Fathers & Finance

Working mothers.

Many women do it. Some want to work outside of the home, some have no other choice. What is the best situation for a family? For the children?

Often times, mothers go out into the work force to help support the family in time of need. When mothers leave the home, childcare now has to be arranged. If family does not live in the area, typically child care ends up being a private babysitter/nanny or a daycare facility. Child care, no matter if it is public or private, can get extremely expensive, especially with multiple children! When the added expense of child care, transportation, and meals outside the home are taken into account, many mothers end up not contributing to the finances in the home, but rather result in taking time away from their children.

Many people, women especially, feel that being a stay-at-home mom is a waist of time and a waist of a college education. College is expensive, yes. But no matter what was spent on earning whatever degree, it is never a waist. Perhaps you won't be working and making a difference to a company, but you would be making a difference in the lives of your children. There is always something that will come from any kind of education that will benefit children.

Parents are children's first teachers. Being an educated homemaker will help mothers be better teachers for their children. Is has also been proven that educated parents have better relationships with their spouses and their children.

Want to be a stay at home mom but still get some kind of intellectual stimulation? There are many options for you! Who is to say that you cannot still continue your education? There are places online that you can take FREE college courses from Universities like Harvard and Stanford.

If working out of the home is necessary for you or you just prefer to work, by all means, do what you feel you should, but in my opinion, a mother in the home is significantly greater than a mother in the workforce.