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I saw this yesterday! it!

I think I've liked everything I've read from him!!!!

love!!

Love it! Pretty cool

I just saw this today! Love it, and ESPECIALLY because it was written by a man. I feel like a lot of men don't "get it" either

I thought this piece felt a bit like a rant to me. I think sometimes people just don't know what to say, so they default to stuff like - Oh fun! They aren't trying to be rude or condescending (and I don't think I would take it that way if it was said to me, but I am neither a SAHM or a WOHM yet.)
The choice to be a SAHM is a very personal and emotional decision and I personally feel uncomfortable asking people I don't know very well follow up questions like I would about someone's job.

love it!

but i read this section and it made me sad that i am going back to work full time next month

"To call it the ideal, is to claim that children IDEALLY would spend LESS time around their mothers. This is madness. Pure madness. It isn’t ideal, and it isn’t neutral. The more time a mother can spend raising her kids, the better. The better for them, the better for their souls, the better for the community, the better for humanity. Period."

i wish I could be a SAHM for a few more years.

@stine_ciro: I agree

I felt like the examples he used in this piece to "go off on" was a bit of a stretch. I don't think most those people had bad intentions or were trying to be condescending in the way this blogger tried to make it seem, except the "what does she do all day" question... That one was rude.

@Mrs. Yoyo: ya, i guess it is because i am already sad to be going back to work, i don't want to! this just rubbed it in my face, lol. I keep telling DH almost daily now that I am calling my boss and telling her to post my job for someone else to take. but i get what you are saying.

@Mrs. Yoyo: I agree. I liked that he was standing up for the crazy busy and important job his wife does, but it seemed a slant anti-WOHM. And the part @californiadreams: quoted made me angry for SAHDs and the WOHMs who get this flak while WOHDs don't.

Parenting is hard enough, we should build each other up without cutting down the other side.

@Mrs. Yoyo: @Mae: @indi: that part really bothered me too. He pretty much invalidated WOHM's and made it seem like our choice is going to be the downfall of humanity. Please.

@californiadreams: I agree, that part was rough (I'm a SAHM but I dream about working!)

ugh. I hate this debate. I've worn both hats and neither are easy.
I was utterly disgusted at the comments section. Some bad stuff in there. We have to help each other......

@yoursilverlining: well said and I totally agree.

I have the definitive answer to the debate.

I WOH three days a week and SAH four days a week. On days at home, I get this thing called nap time. It's quiet. I can do stuff. I sometimes read a book or watch a tv show. I can meet people for coffee.

On days I work, I can drink my coffee sitting down and talk to adults. I can run to the grocery store by myself before daycare.

On days at home, I am tired. Chasing a baby, doing laundry, running errands. It's hard.

On days at work, I am tired. Meetings all day, driving to daycare, making dinner. It's hard.

Whether or not I work during the day, I'm on at night. I'm on during weekends.

For twenty hours a week, someone else teaches him ABCs and feeds him and changes his diaper. He misses out on mom time. But for twenty hours a week, I earn money to pay for our mortgage and advocate for the kind of world I want him to grow up in. He suffers, he gains.

Some days I really love not having to get up and get dressed. Some days I can't wait to hand him off.

Being a mom is hard. There are perks and challenges to all ways of doing it. Every parent is working 24/7. No one gets a day off. We are all working hard.

Also...why doesn't that guy let his wife to out for a cup of coffee if he is out in the middle of the day???

I have a lot of pent up frustration on this topic. MIL had pulled me aside once and explained how it's possible to work and have kids at the same time. I still haven't decided if I'm more offended that she talked to me like a 15 yr old or the fact that I was actually working part-time when she did it.

SIL often pries into my work situation, giving oh-so helpful solutions to "problems" I've never complained about, that she hasn't a clue about (like my work scheduling) - all of which I never bring up. Not so long ago she flat out asked me what my plan was on what I was going to do, "I mean outside of taking care of my LO".

Yeh. Frustrated doesn't fully explain how I feel.

@jedeve: You rock. Best answer.

I saw this on facebook and I like it, but the comments underneath it are awful.

@jedeve: I love your description. This is my life as a part time WOH mom too. I feel like I get the best of both worlds, but also insight into how difficult each role is.

I did NOT like this article. I felt it was very anti WOHM. Let's face it, as women we get judged if we are WOHM or SAHM. Who cares what people think? If you want to be a WOHM, do it. If you want to be a SAHM, do it. I also don't like the fact he attacked women who were probably just trying to make chit chat.

@Mrs. Yoyo: I agree with everything you've said in relation to this article. It's awfully heavy handed of him to lay on guilt towards working mothers. He's missing the point of socialization in a daycare setting and how it can do wonders for development, etc. Also, I feel enough guilt about being a working mom. I don't need more from a blogger. I'm determined to keep up with my field. We still have a great family and home life even if both of us are working. He forgets about flexible work schedules, etc. have made work/life balance better for most working moms.