Comments on: Working at home

By: Katrina

Katrina — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 18:47:12 +0000

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By: Rosalyn Hernandez

Rosalyn Hernandez — Wed, 06 Sep 2006 15:54:43 +0000

I am the proud stay at home mother of a 2 year old boy. I decided to follow in my mother’s footsteps and devote myself to my son until he is in school. I feel that my family comes first and work comes second. My husband works and goes to school. I really think we need to get back to basics. I feels that we as mothers have a responsibility to raise our children and put material things second. I do not own my own home, and I am what most consider to be a poor person. My reward lies within the smile my son gives me every morning when he wakes up…every I love you and every hug I receive throughout the day. I encourage all to make some sacrifices for our children. Yes…in this day and age you need money to survive…but material things won’t follow us into the next world. We must raise our children with the constant knowledge of our Lord and savior. If we don’t do it, how can we expect others (daycare) to?

By: proverbs31

proverbs31 — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:31:09 +0000

Hi Sylvie, I know what you mean. Homeschooling wasn’t really even thought of here (Australia) when I started working at home years ago. I knew it was done in the outback but never even considered it for home. However, because I was home when they got home each day when things were still fresh in their minds and hearts, it often meant I heard about things I wouldn’t have, if I’d not been home. So I am really grateful for that. If anyone reading these comments can answer the ‘study’ mentioned by Sylvie, we’d love to hear about it!

By: Sylvie

Sylvie — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 00:26:43 +0000

I choose to stay at home with my children now. Last year, when both of the boys were in school, it was necessary for me to work for pay in order to cover the cost of their tuition. I was miserable. I felt that I didn’t have that same connection with them, my focus was split and not on them nor my husband. I was exhausted, the house was not fit for the minister to see if he were in the neighborhood and wanted to “drop by”. My husband works a lot of hours and he was literally not home to take up my slack with the house. Now we are home schooling. I get hugs and give them often. I am on top of what they are learning, instead of “I don’t know” being all they learned that day. I teach them, so I have no clue what kind of at-home job I could do. We just stretch his paycheck until it screams and do without extra bells and whistles. For those who have the energy and all to work outside the home, rear children and have a happy marriage, you should volunteer to be studied for the rest of us .

By: proverbs31

proverbs31 — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 20:11:07 +0000

Unfortunately Amaranth, things change very quickly and good intentions can be totally disrupted and turned around. People’s financial situations change, cost of housing goes up, jobs can be lost or changed, pay rates change, all sorts of things can influence the decisions that need to be made.

I wanted to be home for my girls too, and was for a period of time, before having to go back out to work to support my family when my youngest was only 6 months old – the others had benefitted from me being home for a few years. But, when the opportunity arose for me to work at home, I grabbed it and MADE it work because I didn’t want to have to go back out to a job.

So, the girls have grown up with me at home for the past 12 years, here during their teenage years, which is another very important time for them. And I thank God that I was able to do that.

By: Amaranth

Amaranth — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 13:53:58 +0000

I am not yet a mother, but I’m working on it! )

Should I be blessed with childred, I plan to stay home with them. If I was able to find a job that I could do from home, or with my children in attendance, I would do it. However, if I was required to leave my children with someone else while I was working, I would not be willing to work. I don’t like the idea of someone else instilling their morals and values on my children. It might be a bit selfish, or prideful, but I want to be the one to raise my children. I believe that children need their own families (esp. in the first several years) and that they do not deserve to be sent to “day orphanages.” If you must submit your children to daycare in order to survive by society’s standards, maybe you need to rethink your decision to have children, or rethink the necessity of conforming to the standard.