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Although most people look at the stay-at-home mom as an easy way to avoid dealing with the pain and pressure of having to perform a day-to-day job, I feel that being a mom is the hardest job one has to endure. First and foremost, a mother is the one to bear her children. Sometimes enduring hours and hours of physical labor in order to have the child. Then, when all of that is over, she is the one to do most of the midnight, 2 am, 4 am, and 6 am feedings. Men can't breast feed, so it is left to them.

Choosing to stay home in today's economy is a big decision. Money is tight, and most women do need to work. I think that although a man's job can be extremely stressful at times, and can cause hardship to him, that being a stay-at-home mom is completely unappreciated. Having to raise a family, care for the house, do the shopping, cleaning, and all the little things that keep a family running is two full-time jobs all in themselves. Children cannot raise themselves, and it is the mother's job to guide them in that respect.

Mothers are the schedule keepers, the order takers, the personal psychiatrists, and the doctors that children so desperately need. A stay-at-home mom is all of those things, twenty four hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Yet, I feel that people don't realize that stay-at-home mothers work just as much, if not more than those who raise a family and have a "real job."

My own mother was a stay-at-home mother for many years. Just recently, did she decide to go back to work, as my brothers and sister are grown enough to be able to be alone without her for a little while. I myself, probably did not appreciate all that was done over those years for myself and my siblings. But now that I am an adult, I see all that she did do, and all that, even though she is back at work, she still does. She still cooks and cleans, does all of the shopping, goes to every single hockey, baseball, lacrosse, and football game, and still has time to help with homework and personal problems.

I think that when a mom does all that she can for her child(ren), it is the greatest sacrifice one can make. Although I commend those who work, and care for their children, I feel that the stay-at-home mom should be appreciated more. The greatest gift is a child, but without the mother, there would not be a child. A thing, more people need to remember.

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