Stay at home mother

Today in class one of the girls mentioned that society doesn’t accept that being a stay-at-home mother is considered to be a “job.” I agree that society doesn’t recognize this as an important necessity is today’s communities. I think society underestimates the work and patients it takes to be a stay at home mother. They take on many other jobs within the home than most people believe. I found this quote in an article on the internet. I personally believe being a mother is one of the most important jobs out there.

“A stay-at-home mom holds many job titles including housekeeper, chef, sitter, chauffeur, shopper, banker, tutor, doctor, entertainment coordinator and law enforcement to name a few.” –Carole Ligi

When I become a mother I will undoubtedly be a stay-at-home mother. I came from a home where I was put into another person’s house for daycare while my mother was at work. I personally do not agree with this choice that my mother made. I believe the first few years in the life of the child is when morals should be instilled and the times when children learn to trust their parents. If a mother goes out and works and leave the children in the lives of another caregiver, the morals you want your children to have in their life may not necessarily be the ones you want them to have. I was lucky enough to have a great caregiver, my auntie. She taught me many lessons during that period of time that I still take into my own life. I believe I am who I am because of how my auntie raised me within her own home. I have realized although in my later teenage and young adulthood years that there has been a lot of tension between my auntie and mother because some of my ideas today that came from my auntie which are not what my mother necessarily would have wanted. If my mother would have been the one to raise me these tensions wouldn’t of arisen. When I become a mother I don’t want to have this tension between anyone else. I want to be there for my children and teach them the morals and manners that I want them to have. I will take on the most important job of a stay at home mother when it comes to be that time.