Do you believe that mothers should stay at home to raise children?

Question

And I'm not stereotyping against house-husbands. It's just a question.

Answer 1

If it is at all possible, yes.  A woman would have to have a very good paying job to break even and have some money left over.

By the time you pay day care, and that depends on how many children you have, buy extra clothes for you and the children, gas taking them to dy care, your to work, back to day care to pick the children up and drive home.  The children will catch every illness so more trips to the doctor and medicine.  You would have to add all of that up and see if it is worth going to work.  If you are just coming out a head for a small amount of money, it would not be worth putting them in day care and the mother going to work.    

Answer 2

Nope I believe mothers should do whatever they need to do to make them good mother's some of us work outside the home not just for money.  If a woman wants to stay at home to raise her kids that is great, if a woman with children wants to work outside th home that is just as great.

Answer 3

if finances allow it, yes, i believe mothers should stay at

home to raise children.

Answer 4

One parent should stay home to raise children under school-age especially. Otherwise, why have kids? To put them in institutional day-care. Who will see their first step, their first words, the day care worker?

There is no substitute for a parent, particularly the mother, raising her young children is a secure stable environment. If you have kids, you owe them that much to make it work. Those kids need it for their healthy development, and there is just not enough parents committed to this anymore.

Answer 5

Doing so is best for the children, but it is very difficult to live on one income.

Do not prejudge working mothers as they are having a difficult time doing double duty

Answer 6

I think that this is an extremely personal question that only you can answer for yourself. And, no, there is nothing wrong with house-husbands, either :-)

It's so sad when people pick apart other peoples' choices, and if you are debating this for yourself, you should be fully supported, not judged, in your decision. Who is to say what is right for your life, when they don't know your life better than you? There are no wrong answers for whatever you decide, so good luck and take care!

:-)

Answer 7

It's not that i think mothers should stay at home and raise children, its more along the lines of the parents should be home or around very often for the first few years of a child's life. its very important in their development to be raised by loving parents, not babysitters, nannies, and daycare facilities. im going to be home until my daughter is at least walking and talking, then i will feel i have done my part, and she can start pre-preschool. or, if her dad wanted to stay home, i would find a good job to support us, or we could both get good paying part-time jobs and take turns with who is home.

Answer 8

yes and they should stay home always after that to serve their husbands obediently

Answer 9

I read too many questions by  little girls 11-18 having s*x  at home while both parents are gone.

You can be parenting if you are somewhere else and your kids are at home.

Most these kids are left alone because even though both parents work, they cannot afford child care.

Next,the columbine shooters parents worked and they lived in an upper middle class neighborhood.That should tell you things do not replace time with parents.

Someone else is basically raising your kids 8 hrs a day or longer,and how many times have parents "forgotten to pick up their kids" or the kid was molested by a worker,or mistreated by another kid?

It is better for one of the parents to be there.

Answer 10

no mother should not depend on their husband, rather she should try to balance out between her professional life & family , it's not wise to completely depend on husband

Answer 11

My mum has stayed at home to raise me and is just getting back into a career now my big sister is 17 and my brother is 11 and I have always appreciated having her there and I think I am much closer with her than a lot of my friends are with their mothers that work.

But after saying all this I don't plan to stay at home to raise my kids cause I would like a life outside my family. But that's what my mum said she said before she had kids and then her opinion changed completely.

Answer 12

what mothers can give to a baby, believe me that fathers can never.

women are more patient and it is that who had the baby into the womb for 9 months, so they develop more bondings and cater  to babies' need more effectively

so u should stay at home

Answer 13

I believe society was a LOT healthier when they did...

and then compare it to today. Thats my opinion and imma stickin to it!

Answer 14

Only if the husband makes enough money on his own.

Answer 15

well, it's better for the mother-child relationship.

when a mother works, and the kid has to go to daycare or have a nanny then the relationship goes down the toilet, and soon the mom becomes really busy with work.

But it depends. If money is tight, or she is the only providing parent, then there is really no choice.

What I'm saying is, don't do it by choice. Your child needs their parent... and if you need to work, TRY TO SPEND AS MUCH TIME WITH THEM AS POSSIBLE!