Quote From: chesnutt It is obvious that Bill J. is saying that if you are a stay at home mom, you have certain "job" requirements just as your husband does at his place of employment. He is gone all day long and bringing home the bacon, when he does, it is your "job" to fry it up in a pan. Yes, he needs to be active in the family unit , too. But seriously, if the roles were reversed, you worked all day, made your way home, exhausted and ready to relax and wind down for a moment and your husband meets you at the front door with a kid in tow and basically says "here, you take them for a while, I have had it". Lots of women do that and it is just not right. You stay at Home. Home is your job.
I believe that this show is about women that do not work. You cannot relate this concept to the working mom that is in equal partnership with her husband.
I was a working mom and would have loved to have been able to stay at home with my son. He is now 19 years old and I am sad to say that I missed a lot of valuable time and precious moments.
Time goes by so quickly and before you know it your children are all grown up. If I had to do it again, I would gladly give up the extra money that I was making, stay at home, keep my house in order, put some lipstick on and wait for my husband by the door with muffins.
If you are a stay at home mom, appreciate it. You are very lucky.
I am a SAHM of 5 children under10. I agree that by being a SAHM, you have certain requirements, such as cooking, cleaning, laundry, etc... But no where in my marriage vows did I agree that I would work 24/7 doing everything in the house and everything that concerns the children (and as Grant would like to have it- in a french maids outfit) as long as my husband works 9-5! I dont recall those same vows including a clause that I have to have make-up on before my hubby walks in the door. And what you say about the show being about moms that dont work??? Let me tell you something, THERE IS NO SUCH THING!! If your a mom, you work. And you work harder than most men do at their day job.
I run my house efficiently- from 9-5. I do all the cooking, cleaning, and laundry that can be done from 9-5. I am solely responsible for my children, their homework, and everything that involves my children from 9-5. When my hubby gets home after WE have both worked a hard full day, we become a team and anything that still needs done, gets done. It is a partnership. We both made the children, who make the mess. Therefore we are both responsible for them.
I did work outside the house and when I came home, there was nothing I wanted more than to spend time with my family, no matter what it was doing. I still did dishes, scrubbed floors and did laundry.
Being a Stay At Home Parent is very stressful, and it requires as much input from the parent who travels to work for the house to run smoothly and both parents to have quality time together or alone time. No one parent should have all the responsibility of the household duties. When you work together, so much more can be accomplished with alot less time and stress, which leaves time for the most important thing of all- FAMILY
