its true..people may say its not true but how many stay at home mums have a full day planned out with the kid, with activities to keep them engaged. Those who do, I salute them, because that requires planning, patience, perseverance and dealing with peepee and poopoo at the same time (see how may words with p i can get in there)
but kids sleeping in, sitting in front of TV while mama yaps on phone, unchanged, unbathed are not rare things, even in Pakistan where domestic help is available.
just because a lady is a stay at home mum does not make her a good stay at home mum. and as I have stated before, once the kids are school age the amount of time a stay at home mum can spend with them versus a career lady is basically the same. kids have school all day and hopefully afterschool programs because they have extra curriculars whether its sports, clubs, music or whatever..
all i know is that I could not tell the difference really when my mum was not working and when she started working again the house was the same, food was cooked, place was clean, clothes were washed and all, we all had our chores but nothing terrible. I am sure she had to plan and be more creative and dad helped etc but we could never feel a difference
PS: since the thread got merged I thought I would clarify, nothing wrong with being a housewife, do it right though, and dont look down at working ladies as if they are not good mothers or that they have to work because they have some financial need forcing them to work. Saying that being a housewife is okay..is perfectly okay..but it does not need to be ‘supported’ by putting career women down as some do.