@ Nabuquduriuzhur – Surely you jest! Who says a stay-at-home-mom has more time than one who works outside the home. Do not throw stones unless you have walked in the other’s moccasins! (That was fun to write.)
I have been on both sides, and anyone who can run a home with children and the constant interruptions of life whilst trying to pay bills, straighten out medical insurance, handle repairs – especially when one must be home for a two, four or eight hour time period, cook, clean, clean again, clean again, teach, safeguard and entertain the children, change diapers, toilet train, handle teen angst and heartbreak, meet with teachers, be involved in school, perhaps volunteer or run a side business from home, do laundry, iron, empty gutters, rake leaves, handle the families medical appointments and concerns, make sure the family is clothed, and, well, I can’t fit it all here, and do it perhaps being a single parent (or single at the moment with a partner who travels or is deployed for extended amounts of time) is on a par or above anyone who works outside the home in busyness or importance.
Oh, wait, I forgot, you seem to think we’re not BUSY and have lots of time to put our feet up and eat bon-bons! It is time for me to go back to cooking for the 25 school parents coming to our home tomorrow for a meeting the school asked us to host.
@ Nabuquduriuzhur – Surely you jest! Who says a stay-at-home-mom has more time than one who works outside the home. Do not throw stones unless you have walked in the other’s moccasins! (That was fun to write.)
I have been on both sides, and anyone who can run a home with children and the constant interruptions of life whilst trying to pay bills, straighten out medical insurance, handle repairs – especially when one must be home for a two, four or eight hour time period, cook, clean, clean again, clean again, teach, safeguard and entertain the children, change diapers, toilet train, handle teen angst and heartbreak, meet with teachers, be involved in school, perhaps volunteer or run a side business from home, do laundry, iron, empty gutters, rake leaves, handle the families medical appointments and concerns, make sure the family is clothed, and, well, I can’t fit it all here, and do it perhaps being a single parent (or single at the moment with a partner who travels or is deployed for extended amounts of time) is on a par or above anyone who works outside the home in busyness or importance.
Oh, wait, I forgot, you seem to think we’re not BUSY and have lots of time to put our feet up and eat bon-bons! It is time for me to go back to cooking for the 25 school parents coming to our home tomorrow for a meeting the school asked us to host.