I am all about a little controversy. It keeps life interesting. I was reading a little something about stay at home moms today on one of my favorite websites, BabyCenter. It was a little article about why Dr. Laura says all moms should be stay at home moms and why she feels bad that the children of working mothers have no mother at all. Geez people! I think being a stay at home mom is great. My mom did it and did it well. Dr. Laura is somewhat right, at least about me, in that I do make a choice to go to work instead of stay home. I could give up a lot and keep Emily home with me. Give up a lot in terms of material things. I did feel a little miffed that I was reading that she thought Emily had no mother at all because I went to work. So EXTREME! Emily has a mother, just a different kind of mother. That is what I hope to teach Emily. There are all different kinds of families. Sometimes, mamas work and sometimes they stay at home. Sometimes, there is just a mommy or just a daddy. Sometimes, grandma and grandpa raise the grandkids. Sometimes, moms work at home or only part-time. Everyone is important and the most important thing is that the kids get lots of hugs and cuddles. Trips to the park and cookie dough spoons to lick. Emily gets those things from Scott and I. I think that is okay. Not all parents are good parents but whether they go to work or not is probably not what decides that. After reading that, I needed a little balance. I went over to MommyTrack’d and got a different point of view.
******Sigh*******
I feel better now.
