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Quote From: jettav

I may not be a working mom(for pay that is) but my children have the best example of womanhood given to them and the example comes from me. I am a well educated and I and my husband love and respect each other and we honor one anothers dreams and values. I do on accasion take on line courses as I already have a degee. And I have no problem doing odd jobs which includes baby sitting, cleaning and filing and whatever else one might need to be done. My children will learn how a man/husband is to treat a woman/wife as well as the opposite. They are learning to love and respect themselves and are encouraged to be and to do whatever they want in life, They are being taught responsibility and accountable for their actions and the fact that if they want to be happy and succeed in life they need to work hard and go after what they want, not to allow any one to belittle or to disrespect them for they are worth a whole lot more then that. How a child grows up and views life as being married or single, basically will depend on the atmosphere, teachings of the home. I was single til I was 29 years of age and believe me, I have self worth and I am as complete as any woman can be. I have a life outside of my children as I have a supportive husband, as I said, on accasions I do volunteer work,(my children go with me) I go to my mom's bible study, I teach at church, I sing on the praise team, I go out with friends once in awhile and I do scrapbooking and my favorite, dates with my hubby, we spend time together as a family and I maintain a home and join my daughter in her preschool activities, I choose to be a stay at home mom and it is the best for my family and I am losing out on nothing and my children are growing and are happy and secure. I want my children to experience life to it's fullest and their daddy and I are/will be theri biggest boosters and encouragers and whether they choose to be a stay at home mom or a working mom will be up to them but I pray that they will find their one and only that will love, cherish and honor them for who they are(and vice versa) for when ever this happens, there are happy marriages. Those marriages ending up in divorce is becasue of lack of respect and committment and now days, it is too bad that most marriages are not based on those things and that one seems to think they can dominate the other but that is not what my children are learning thankfully they have two good role models and they are from within their home. I feel that I am the model that they need for I have always strived to be the best that I could possibly be no matter my role in life and I believe what I am teaching my children is the way that my Lord would have me to, I am not perfect as I have made mistakes and my children know it, We talk about our mistakes together and we pray together as a family asking for God's guidance, wisdom and desire for our lives, I am definetly the role model for my children.