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SAHM stay-at-home mom
05/25/2018
The Most Important Decision I Made I have been a stay-at-home mom for the last 11 years. I had a good prestigious job at a prestigious institution. My husband and I had decided when the baby arrived I would quit my job. More >>

Tags: Benefits of being a SAHMRaising childrenSAHM stay-at-home momStay-at-Home MomValues
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05/16/2018
Could the Tide Be Turning? My admiration for you reached new heights after I was attacked on a conservative website for saying children are better off when their mothers stay home. I know whereof I speak; my mother worked, and I found it difficult to deal with her absence. More >>

Tags: Internet-MediaInternet/MediaSAHM stay-at-home momSocial IssuesStay-at-Home MomTraditional values
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05/15/2018
It Took A While to Sink In My life completely changed 8 years ago. I was married, had 2 children, a career that kept me in the office 9 hours a day, 5 days a week. While I was in my office I always listened to you. More >>

Tags: DivorceMarriageMorals, Ethics, ValuesParentingSAHM stay-at-home momValues
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04/25/2018
How Long Do I Have with my Kids I was raised in the liberal Boston area. We were all supposed to have it all. Well, after having kids, I did work periodically: once using an institutional daycare center. My youngest, 18 months at the time cried for 1 week straight. More >>

Tags: Day CareDaycareMotherhoodMotherhood-FatherhoodParentingRaising childrenSAHM stay-at-home momValues
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04/24/2018
Cherishing Motherhood I can remember adults around me asking me what I wanted to be when I grew up and I gave the usual answers for a girl of six: a ballerina, a doctor, and a lawyer. Then around 12 I realized what I really wanted was to be... More >>

Tags: CareerJobMotherhoodMotherhood-FatherhoodParentingSAHM stay-at-home momWife
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04/17/2018
From Day Care Worker to SAHM My first job out of high school was working at a daycare while I was attending college. I am wonderful with children, however, I quickly realized I could not give the children the love, attention, and care that they needed and could only receive from their mothers... More >>

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04/16/2018
Hanging Up My Ego The #1 biggest and hardest part about being a SAHM is that darned ego. I thought it would be easy to hang it up on the door because it would be replaced by buckets of warm fuzzies and the complete inner satisfaction that I am doing a job that know one can do better than me. More >>

Tags: CareerJobMotherhoodMotherhood-FatherhoodParentingRelativesSAHM stay-at-home momSibling rivalry
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04/11/2018
Perceiving Life My children are now 25 and 23. When they were little, my daughter would comment as we passed day care centers that she wanted to go to day care. More >>

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03/30/2018
Perceiving Life My children are now 25 and 23. When they were little, my daughter would comment as we passed day care centers that she wanted to go to day care. More >>

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03/15/2018
I Am The One My Son Leans On ...My son came in and asked for a snack. I offered him a cutie and a few leftover slices of homemade French toast sticks and told him that's all he could have since dinner would be ready in 30 minutes. Hearing this sent him into an utter melt-down... More >>

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