Monday, April 20, 2009
In Praise of Stay-at-Home Moms
After recently being reffered to as a "parking lot mom" by a fellow mom who was a "working mom" I couldn't help but feel a little offended. After all, where did she pick her daughter up from school? Or was that the point that she didn't pick her daughter up from school. i could go on a long time about this, but instead I'll tell you about this amazing book. It is titled, In Praise of Stay-at-Home Moms by Dr. Laura Schlessinger and it came to me at the perfect time. Every stay-at-home mom needs to read it! It is just plain awesome, I enjoyed every bit of it. I won't bore you with the details of it all, just read it. and here's a BIG shout out to all you fellow stay-at-home moms, rock on! :)
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I couldn't agree more Angela! I too took some heat and felt insulted at times "only" being a stay-at-home mom but I took great pride in it. If I do say so myself we raised 4 of the most incredible, productive, wonderful, hard-working, considerate, compassionate Christian women I know. I couldn't be prouder of any one of them and it was not easy making sure they turned out that way. I can't think of a harder job but they are my proudest "accomplishment". None of them were delinquents, problems in school or problems at home because they were made to be respectful and accountable and I was here to see that they were and so was their dad when he was home.
So I let people mock me and look down on me as I was enjoying my well-behaved girls and during the brief times that they saw the little strangers living with them they spent their time trying to reason with the for a while till they got tired and just gave in to the tantrums. Ha! And trust me, I saw it time and time and time again.
That means I too want to give a big shout out to those parents, whether it's the mom or dad, who realize they were completely and utterly blessed to have been given the responsibility if a child or children and it SHOULD be their responsibility to raise them if possible.
I know not everybody is fortunate enough to have the luxury of a parent staying home as much as they'd love to so I'm not talking about them. I know many of them too who are still the best, most wonderful parents out there who gives their child their devoted and undivided attention every second they are with them and are raising happy, well-adjusted kids. I respect and respected all of them and just wanted the same for me.
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