I have been deliberating about this subject for decades and even so more recently.
Is staying home raising kids, without a job outside the home still a job? Is it considered work? Well I don't think anyone who has raised children would say it is not work, in fact it's A LOT of work. But is it a job all on it's own? To add to the issue, is taking care of a home i.e. cleaning, laundry, yard work, all household chores, the bills (basically running the whole gamut at your house) a job on its own?
Here's my thought.
I have raised three kids from the age of 20 until I was 43 at home. I worked a lot of those years off and on out of the house, and I also stayed at home with them without another job. I feel raising children and being a "housewife", for lack of a better word, is in fact a JOB. Payment may not be monetary, even though it easily could be and should be. The payment is in the fulfillment of knowing you are doing your best at developing little people into adults that can go out into this big world and be a asset to society! A clean house, dinner on the table, shuffling one kid to one place, while the other kid is at another, clean laundry, lunch money, or making lunches. homework, and on and on! If you are a sufficient parent, either sex, it is a full time job!!!
This is not to say working outside the home and raising kids is not a crazy amount of work! We I think all would agree that it is! Kudos to all the parents that stay home and the ones that work.
Key point to me, and what still baffles me in the 21st century. Why do some people feel that a parent who stays home to run the household duties (see above) and then even after the kids (adults) are off and living their own lives, do these individuals look down on these adults that stay home and run the house, don't work hard or serve a purpose as part of the family income? I feel there is an opinion out there that this is not a deserving way of life that should be recognizable as a job. Isn't this an old way of thinking? If someone isn't at home doing these duties, chores, whatever you would like to label them, then people pay someone to come in and do all the cleaning, cooking, gardening and God knows what else help is paid for.
With all this said, no matter how you choose to raise your kids, work or stay home, I FEEL all these options should be valued and respected as hard work and a JOB! Oh, let us not forget that once a parent, you are your kids parent till the day you die.
Please weigh in! I'd love to hear your thoughts.
Is staying home raising kids, without a job outside the home still a job? Is it considered work? Well I don't think anyone who has raised children would say it is not work, in fact it's A LOT of work. But is it a job all on it's own? To add to the issue, is taking care of a home i.e. cleaning, laundry, yard work, all household chores, the bills (basically running the whole gamut at your house) a job on its own?
Here's my thought.
I have raised three kids from the age of 20 until I was 43 at home. I worked a lot of those years off and on out of the house, and I also stayed at home with them without another job. I feel raising children and being a "housewife", for lack of a better word, is in fact a JOB. Payment may not be monetary, even though it easily could be and should be. The payment is in the fulfillment of knowing you are doing your best at developing little people into adults that can go out into this big world and be a asset to society! A clean house, dinner on the table, shuffling one kid to one place, while the other kid is at another, clean laundry, lunch money, or making lunches. homework, and on and on! If you are a sufficient parent, either sex, it is a full time job!!!
This is not to say working outside the home and raising kids is not a crazy amount of work! We I think all would agree that it is! Kudos to all the parents that stay home and the ones that work.
Key point to me, and what still baffles me in the 21st century. Why do some people feel that a parent who stays home to run the household duties (see above) and then even after the kids (adults) are off and living their own lives, do these individuals look down on these adults that stay home and run the house, don't work hard or serve a purpose as part of the family income? I feel there is an opinion out there that this is not a deserving way of life that should be recognizable as a job. Isn't this an old way of thinking? If someone isn't at home doing these duties, chores, whatever you would like to label them, then people pay someone to come in and do all the cleaning, cooking, gardening and God knows what else help is paid for.
With all this said, no matter how you choose to raise your kids, work or stay home, I FEEL all these options should be valued and respected as hard work and a JOB! Oh, let us not forget that once a parent, you are your kids parent till the day you die.
Please weigh in! I'd love to hear your thoughts.
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