full time jobs as I was growing up. I think that I turned out just fine. So it has been shown that if done right .. parents can work and raise their children.
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My mom was a stay-at-home mom ’til I was in high school and I stayed home with our kids too. Our daughter works full-time but is able to work from home most of the time; plus her husband works just 4 days per week, so our grandson doesn’t have to spend too much time in daycare. Seriously, you should not be losing sleep over this whole issue, though. hugs, Nicky
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I remember as a kid that my mother was bored and miserable UNTIL she went back to work – we were all happier then!
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My mother stayed at home to raise me and I stayed home to raise my kids. Nothing against anyone who goes back to work but I would not change a thing. I was there for all the important milestones like first words, first steps etc. I would hate it if someone else saw them before me. I do not regret a single thing I did.
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I always thought that when I had a child I would stay at home and be a full time mother and homemaker. Then when I couldn’t have children and we tried and tried, I put myself more into my work. When we decided to become foster parents, I did the Stay at Home Mom job for awhile and found that I was short changing my children, my husband and myself. I was not fully happy and content. Please don’t get me wrong. I was over the moon to have children, and when we adopted I was even more over the moon excited and happy, but something inside of me missed the adult interaction. So I went back to work. I missed my child so very much and felt like a bad Mom to go back to work but I became a better Mom for it. I was able to spend quality time with him, not just quantity time. Then the time came when he needed me home, and I quit my job and stayed home. I missed my job but I was there for my son… Now that he’s able to deal with his issues again I am going back to work. For many Mom’s the issue isn’t loving their child enough to stay home… it’s loving their child enough to do what is right for themselves to make them the best Mom that they can be…
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I do have to agree with you about mothering…a child’s first and best educator in its formative years is the mother, and people tend to forget that parenting actually IS work. It is the most important yet undervalued work there is. There is always time later for a different career. hugs p
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