Should mothers stay at home to raise their children?

[woody92]

What are your veiws on mothers staying at home to raise their children?(For more than 5 years without working)

(guys and girls)
Would you consider doing this for your children?

Would you like your patner to stay at home and raise them?

MY ANSWERS::::

Would you consider doing this for your children? I wouldnt like it but if my partner wanted me to then I would consider it. But for now my answer would be no.

Would you like your patner to stay at home and raise them? If I were to have children I wouldnt mind my partner (if a guy or a girl) stays at home to raise them as long as when the child starts pre-school they return to work.

[haibekah]

The work you do when you're a stay at home mom/dad is worth more pay then any job in the world. i think that staying home (if you're able to) is good, although it'll probably drive you insane. if you have the patience to do it, then go for it. but it does get stressful if you're the only one at home and you don't get a break.

[theOperaGhost]

It doesn't have to be the mother, but I feel one parent should be home to take care of the child most of the time. I think the mother staying home is healthier for the infant, but the father would be fine too.

I say this, because I think parents should raise their children, not day cares, nannies or babysitters. An occasional baby sitter is fine, but not all the time. I think day cares are alright when the child is maybe 3 or 4, but not before.

My God son is not even 3 yet and he's been in a daycare for almost all of his life...I don't like that, because I feel it hinders the infants attachment to their parents.

[haibekah]

It doesn't have to be the mother, but I feel one parent should be home to take care of the child most of the time. I think the mother staying home is healthier for the infant, but the father would be fine too.

I say this, because I think parents should raise their children, not day cares, nannies or babysitters. An occasional baby sitter is fine, but not all the time. I think day cares are alright when the child is maybe 3 or 4, but not before.

My God son is not even 3 yet and he's been in a daycare for almost all of his life...I don't like that, because I feel it hinders the infants attachment to their parents.



some people don't have the choice though. but if they do, i agree.

[nick]

I pretty much agree with Jared on this one, I dont think people should have kids if they are not prepared to take the responsibility for bringing them up. I don't think it has to be the mother that stays home, but one of the parents should.

[woody92]

I agree that it doesnt have to be the mother too. I think shared resposability is key!

[The Batman]

It doesn't have to be the mother, but I feel one parent should be home to take care of the child most of the time. I think the mother staying home is healthier for the infant, but the father would be fine too.

I say this, because I think parents should raise their children, not day cares, nannies or babysitters. An occasional baby sitter is fine, but not all the time. I think day cares are alright when the child is maybe 3 or 4, but not before.

My God son is not even 3 yet and he's been in a daycare for almost all of his life...I don't like that, because I feel it hinders the infants attachment to their parents.

I agree with you on that Jared but if you do need someone watching your kids while both parents work then I think that it should be a close family member like aunt, uncle, or grandparent. That way even though a parent isn't home it's atleast someone that will be in that child's life that they will see longer than they would at an age specific daycare.

[haibekah]

I pretty much agree with Jared on this one, I dont think people should have kids if they are not prepared to take the responsibility for bringing them up. I don't think it has to be the mother that stays home, but one of the parents should.

it's not really a question of responsibility. you have to eat, and wear clothes. someone has to be bringing money in.

[Perseus]

For a certain amount of time, yes. A child needs their parents. not some faycare. My parents never took a me a daycare. I was with my mom, until I started pre-school. I mean, once your child is able to stay-home and alone and stuff, then the mother or whoever can start a job knowing that their child is independent and can do things on their own when they're not there to help them.
My mom stopped working after my sister was born(she is now 19), and she started subbing when I was in the sixth grade because I was capable of being home aloen until she got back.

[The Batman]

For a certain amount of time, yes. A child needs their parents. not some faycare. My parents never took a me a daycare. I was with my mom, until I started pre-school. I mean, once your child is able to stay-home and alone and stuff, then the mother or whoever can start a job knowing that their child is independent and can do things on their own when they're not there to help them.
My mom stopped working after my sister was born(she is now 19), and she started subbing when I was in the sixth grade because I was capable of being home aloen until she got back.

My mom sent me to a daycare when I was younger but she also volunteered there so we pretty much spent all our time together and I got to learn it was pretty great.

[Mal]

It's all fine and well to say someone should stay home for the kid, and in theory I agree with you, it is healthier for the child. Sadly it rarely works out in real life.

These days, without both people working, few households can bring in enough money to feed everyone, let alone all the little extras we take for granted. It'd be lovely to have someone at home looking after the baby, but it rarely works for any length of time. If only the people who could afford to raise a child with only one parent working had kids, our population would drop considerably (although this might not be so bad, depending on how bad it actually is).

My brother had his first kid two years ago, he works full time and gets paid fairly well, his girlfriend works part time with a reasonable wage, and they can still barely afford basic living costs.

[-Silence]

When my baby is born I plan to go to work. I wasnt planning on getting pregnant so yeah I might not be the most responsible, but I am better than alot of mothers out there. Anyways, I plan to work and depending if I'm with Ben or not, I will be working evenings and my mother or Ben will be watching him/her when I am working. We need more than one income financially.

I dont discourage daycare though, it socializes the child and alot of times get them educationally ready for school. Being ahead in academics even early on is better that being behind.

[JackOfClubs]

If the parents are financially able to, I think one of the parents should become a stay at home parent, until the child is 10 or 11, then go back to work if they can.

[Sugaree]

Would you consider doing this for your children? Yes, since I plan to homeschool my kids and work at home.

Would you like your patner to stay at home and raise them? If my partner would like to, I wouldn't mind. It's up to them if they want to or not.

Really, I find that a parent staying home to help raise their children is a good thing. It helps the bond between the parent and child and that is crucial to the relationship between the two. I wish I could have bonded with my father when I was younger, but he was on constant bussiness trips and I really didn't get to know him until I was five.

[Jenna.]

Nope, I think they should be able to work just like everybody else. Personally I don't like or want children but IF for some reason I had them, I wouldn't want to be stuck home with them all the time. I'd want a reprieve. :rolleyes:

[Rebecca L Vaughn]

I think at least someone should stay home, as long as they can go without one job.

[Brazdar]

I don't think it's ok a parent to stay at home and the other one to go to work because the child will be spending unequal time with his parents and so he might further away from the one who's working; the first 2 years would be enough for the mother or the father to stay home and take care of the child, but not more, there are day cares and grandparents for the children:D ( my mom actually assured me that if I'll ever need help with my kids she and my dad will be there :P)

[Mental]

No, I don't think the mother should be expected to stay at home if she has like a career she wants to focus on, unless it's absolutely neccesarily (no other arrangements can be made). The child still has a dad, and there's surely always another relative if the dad isn't close, like the grandparents or aunts/uncles.

Both my parents have active careers, and I don't even live anywhere near one of them, but me and my sisters were fine, and we're close (relationship-wise) to both our parents and such.

[elavnave]

I am a Stay-at-Home Dad, and we made the decision to have someone stay at home because we felt it was best for the baby. My wife is a college graduate and had a more advanced career than I did at the time, so I ended up staying home with the baby. It is quite worth it if you ask me, but we were fortunate enough to be financially solvent and able to make this decision.

There are many reasons for both sides of this argument. Having both parents work means the child will most likely have more opportunities (financially) than you did as a child.

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