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Are stay at home moms under pressure to return to work?

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Yes
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No
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by Khadim Hussain

Created on: June 09, 2009

A sincere and devoted stay-home mothers are under no compulsion whatsoever to return to work. Their household responsibilities hold them completely absorbed, giving them no time to even think of returning to work. Their responsibilities towards their spouse and their children make them more responsible and mature to do full justice with these very important works at home with undivided attention and great love and affection.

They may face peer pressure. Their friends or colleagues might force them to resume to work, but they can easily resist this pressure provided they are sincere and mature enough to give more importance to their children and family.

Financial constraints, sometimes, do force them to give second thoughts to their decision of not going to work. But dedicated and devoted mothers, after consultation with their spouse and family, may be willing to reduce their expenses and be contented with whatever little they get, but they never compromise on their family. They firmly believe that their presence at home will make their home ideal and they would be able to give proper time to their family, which will certainly produce marvellous result in shape healthy and productive family.

Their own interest and eagerness to work in competitive environment and to make the most of their talents and potential may be another factor to make them think to work and earn. But all these temptations may fail to divert their attention, for they consider their family more important than their desires to work. If they succeed to make their family an ideal one with their complete concentration, hard work and undivided attention, they consider themselves lucky and more successful. The success of their family is more important than their own individual success.

Stay-home mothers can prove to be blessing for their children and their husbands. Their husbands love to see them being busy in adorning their homes and giving proper time to them and their chidren. Such mothers benefit their family with their education and experience and are sure to bring sea change or a radical change in their family in times to come.

Home is a right place for a woman. Her home demands her proper attention and dedication. A working woman may be useful when it comes to financial matters. She might help her family financially, but she will miserably fail to bring any improvement in their family morally, socially and spiritually. On the other hand, stay-home mothers are in an ideal position to make their family better and work for the welfare and betterment of their family with their proper concentration and undivided attention.

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