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Better than you think: "Stay-at-Home Parent" I have to disagree with this one. My wife has been a domestic engineer almost since we were married. I wouldn't
by reduxredacted 17y ago
Better than you think: "Stay-at-Home Parent"
I have to disagree with this one. My wife has been a domestic engineer almost since we were married. I wouldn't do her job (actually, I would if she died and I had to).
She does everything around the house. She makes all of the baby food, cooks all of the breakfasts, lunches and dinners and educates our children who -- at their young age -- have three settings: histeric laughter/screaming and yelling.
She doesn't have to commute, but in order to keep the children sleeping through the night, she has a more rigid schedule than I do.
When the kids are older, I'm sure it gets easier, but it's no picnic when you have two under age three.
- frossie 17y agoI agree with you. The litmus test is this - would you do this job for minimum wage with somebody else's children? It would have the same perks that the original article is quoting (no commute, no dress code). Most stay at home parents would say "hell no". I have no doubt that many of the people who chose to do it find it rewarding or at least worthwhile, but it is not a career choice, it is a parenting choice.