Great article Amanda. I’m hopeful about the future as well when it comes to appreciation of and respect for stay at home moms. Hoping we get to a place where those with careers outside the home and those who chose to dedicate themselves to raising their kids and creating the home the envisioned for their family by staying home don’t feel like they have to compete with each other. Both can require great sacrifice!
Even within traditional gender roles in a household, many fathers routinely mourn the loss of time with their young children while they’re at work and the family is home. It’s a sacrifice that hurts! And many mothers struggle if the immense difficulty of having to put their individual desires, goals, and sometimes their own exhaustion in the back burner every single day for several years! Great satisfaction and great sacrifice all around.
Aaron, thank you for this comment. You are so right. It is an immense sacrifice for both the father and mother. Parenting well in any family set-up requires immense sacrifice. I, too, am hopeful that we can all accept that fact at some point, and stop with the constant competition.
I first want to say that anybody willing to stay home and raise kids 24-7 deserves to be nominated for sainthood! It takes a very very special person to be able to do that. The patients required, and the sacrifices made are often under value and should never be. You are an amazing wife.
Great article Amanda. I’m hopeful about the future as well when it comes to appreciation of and respect for stay at home moms. Hoping we get to a place where those with careers outside the home and those who chose to dedicate themselves to raising their kids and creating the home the envisioned for their family by staying home don’t feel like they have to compete with each other. Both can require great sacrifice!
Even within traditional gender roles in a household, many fathers routinely mourn the loss of time with their young children while they’re at work and the family is home. It’s a sacrifice that hurts! And many mothers struggle if the immense difficulty of having to put their individual desires, goals, and sometimes their own exhaustion in the back burner every single day for several years! Great satisfaction and great sacrifice all around.
Aaron, thank you for this comment. You are so right. It is an immense sacrifice for both the father and mother. Parenting well in any family set-up requires immense sacrifice. I, too, am hopeful that we can all accept that fact at some point, and stop with the constant competition.
Aaron you’re absolutely right. Having a functional family takes work and sacrifice by everyone regardless of which role they fill.
Yes it does!
I first want to say that anybody willing to stay home and raise kids 24-7 deserves to be nominated for sainthood! It takes a very very special person to be able to do that. The patients required, and the sacrifices made are often under value and should never be. You are an amazing wife.
Thank you love!
Love your drawing on equity vs equality!
Thank you!