The woman's place IS in the home

[T Alan]

We all fall short of Theos glory. :godisgood: I am not.

 

[Salty]

My mother always had a job outside the home, by choice.

I wished she had not made that choice.

 

[Use of Time]

Some people are privileged to have the option but making generalized statements about the health of people's family structure is presumptuous and nothing but divisive. People try to strike a balance that works best for them with regards to a myriad of socioeconomic factors that affect each family differently. If you are privileged enough to enjoy that particular arrangement then that is fantastic but how about keeping your opinions regarding other people's family structure to your selves.

 

[JoyfulChristianHomemaker]

Our only child will graduate this coming June,then go to medical school.
I am looking to getting my CNA degree so I can work outside of the home...
I feel that if a woman can stay home to raise the children she should...

 

[Rolfe]

My mother always had a job outside the home, by choice.

I wished she had not made that choice.

My mother stayed home. Her firm hand on the rein kept me out of more trouble than I would have otherwise found my way into.

 

[T Alan]

If your mother is still among the living, please thank her for me for it for me. If is increasingly rare and women are socially ostracised for doing it. You sir have been blessed.

 

[JoyfulChristianHomemaker]

Sad to say but my mother stayed home BUT never had a thing to do with me :/

We made sure that when I had our son that things would be different.
I was in er one time with DS when a nurse said WOW you have a tight rein on your son..
I said ,I know where my son is at all times, I know who he hangs around, that is not a tight rein, that is a parent who LOVES their Child.
here my son is, he started working as soon as he turned 16, has had 2 jobs and schooling at one time,bought his own car,going to go to medical school, and he is only 17 never been in trouble with the law,Goes to Church,in Church Choir, does mission trips,and volunteers at a local museum which use to be a Baptist College
I say I did a pretty good job as a stay at home mommy

 

[convicted1]

Bless you JCH, T Alan and Rolf...

UoT...that wasn't the intentions of the thread...sorry you took it that way...

 

[JoyfulChristianHomemaker]

Thank you convicted1,there were tough times, but with our Heavenly father,he helped us through

 

[Use of Time]

Bless you JCH, T Alan and Rolf...

UoT...that wasn't the intentions of the thread...sorry you took it that way...

"That when women left the home, the family as a whole suffered. I am a women's libber, but I think it hurt the home when the mommy started working... "

How else am I supposed to take this? My family is fine thanks.

 

[convicted1]

"That when women left the home, the family as a whole suffered. I am a women's libber, but I think it hurt the home when the mommy started working... "

How else am I supposed to take this? My family is fine thanks.

The thing is this...I never said, neither implied, that every home suffered who had working mommies. Some homes suffered, and some flourished...I'm not denying that.

 

[Use of Time]

The thing is this...I never said, neither implied, that every home suffered who had working mommies. Some homes suffered, and some flourished...I'm not denying that.

Your statement was a generalization that had no limits. "The family as a whole suffered. It hurt when the mommy started working."

 

[convicted1]

Your statement was a generalization that had no limits. "The family as a whole suffered. It hurt when the mommy started working."

I tried to be civil...you keep prodding?

Look, I am truly sorry for offending you. It's like people say america has turned away from God. That's true. But not everyone has, for we, as believers, have not. It's the same way I structured the OP.

 

[Scarlett O.]

My mother worked in the home and out of the home AND kept a very tight rein on me and my home was blessed because of her. It was neat, tidy, happy, Jesus-filled, and a wonderful place to be because of her.

You see, my mother had what I like to call .... a husband.

And I had what might be a foreign concept to the readers of this thread ..... a father.

My mother and my father raised our family together, they worked together IN the home, they worked FOR our family's sake sometimes apart - she was a beautician and he was a postman.

They taught my brother and I to work and contribute to the family.

They BOTH sacrificed much for our family when sacrifices needed to be made.

My father understood that his role was not just to put a paycheck on the table and nothing more.

He also "raised" us - he LOVED us. He put us to bed and read to us, bathed us, fed us, cleaned house alongside my mother. And they both charged us with household duties when age appropriate.

It was a joint effort between my mother and father.

And I'm the better for it today for having been raised by that husband and wife team.

 

[convicted1]

Bless your heart Sissy...wonderful post...

 

[Use of Time]

My mother worked in the home and out of the home AND kept a very tight rein on me and my home was blessed because of her. It was neat, tidy, happy, Jesus-filled, and a wonderful place to be because of her.

You see, my mother had what I like to call .... a husband.

And I had what might be a foreign concept to the readers of this thread ..... a father.

My mother and my father raised our family together, they worked together IN the home, they worked FOR our family's sake sometimes apart - she was a beautician and he was a postman.

They taught my brother and I to work and contribute to the family.

They BOTH sacrificed much for our family when sacrifices needed to be made.

My father understood that his role was not just to put a paycheck on the table and nothing more.

He also "raised" us - he LOVED us. He put us to bed and read to us, bathed us, fed us, cleaned house alongside my mother. And they both charged us with household duties when age appropriate.

It was a joint effort between my mother and father.

And I'm the better for it today for having been raised by that husband and wife team.

Fantastic! Thank you very much.

 

[T Alan]

Another success story. PTL