tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815844047926782480.post6808973927452173352..comments2023-06-16T03:13:21.981-05:00Comments on The Ways of Her Household: A Woman's Work Is Never FinishedLeahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16131491719125173350noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1815844047926782480.post-9297072029844061562011-07-14T20:05:17.517-05:002011-07-14T20:05:17.517-05:00I am convinced that children need SAHMs the most w...I am convinced that children need SAHMs the most when they are in middle and high school-just when society says their moms should be back to working outside the home. I am so thankful that my mom was home for me for most of that time.<br />My MIL has no kids at home and is still a SAHM. Even when we're grown up, it's nice that we can call her in the middle of the day and she has time to chat. Her days are full doing her interests and volunteering and doing things for church and charity. When we mention that to others, they can't believe with the exception of a few years before children she has never worked outside the home. They can't imagine what she does all day. Even though my FIL travels often, they have a great marriage and I think part of that is that she is home when he isn't traveling and sometimes she is able to travel with him too.<br />I kept myself on the roster in case of emergency, but if there is any possible other way, the earliest i plan to return to teaching in the classroom is after all my boys have graduated from high school. I don't know if i'll be able to find a job at that point, but I think I would be a much better teacher then after parenting my own children through the school years than I was as a single teacher without any of my own children.<br />I am thankful that I taught in the classroom for 6 1/2 years so it was long enough that I don't long to go back like a friend that only taught 3 years before she had children so she can't wait to go back to the classroom so she can at least teach as many years as she spent at college.Ewehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09049392222474704158noreply@blogger.com