Some Questions for Stay-at-Home Moms
Author Julie Ann Barnhill poses some questions for stay-at-home mothers.
- Do you try and do everything in the home because you are a stay-at-home mom?
- Has anyone told you you're wasting your college education or work potential by remaining home? What is your response?
- Do you harbor any resentment for being a stay-at-home mom? How does that resentment express itself?
- In general, are you enjoying your children? Do they enjoy you?
- Do you feel important and valued by your spouse and children?
- Do you respect yourself in the role of stay-at-home mom?
- Are you maintaining friendships and adult relationships during this time at home?
- Do you value your own need for stimulating conversation and mental sharpening through reading, discussion groups or other forms of learning?
- What do you miss about working—if you did so before staying home?
- Are you able to find time away from the children during the day or week?
- Are you having fun with your children?
- Are you having fun with your husband or friends?
- What are you providing as a stay-at-home mom that your missed paycheck cannot provide?
- What is one specific thing you enjoy doing with your child or children that you could not do if you worked outside the home? (Be sure to do it within the week!)
- Have you ever listed the contributions you are making to your spouse, your children, your home, your community and your church as a stay-at-home mom? If not, why not start a list right now?
- Is this the best choice for you and your family? If so, relax and enjoy!
Excerpted from Motherhood: The Guilt That Keeps on Giving. Copyright © 2006 by Julie Ann Barnhill. Used by permission of Harvest House Publishers. Excerpt may not be reproduced without the prior consent of Harvest House Publishers.