What's wrong with being a stay-at-home mom?

 Imagine this, you worked tirelessly on your model of the Solar system, perfecting every little detail. You stayed up all night before it was due, making sure you had everything ready for your presentation. Oh, no! Your alarm didn’t go off, you're going to miss the bus. Oh, good you barely made it. You get to school, and all settled in your seat when the teacher calls for everyone to bring up their science projects. Realization hits, you forgot your science project at home. You start to panic, but then you remember something important, your mom is home. You calm down and ask the teacher if you can call her, and in no less than 15 minutes she hand-delivers your beautiful solar system.

I wish I could have gotten this. My mom had to work, so I never got to have this luxury. If I forgot something at home, I would just have to do without it. Many of my teachers would ask if I wanted to call, but it wasn’t any use since no one was home. To say the least, I had to take a few late grades. Now this is not a bash on my mother, she was amazing and did her best. This is just showing why being able to have a mom at home can be important to kids.

It seems to me that the world doesn’t want mothers to stay at home. Prices have skyrocketed and inflation has made our money not worth as much, making it harder to keep families afloat. This can force both parents to have work. Which in turn can make the kids deal with struggles and stress that they should otherwise not have to deal with.

It can put a strain on families. If no one is able to be home, there aren’t many times that homemade food is ready and on the table for everyone. This can also lead to less family time, everyone grows distant from everyone. I think someone is working awful hard to keep families apart. The one thing that we can take with us when we pass is our memories, good and bad memories. We need our family, no doubt about that. Our family is eternal, we need to be able to at the very least be able to get along.

Being able to get along not only helps us in the long run, but it helps everyone to be in a better mood on a daily basis. I don’t know about anyone else, but I’d rather be happy and joyful every day. I know, or should I say, I hope that I will be able to be a stay-at-home mom. Furthermore, I want my kids to be able to count on me, and know that I will come at the drop of a hat. Maybe someday the world will be able to go back and make it, so we can have more stay-at-home moms. Doubt it, but maybe.

It’s weird to me how much the world is trying to change the idea of a stay-at-home mom, making it seem like it’s stupid or weird to want to be one. The world is trying to flip the parental roles, making males be more feminine and females more masculine. It’s twisted and backwards. There's a reason we were made the way we were, why our brains are wired the way they are. 

It’s mentioned in the family proclamation, the different roles we are meant to be, not saying everyone has to be the same, but there is a reason that those things are stated. Women are naturally more nurturing and men and usually more protective. It’s sad to me, honestly sad that the world has been able to brainwash so many people into believing that there are more than the two genders, and that the so-called “typical” family is wrong. All of this is purely my opinion, so don’t get offended if I think differently than you.


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