Cali, my mom is a teacher and it was great--we had the same vacations and I got a stay at home mom in the summer!
I suppose the decision might be different if I loved my job or got some sort of fulfillment from it....just don't know...
The more I research parenthood on the web, the more put off I am at the judginess of many parents! If you stay home with your kids you are wasting your life and must be "rich" to be able to make that choice (not to mention that your husband is sure to leave you for a younger woman and you will end up penniless and alone). If you work it must be because you are selfish or financially undisiplined. If you have one kid you are selfish and the kid will grow up maladjusted. If you have more than 2 or 3 they will never get enough attention. Then there's breastfeeding or bottle feeding. Then natural or traditional parenting... And I thought dog people were bad!
Not referring to this thread, just in general all over the web--so much judging...anyone else noticed this?
I suppose the decision might be different if I loved my job or got some sort of fulfillment from it....just don't know...
The more I research parenthood on the web, the more put off I am at the judginess of many parents! If you stay home with your kids you are wasting your life and must be "rich" to be able to make that choice (not to mention that your husband is sure to leave you for a younger woman and you will end up penniless and alone). If you work it must be because you are selfish or financially undisiplined. If you have one kid you are selfish and the kid will grow up maladjusted. If you have more than 2 or 3 they will never get enough attention. Then there's breastfeeding or bottle feeding. Then natural or traditional parenting... And I thought dog people were bad!
Not referring to this thread, just in general all over the web--so much judging...anyone else noticed this?