I Respect Mothers That Stay Home And Raise Their Kids

It is a gift -- a gift I thank God for every single day --even those days when there is screaming, puking, spanking and all the rest ☺. And when I say it is the hardest job in the world --it is immeasurably harder for Moms who also have to work outside the home. It is such a shame more cannot be full time moms --for women,kids and the family (and of course, ultimately society). What irritates me about it is that all this "liberation" stuff (liberation to have two jobs --or nowadays 2 or 3 in addition to the most important job at home) started around 1973 (not coincidentally the same year Nixon took the U.S. off the gold standard) which, if you look at the economic charts, is just about the time it started to become impossible for one breadwinner to be able to support a family.

I live in a urban wasteland, and it almost take 3 bread winners here. It's tragic. I love the idea of grandparents living in the home too, because it does take the patience of a village somedays! I have 4 amazing kids. I was able to stay home with the first two.. The second two, I had moved to the big city. Luckily, I had my mom-ish and dad-ish, look out for them.
I hope one day, we will see the gender rolls are not always a negative thing.

@rottenrobi: Yes, the extended family under one roof used to be the norm. But economics and government policy put a big dent in that. But,due to the great destruction that has been done economically and socially (which you allude to one aspect of) --it has come back out of necessity -- maybe that will be a blessing in the end.

There are so many issues. I took care of an elderly woman and the hoops her disabled daughter had to jump through, just to keep her disability, and the bills paid, had her burying money in the back yard. It was if the system determined how they lived, and if you didnt know the rules, they could've lost everything.
A little off topic, lol, but it still bothers me how this daughter wanted to keep her mom home, she was 97 when she passed, and she almost couldn't do it. A messed up senior home they would pay for, but not a nurse to come by once a week. Priorities are misplaced.