You try it then

metaboy has no mother..he raised himself :1orglaugh

Listen to the man... :1orglaugh

The only reason I would agree with saying that being a full time mom isnt a job is this

At a job you have set hours that you work
At a job you get breaks and a lunch hour
At a job you get days off every week
At a job you get vacation days, sick days, holidays off.

Being a mother is a labor of love. I have 2 kids and I have always worked, more often 2 jobs than 1. And no I dont want applause or a pat on the back for it. I chose to bring my kids in this world and I choose to work my ass off to give them what they need in this world.

That said even if I could be a stay at home mom I dont think I could do it. Not even talking about the constant demands on your attention, the fact you cant get 5 minutes of peace to use the bathroom. Also think of the lack of adult human interaction. It does wear on you.

And as much flack as I have taken for being a working mom I think that stay at home moms take alot more. They are stigmatized by working mothers and society as lazy and/or spoiled.

Raising children who are school age is not a full time job....although some people turn it into that.
I know a 7 year old who has a busier schedule than most CEO's....dancing class, cooking class, girl scouts, karate, piano, etc etc etc. It's pretty ridiculous IMO.

However, kids who aren't yet school aged are a full time job to take care of. If you go to work and hire a nanny or take them to day care, taking care of your kids is a full time paying job for someone else. If you choose to stay home with them then it's a full time job for you....even more so because it's a 24/7 job.
Yes, you're "supposed" to do it...DUH....that doesn't mean it's not still work.

BULLSHIT. I have three, and aside from the full time job I already have, they are another full time job on top of it. Anyone who says that having kids isn't work is either a lazy twat who doesn't take care of them or clean up their messy pigsties, or they're imaginary. Kids are a lot of work, no matter what anyone says. Have a few and try it for yourself :P

SO TRUE! LOL!! I have joked when my kids make me crazy that if this was a job I'd be quitting and be on a beach somewhere with the money and time I spend on them instead hahaa...

your kids never asked you to spread your legs dont blame them. :2 cents:

I am the same way, I have always held a job, and sometimes 2 myself. I went for about 18 months without a job to speak of and I literally had a nervous breakdown. NOT because of the kids or the work involved, but because of the lack of feeling like I was contributing financially to the house.... and that made me crazy. For that reason alone, I couldn't be a stay at home mom. PLUS, my work was always a sort of a getaway to get some air to breathe of my own. lol

We are raising 4 kids... so it's not been easy even for a day. And it seems the older/bigger they get, the bigger their drama/issues get. lol


When they were babies, it was the diapers, the feeding, the constantly entertaining them.. which I LOVED.... then they went to school and found out there were other kids in the world and they wanted to go do things with them....... then we became maids and taxi drivers to them... now that I have 2 out of the house, it's the constant worry whether they are going to be ok, if they are going to make the right decisions.

Raising kids isn't JUST a physical thing, it's just as much of an emotional thing and sometimes that's a lot harder than the physical aspects of it. At least to me, I worry about everything that happens to them.

And don't ANYONE get me wrong, I wouldn't change even a second of their lives or the time I have and get to spend with them.... they are MINE and I love every issue and drama they have, makes me know they are healthy...... ;)