If you are so called "stay at home" mom should you do all the domestic work and jobs of the house?

By all domestic work I mean bills, cleaning ,yardwork,appt. 's, schedules, laundry, grocery shopping, etc.Also since stay at home mom so does not describe the situation, What is a better title? Asked by glowgirl 53 months ago Similar questions: called stay home mom domestic work jobs house Society > Women.

Similar questions: called stay home mom domestic work jobs house.

Between you and your husband If figure that it should be whatever works best for you and your husband. I am single, I spend all day at work, then I do the bills, the cleaning, yardwork, laundry, grocery shopping, etc. I think I have it good because I am not a single parent, then I would have to do everything. I don't know if a "stay at home" mom should have to do all the domestic work at home all the time, but I do know that I sure don't like doing all that stuff when I get home from work.

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Homemaker Here's what I think works best: The wife/mother is the homemaker, truly making the house a home. She does everything except the tasks that strong men do better (e.g. , yard work, auto work). When it comes to tasks such as finances, it's best handled by the person with the best aptitude in that area.

Whatever arrangement, it's best when the husband and wife together decide on a division of labor. Just keep in mind - he has a full day's work providing for the family, so don't think it's fair to split the domestic tasks fifty-fifty..

No! Some?Yes. Being a Mom is a lot of work.

Looking after children is a full-time activity. It's a bit unusual, though, in that there are periodic spurts of downtime in between. Kids don't want or need constant, constant attention.

So with careful balancing, you can get a lot of domestic work done while looking after the kid at the same time. Your husband simply can't do domestic work while he's at work.So while you're at home, of course you should do some work while the children are napping or watching TV. It just makes sense.

And because you're home more often you should probably be doing more than half of the domestic work. However, when you're both at home, or when your husband's the one at home, like on a weekend or in the evening, or when you have something you need to take care of, or if your husband works from home, this is no longer the case. When you're both home, you should both do the domestic work, and if you're home most of the time, then when you're both home, he should be doing more.

The argument "I was working all day and I'm tired" is a bad one, and you should not accept it. How to balance housework is tricky business, and if you don't address it, it can lead to a lot of marital strife. It's been said that the key to a successful marriage is two people who are both completely convinced they do most of the housework.

So yes, you should be doing domestic work while you're at home. That's part of the deal. But you absolutely shouldn't be doing all of it, doubly super especially when you're husband's at home..

OK, no one person should do it "all. " Having said that I would have to say that I do think that the person who is home should take primary responsibility of the household responsibilities. I don't think there is a title for that.

Well, I am not a proponent of labels anyway but why do you need to call it anything. When I was managing a local vet. Years back I would do interviews for the receptionist positions.

Men never applied so I never did an interview with a man for a receptionist position. Women would have all this stuff on their resume and then in the interview, come to find out, all of the scheduling, planning, managing, was their family, not recent work experience. That made me sooooooo mad.

There is no question that doing all those things for your family is important and that mom's are incredible multitaskers and that being a mother is a huge responsibility. That is not the same as having a job that pays and that you are accountable to a boss. Being accountable to yourself is different.

Not more or less, not better or worse, not unimportant, just different. I think you should lose the need for a label and do all that you can for your family because you want to, because you love them, and because you have more time than your mate who works outside of the house.It isn't about credit or pay vs. no pay, household responsibilties have to be done, period, kids need to be taken care of, period. If you have a working spouse and you are home, my thought is that you would want to fill your day working in or around your home or outside your home meeting the requirements of your family.

That is so honorable and important it doesn't matter how you describe it to anyone else, what you call it or who gives you credit for it. I think you should be satisfying yourself by doing it. Good luck.

Managing a household is hard work with little credit, no raises or bonuses and little private time.It is worth it though so chin up.

No I firmly believe that time spent together working with your partner on building and maintaining a home (not just the physical home, but the spiritual home) is time to bond and keep touch with each other. Certainly even if one partner is working outside the home and the other inside the home, there should still be times that intersect besides watching tv or going out to dinner. My partner and I love doing grocery shopping, yardwork, etc together.It's quality time.

Once two partners start separating life into "this is my job, that is your job", the spirit of partnership is truly lost (whether it be a stay at home woman or a stay at home man).

I need a book for myself on being content with having to be a working mom when my heart desires to be a stay at home mom.

What are the 1.7% of at home jobs that work.

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