The Benefits of Being a Stay at Home Mom

Being a stay at home mom is at times the hardest job in the world but at other times the easiest. The hardest part about it is trying to be as patient and understanding as you can when your child is acting up or being difficult. But the easy part about it is that you get to remain in the comfort of your own home. :) Here are the main benefits to being a stay at home mom, and all the reasons I don't miss having a "normal" job:

You get to eat whenever you want. You don't have to wait for a break at work.

You can watch whatever you want on TV or movies.

You get to take naps. :)

You don't have to deal with getting stuck in traffic or bad weather.

What you wear doesn't matter much.

You don't have to worry about having a boss.

There are downsides too though:

You are responsible 24/7 for the safety of a child.

You have to make sure that child is not hungry or in a dirty diaper too long.

You have to have the utmost patience in situations when it can be very hard to have patience.

Your sleep gets interrupted very, very often and you miss the days when you could sleep until you wanted to wake up rather than being woken up all the time.

But the joys of full time motherhood greatly outweigh the down sides. When you are with your child 24/7 you know that they are safe. You don't have to worry about them at all. You don't miss out on new words or new things that they do. You form a bond more and more every day with your child etc.

In our modern society greatly affected by feminism, women are taught that working outside the home is far better than being a stay at home mom. That is very sad and beyond not true. In order for kids to get the full attention and love that they need, they need to be with their mother 24/7. Perhaps that it just me being old fashioned, but the fact is, no other human being can really fill the place of a mother for a child.

Most families could make this happen, the mother staying home, if they would be willing to downsize and live in a mobile home for example, but many would rather have plenty of money than care fully for their child. And that is why the children of America are turning out the way that they are. :( May God help us Americans to be more family minded though. And may mothers be able to stay home with their kids more, so that their kids get all the love and attention that they deserve. Amen. God bless!