by Brenda Lee Chew

Created on: May 19, 2009   Last Updated: May 21, 2009

Is it better for children to be raised by stay-at-home moms?

The best way to decide about this answer is not to go by opinions of others like myself. We tend to stand on the side that we fit into. The answer is we need to be very open-minded. Let me give you a few things to ponder as I explain how I feel.

During the wee morning hours, Mother is getting up to grab herself a fast shower before she heads out the door to work. On her way out the door she rushes back into the house knowing that she has forgotten something, but not being able to point right to it. As she takes a moment to think, she grabs the clothes out of the dryer and starts a load of laundry. She heads for the door and sits the basket of unfolded clothes on the table. Within a few minutes of letting the car warm up she is soon to be pulling out of the drive.

During the wee morning hours, Mother is getting up to grab herself a fast shower before she heads to the kitchen to mix up some biscuits and homemade gravy for breakfast. She knows that her husband loves to have a cup of coffee, so she gets it brewing in the pot. The smell in the kitchen is bound to make the family ready to jump up, because their taste buds are so eager. She slips off to her children to bend over each one, softly kissing upon the forehead and telling each of them it is time to get up. Then off to her husband to awake him and give him a nice warmed towel for his morning shower.

Soon Mom has reached work, and as she is running down the hall to get to the station she is working in she dials her phone to make sure the children are up. There is not a answer to her phone call. She has to get her work assignment and take a report before she can call home again. It is hard to listen to the report with her mind on the children at home. Soon the report is over and she is free to try calling again. She dials the phone and lets it ring. Soon there will be no chance the children will get to school on time.

Mother is at the door as the bus pulls up and her children climb up the stairs. She waves as the bus pulls away. Although her day began a couple of hours ago, it is now her time to spend a few quite moments. She has a cup of cocoa and reads her devotional. Then she hears the washer stop that her husband had so kindly started before coming to the breakfast table. She approaches the washer to see a little note that says how glad he is to have a wife that cooks him breakfast every morning, because it makes his day go better.

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