Stay-at-home moms: Are they appreciated enough? 41 Articles

by Catherine Graham

I think a better question is Are Moms appreciated enough? I have been a stay at home mom, and I have been a working mom. I have been reprimanded for being a stay at home mom, hearing comments like, "Why don't you go ou...read more

by Christina Rivas

My mother has been a stay-at-home mom for the past eleven or so years. When I was younger I used to fantasize about growing up, getting married and having kids of my own so that I could be a stay at home mom. I used to ...read more

by Michele Connell

Have you ever been in a conversation with someone and this question come up, "So what do you do for a living?" They spill out the contents to an exciting career - or at least one that's mediocre and produces a regular payc...read more

by Matthew Paulson

Some of the outer fringes of the feminist movement are telling other women that they should not be stay at home moms, and instead should go back to work because being a stay at home mom is nothing more than female servitud...read more

by Samantha Vee

I don't think stay at home moms get nearly the appreciation or recognition they deserve! Being a stay at home mom has been one of the hardest jobs I've ever done. I think my life was easier when I was still working full-ti...read more

by Ever Famous

A stay at home mother is the oldest and noblest professions of all. And by all means it is a profession. It is motherhood extended, mom to the 2nd power, mother magnified! Mother's are under appreciated anyway. The day to...read more

by Michelle Jackson

I think stay-at-home moms are not appreciated like they ought to be. Sadly, at times, they are not even respected. I think all stay-at-home moms do around the house are the foundation of a family. Home is where the heart i...read more

by Jacqueline Abney

Do you ever get the feeling that you are unappreciated? Well, don't feel alone. Look to your left and your right because most moms and dads that make the decision to stay at home and care for the family are feeling that ...read more

by Credo

For A Mother's Love The Tragedy Of Living Without It (love) or to have never known one hug While there are many standards of progress that we can attribute our success or failures to as a nation and as human beings t...read more

by Katherine P Hogan

I have both been a full-time stay-at-mom and a full time paid employee as a mother. My days as a stay at mom were always unappreciated and undervalued by not only my other half but, generally, by society as well. It wa...read more

by Jessica Maillet

Stay at home Moms appreciated enough, hmm, maybe in other homes, but not in my house. Maybe I should rephrase that. My four children ages 2-13 appreciate me for the most part, There is always the "I love you" from my li...read more

by Tonia Cody

If there is a stay-at-home mother out there that does not feel appreciated, I would like to you to know that I appreciate you more than I can say. Thank you for taking the time to raise your children to the best of your a...read more

by Bill Whitney

The answer to that question is a very definite NO. Well maybe there are a few cases where the stay at home Mom is truly appreciated but in most cases I don't think that they are. I was fortunate enough to have a good eno...read more

by anonymousnlovinit

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 f...read more

by Concepcion Garcia

The question every moms asks herself am i appreciated enough and i would there to say that most of us think were are not because most of the people only see us as lazy women who just to like to work.but they cant see that ...read more

by W.M. Scooter

As a stay-at-home Mom of two it makes more sense to me to ask the question: Do we respect ourselves and appreciate what we have? I've found that the more I appreciate what I do, the less I care if others do or do not. H...read more

by Amanda Kohutiar

Being a new mother myself, I'm beginning to see that we're not appreciated or respected by our spouse, families and the rest of society, as we should be. Deciding to be a stay at home mom, or going back to work mom, is a l...read more

by Alena Mcconaha

At the time moms are giving all the service necessary and the extras they want to bestow on top of that, usually not. This is a life choice that means waiting years for the expression of appreciation. It's not just compa...read more

by Tonya Heckman

No, in most cases I do not think stay at home moms are appreciated enough. For the main reason because most people do not know what all a stay at home mom does day after day. Some people think stay at home moms just get to...read more

by Jan Kilvington-Andrews

when my children were both born 11 months between each other I was a full-time mum doing 50-60 hrs a week, unsociable hours and they were left at an all day nursery, which without I wouldnt have been able to cope. Th...read more