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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No one should ever judge the choices made by others. Some women have fulfilling jobs that they enjoy. Others think they want to be there 24/7 for their kids when they are young. Neither is wrong. Being a stay-at-home mom doesn’t mean you are playing tennis at the club all day—mostly it means spending time with your kids, driving them around to enrichment classes, taking them to the park, wiping poopy butts, etc. Maybe that’s your thing and maybe it isn’t. Maybe you feel like a nanny could do that just as well, and maybe you don’t. To spread broad generalizations about laziness vs greed is just wrong. [/quote]

Maybe when the kids are young but a lot of stay home moms with means have full time help and don't spend that much time with their kids.  Their full time job is in fact social climbing.  And yes, feminism is having the choice to pursue ones life goals but there is some hypocrisy in liberal moms espousing equality in the work force when many have barely worked.  In essence, they should walk the line.  There is some condescension in the idea that a working mother is great for the working class but somewhat declasse and appalling for the liberal elite. [/quote]

I am a SAHM with a child in school. I manage my household (don't outsource any cleaning or other chores, do 90% of the cooking and meal prep), manage a rental property for my parents, do all of the coordination of school and and kid activities, spend lots of time with my child plus I volunteer at child's school and 2 other orgs, one is direct service with an at risk population and the other is on a board of a small nonprofit. I spend about 15 hours weekly volunteering, evenly split between school and the 2 other orgs. I'm liberal and a feminist and very educated. Would not trade my life for anything. I am incredibly fulfilled. Sometimes I get tired, with the juggling and shuffling from place to place, but I'm incredibly happy. I find that my friends who volunteer are the happiest and those who don't are the ones who seem less content. Sorry to get preachy, but if you're a SAHM with some time on your hands, give back! It makes everything much better. I swear I need less therapy the more I serve others. [/quote]

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