Working Moms

So I wrote a post on stay at home mommies, and I was kinda harsh.  I stand behind everything that I wrote 100%.  I feel like I need to address the working moms now.  I am one myself so I know what it is like to work and take care of your family.

Ok, so all you working mothers out there? Stop acting like you are some kind of super woman.  You are not better than stay at home mommies (SAHM).  Just because you go to work and then come home and take care of you family doesn't make you some sort of goddess so quit acting like people should bow down and worship you.  SAHM work just as hard as working mommies.

I also cannot stand working moms who degrade and demean SAHM.  I've read some really mean comments on blogs and really cannot believe the things that these women say.  I've read that working moms are dumb and uneducated and will be left by their husbands for younger women.  All I can say is wow.  I would never look down on a woman who chose to stay at home with their kids.  If that's what you want to do, then good for you.

I work because right now it is necessary financially.  We accrued a lot of debt while we were young, and now we are paying for it, literally.  I do get the benefit of staying at home with my children during the summers, and for that I am grateful.  I do have to admit that this summer has been exhausting and I am ready to go back to work.  Next summer Kaitlyn will be 3, Tyler 1 and I will watch a 6 year old for a coworker of Jerry's as well. 

So SAHM and working moms, neither group is better than the other.  One set of children don't do better than the other because their moms work or not, it's all about how you parent your child.  Can't we all just get along and stop criticizing each other and celebrate that we have the most important thing in common: being a mom.