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When we say that homemakers have the hardest job in the world, I believe it is not only so because they do the dirty work-you see others do that elsewhere. It is not only so, because they put up with yes, PRECIOUS-but equally stubborn (mild for impish) children.It is not only so, because they barely have time for themselves-they seldom like how they look anymore. And it is not only so, because they are never compensated-at least not like in an "ordinary course of business" thing. Homemakers have the hardest job in the world, because ...

First, these are people who battle daily with their personal dreams and ambitions, prior to domestication.They very well know their potentials for a career outside the home. No matter the emotional or physical investment in their families, there is no fixed rate of return, no certainty their kids will turn out perfect, and definitely no guarantee their husbands will love them-in a proportion, direct to the sacrifices they put into the relationship...into the home.

In time, homemakers just....get older and older, less and less marketable for a career, more and more degraded by themselves, sadly.

Second, these are people who seldom have the right to complain. They don't earn nothing from what they do and contributions from and for the family seem only material if monetary. Their job just looks so much easier from the external point of view-too bad the shallow point of view is often that of the husband's and the kids'.

There are other several reasons why their job is the hardest, but being a homemaker myself, i wouldn't want to sound like i'm soliciting some kind of sympathy or whatever. But what i do want the reader to realize...is that mothers' day is coming up. Jokes. No, I want to share this particular insight with anybody interested at all, to finally say that it is the hardest to do because, if not asserted to be so, then it will continually be looked down on-When it can be the one career which, (though overly overlooked), can alleviate bigger and seemingly family-unrelated problems.

I've always admitted how hard i pressure myself sometimes with rearing my kids. My skills as a person, in my distinct womanhood is disregarded altogether if you think my staying-at-home is outright EASY. But I will tell you this. I believe I am having a lot less difficult time than working moms, raising my kids. It is because, just for the time I spend with my seven-year-old-I'm talking about effortless time...you know just him, knowing I'm in the

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