Do you think "stay-at-home-mothers" have always been a symbol of middle class privilege?

No, it's not wrong at all. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area, and I know a good number of smart, well-educated, politically progressive women with young children... and most of those who can financially afford it do choose to stay home with their kids. And I know women who thought they would go back to work full time, but after they had their babies, they realized what they wanted most was to stay home and take care of them.

That doesn't mean you shouldn't get a university education or start a career, though. I thought I would get married young and have children right away, but I didn't get married and have a baby until I was in my late 20's. Even if you are planning to stay home with your kids, you should still have a career until the kids come along because: 1.

If you don't meet the right guy right away, or if you do but have issues with infertility, you'll need something to do until you become a mom... and you may as well be making good money at a job that you love, right? 2. When your kids get older and start school, you may find you wish you had more to occupy your time during the day.

3. If your husband ever loses his job, or if you find yourself divorced or widowed, you'll want to be able to support yourself and your family doing something other than an entry-level minimum wage position. 4.

Getting a good education enriches you as a person and will ultimately make you a better mother. If you are interested in starting your own business making cakes, you might want to consider going to a university for a business degree. Or get a bachelor's degree in whatever field you wish and then go to culinary school.

I have more I want to say but my baby just woke up and is crying. I'll finish this post later.

Women didn't just fight for the right to work and be equal to men... they fought for the right to have a choice whether to work or stay home. I'm almost 29, and just had a baby. I lost my job almost 2 years ago and my husband and I have decided that I'm not going back to work.

We're not sponging off the state... my husband makes enough that we don't even qualify for assistance anyway. It would be silly of me to go to work and pay for child care because that's all my job would be paying for... So I'd rather stay home and not have my child be raised by her daycare provider. Being a mother and a wife IS my job and I love it more than anything.

There's nothing wrong with that. If I ever had to go back to work I have no clue what I'd want to do. And anyone who says being a stay at home mom rather than getting a "real" job is just being lazy obviously has never done it.

It's no piece of cake 9-5 job... it's a never ending job. From the second you become pregnant, you're responsible for every second of that child's life. It's the most rewarding job anyone could ever have.

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