Rant: Stay at home parents

[jim]

I like seeing what color it is but otherwise no, I do not.

[lukethedrifter]

I like seeing what color it is but otherwise no, I do not.

wipe?

[jim]

I like seeing what color it is but otherwise no, I do not.

wipe?

Both.

[Sutter'sBeard]

Meh,

I watch my three young children quite a bit when my wife travels and I still get at least an hour of video games in each day. This weekend, I got about 10 hours in. I'd much rather stay home.

[cardsfantx]

i love my kids more than anything, but there's no way in hell i (nor my wife) could stay at home all day. match my salary to do it, and i'd still say no....

i firmly believe myself and my wife are better parents BECAUSE we work...so we're always excited to come home and see them.

plus it's just better for the kids to be at a school/day care to learn IMPORTANT socialization skills. every time we're with a family where the kids stay at home (or with grandma) and they are with other kids, they just are so awkward around other kids. have no idea how to play with anyone...it's sad really.

[signthief]

i love my kids more than anything, but there's no way in hell i (nor my wife) could stay at home all day. match my salary to do it, and i'd still say no....

i firmly believe myself and my wife are better parents BECAUSE we work...so we're always excited to come home and see them.

plus it's just better for the kids to be at a school/day care to learn IMPORTANT socialization skills. every time we're with a family where the kids stay at home (or with grandma) and they are with other kids, they just are so awkward around other kids. have no idea how to play with anyone...it's sad really.

I agree with this for the most part.

I would be sorely tempted to quit my job for the same salary though. If I did, the kids would spend a lot of time at parks/socializing.

[GeddyWrox]

My wife stayed at home for years, and ran a photography business on the side. I have no idea how she did it all. We have our issues these days, but she is a great mom, and I think she should be sainted.

[lukethedrifter]

My mom was an old fashioned stay at home mom. Six kids- always at each other. Made dinner every night. Laundry. Cleaning. No maid nor housekeeper nor nanny. Cookies or banana bread or some sort of snack most days after school. Kicking kids out of the house: "go run around the block a few times."
She used to spend a lot of time just sitting in her car.

[IMADreamer]

I've thought about this off and on today while being a lazy farmer trying to figure out what part I was missing out that was so hard. Can't do it. In fact I just thought of more reasons it would be awesome like when the kid turns 4 or 5 and is basically a functioning person at the point we could work on project cars together. Ok son today we learn to block sand! What about playing catch or throwing BP to them? Then there is video games. In the dead of winter when my Dad would only work in the shop on the farm until maybe 4 or 5 in the afternoon we spent a lot of snowy evenings playing madden or Wailai golf. Imagine doing that during the day when everyone else is at work! What a great life.

Yes I'm just being a dick now.

BTW I stayed at home with my Grandparents while my parents worked in the day. Is that why I'm social awkward?

[wart57]

I would gladly switch places with my wife.
My girls have never been in daycare, and Stinky is excelling in Kindergarten, and is doing fantastic in social settings. A lot depends on how they are treated at home and how often they get out.
I really don't want anyone else raising my kids, heck, I have issues with the way my wife does some things, don't know how I would have handled day care or a nanny raising my children.