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One of the larger Baptist churches in our city has the most popular daycare Center. When their old pastor was called into Missions for a few years, their new Pastor did a little "investigation" into the center and discovered that MOST of the children in the church's daycare were the kids of wealthy "stay at home Moms."
Seems the Moms were dropping the kids off while the Dads were at work so that the Moms could take tennis lessons, get their hair done, go to the gym, etc., etc. The Pastor said, "Limit it to working mothers or close it down." It infuriated some of the members of the church, but I thought it was wonderful!
I never wanted to work when I had children, but I felt I had no choice. Their Dad was a social worker, and I was the high-wage earner. I bent over backwards to give my children the most and the best time possible, and their Dad and I staggered our schedules so that they had even more time with at least one parent. When they hit school we were with them until school started, and one or the other of us was there when school let out.
I used most of my vacation hours attending school events and those teacher-planning-sessions and volunteering at the school. One day we got to comparing notes - Almost all the working parents showed up at schools functions and volunteered to help. The active church members who were stay at home mom's did a lot of the "during work hours" volunteer work, and we depended on them a lot. The other stay-at-home Moms didn't even show up for the school plays. They just didn't care.
Many people accused parents who worked themselves ragged giving kids lots of quality time at home were accused of "catering" to the kids but in my group of friends we all ended up with godly, wonderful children.
One of the larger Baptist churches in our city has the most popular daycare Center. When their old pastor was called into Missions for a few years, their new Pastor did a little "investigation" into the center and discovered that MOST of the children in the church's daycare were the kids of wealthy "stay at home Moms."
Seems the Moms were dropping the kids off while the Dads were at work so that the Moms could take tennis lessons, get their hair done, go to the gym, etc., etc. The Pastor said, "Limit it to working mothers or close it down." It infuriated some of the members of the church, but I thought it was wonderful!
I never wanted to work when I had children, but I felt I had no choice. Their Dad was a social worker, and I was the high-wage earner. I bent over backwards to give my children the most and the best time possible, and their Dad and I staggered our schedules so that they had even more time with at least one parent. When they hit school we were with them until school started, and one or the other of us was there when school let out.
I used most of my vacation hours attending school events and those teacher-planning-sessions and volunteering at the school. One day we got to comparing notes - Almost all the working parents showed up at schools functions and volunteered to help. The active church members who were stay at home mom's did a lot of the "during work hours" volunteer work, and we depended on them a lot. The other stay-at-home Moms didn't even show up for the school plays. They just didn't care.
Many people accused parents who worked themselves ragged giving kids lots of quality time at home were accused of "catering" to the kids but in my group of friends we all ended up with godly, wonderful children.
