W Bradford Wilcox

The entire mainstream media ignores us completely then asks where we are! Oh, the irony!

I will never regret not working..but I’m pretty sure I would regret not spending as much time as I can with my kids. I never judge those who want to work but for some reason me wanting to be with my kids is a big scandal.

I have been a stay-at-home mom for 19 years. My mom put her career before us kids because that’s what her generation thought was progressive. Now I’m considered a crazy-out-of-the-box thinker with super independent children. I wouldn’t trade it for anything.

Women have been sold a bill of goods that we can have it all, work,family, fun etc and then we feel guilty that we can’t. When you realize you have to choose and own whatever decision you make and not shame other women for their decision I think we will all be happier.

Seems like most people in general would prefer not to work full time if they didn’t need the $. I know I fall into that category. Give me Buffet money and I’m probably not putting a 40 hour week anymore.

I’m a mother of 4. Married, college graduate My biggest regret was rushing to go back to work after my babies were born. Thinking I was wasting my degree if I didn’t My youngest is now 14, you can’t get back those years A child needs its Mother

In the 14 years I’ve been a SAHM, I’ve had multiple women say variations of this to me: “But you’re a lawyer! Don’t you think you’re wasting all that education?” No, I’ve made the right decision for my family. Are there opportunity costs? Sure. No one gets to have it all.

I find re-entering the workplace to be the biggest problem. The time off to raise children has become “lack of experience” to employers.

How often if ever has the @NYTimes quoted any woman who believes having living children is good, raising her own children is good, or being the mother 24/7 is good? You are part of the problem not part of the solution. Gloria

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I love being a full-time mom and taking care of our house and our family. We have few extras most people assume are necessities (vacations, manicures) and I drive an 18-year-old car but I and my family are very happy.

...chose to stay home and raise our kids, and that I didn’t have an education and a career. It is now assumed that worth is measured in terms of college degrees, career paths and salaries. Those attitudes persist to this day, to the detriment of families and society in general.