Sentences with phrase «of staying at home with the kids»

Does the notion of staying at home with the kids appeal to you?

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«I really wanted to stay at home, sewing and being with my kids,» says Rebekah Scott, a mother of four who runs an 11 - year - old custom - handbag company in Valley Springs, South Dakota.

As for the situations, some of their husbands were already stay - at - home - parents and the business enabled them to remain at home, while others brought in enough income for hubby to either work along side of their wife, pursue their own thing, help with the kids or all of the above.

Only about 6 % of fathers who are married or living with a partner stay at home and take care of kids and the house, compared with 30 % of mothers in a similar arrangement.

I'm in a similar boat to you, 31 with almost all of my net worth is stocks (plus a cash reserve and a bit of equity in the house) and ever so slightly behind the «above average» curve (had two kids in my early 20's, wife is a stay at home housemaker / homeschooler.

She was an academic - turned stay - at - home - mom writing a dissertation, and I was a full - time teacher - mom driving 45 minutes to and from work with 2 young kids, one who puked regularly out of carsickness.

«If a referee is not brave, and doesn't have what it takes to take charge of these type of games, with no personality, better he stays at home eating chips or in the stand with the fans, his wife and his kids.»

Given that, I can see that a huge swath of society would feel a whole lot better if women would just get with the program like their moms did — marry, stay at home and manage the kids while bringing in some income.

Staying at home with my then babies and now kids can be a somewhat isolating experience, but thanks to blogging and other forms of social media, I have a community — a tribe — of which I feel fortunate to belong.

So, we will take this with a grain of salt because it is from Reddit and I haven't seen any police stories about this, but a stay - at - home dad posted that he was minding his own business, playing with his two kids at a park, when the cops handcuffed him and detained him on the curb because he looked «suspicious.»

It's true that more men are at home caring for the kids than ever before — there are about 2 million stay - at - home dads — but, and this is a big but, the largest number of stay - at - home fathers, 35 percent, are at home because of illness or disability, according to the Pew Research Center, not by choice, versus 73 percent of stay - at - home mothers, who either are choosing to be at home (presumably with the blessing of their partner) or who have had to opt out for any number of reasons (the cost of child care perhaps).

Whether you're a young mom struggling to fit in with your kid - free peers, or you're one of a growing number of stay - at - home dads, or you're a working mom figuring out how to balance work and kids, you know that no matter your circumstances, this business of being responsible for a small (and disastrously naive) human (or humans, bless your heart) is going to test your patience, your limits, and your soul.

I had the luxury of being a full time stay at home mom with my older kids in school during the day.

It was cozy sleeping on a double when we have a King bed at home, but usually one of us ended up with a kid at some point throughout the night, and the beds were actually pretty comfortable compared to some Cuban resorts we've stayed at.

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While some dads agree that being busy feels like «living» other dads like the idea of staying home sometimes and doing «nothing» or just spending quality time with the kids at home.

Even moms who stay at home with their kids all day confide that it's hard to find quality time with each of their children.

Let's be honest, whether you work outside of the home with a long commute to and from work or inside the home with all of the challeneges that come from being a stay at home parent, mealtime after you have kids is rough.On any good night I have about 15 minutes to get a meal on the table.

Then you'll hear of the stay - at - home mom with kids in high school.

Of course, there's that nagging questions most moms face at some point: stay at home with the kids or pursue a career?

I am now a stay - at - home Mom and one of my favorite activities with other moms is taking hikes with our kids.

I saw online yesterday that the Today Show did a segment on whether or not working moms take advantage of moms who stay at home with their kids or moms who work from home (for the purpose of this blogpost working moms are moms AND DADS who work outside of the home — because dads have said some of this stuff too.

I really have a pretty amazing tribe filled with stay at home moms, working moms, moms with 5 or more littles, moms with special needs kiddos, moms taking care of their ill parents, moms grieving miscarriages, moms with kids with constant medical battles, and the list goes on.

To maintain the kind of stamina required to keep up with kids all day, it's important for stay - at - home moms to care for themselves the way they care for their children: by getting plenty of sleep, healthy food, and at least some «down time.»

KC Wilt: Yeah, a friend of mine, she has a support group that she found through one of the local things and they all get together, and there are dads,»cause there are stay at home dads, you know, and there are groups for stay at home dads to get together so just because you're a dad it doesn't mean that you have to be by yourself taking care of a kid, you can go to the park with another guy.

We asked moms on the SAHM message board what kinds of insulting questions they've heard since deciding to stay home with their kids; here are the top responses, along with savvy retorts from Melissa Stanton, author of The Stay - at - Home Survival Guide, and Kuae Mattox, national president of Mocha Moms, a support organization for African American stay - at - home mothstay home with their kids; here are the top responses, along with savvy retorts from Melissa Stanton, author of The Stay - at - Home Survival Guide, and Kuae Mattox, national president of Mocha Moms, a support organization for African American stay - at - home mothhome with their kids; here are the top responses, along with savvy retorts from Melissa Stanton, author of The Stay - at - Home Survival Guide, and Kuae Mattox, national president of Mocha Moms, a support organization for African American stay - at - home mothStay - at - Home Survival Guide, and Kuae Mattox, national president of Mocha Moms, a support organization for African American stay - at - home mothHome Survival Guide, and Kuae Mattox, national president of Mocha Moms, a support organization for African American stay - at - home mothstay - at - home mothhome mothers.

For those who don't spend all day, every day with their kids, the job of a stay - at - home mother can be mysterious.

Today's stay - at - home mom is shattering all of the stereotypes associated with life at home with the kids.

For me, by far the hardest was my time as a stay - at - home mom with four kids, very complex special needs, homeschooling, supporting husband's business, working part time here and there... Here's one comments from working moms that always has frustrated me, something I heard when I was with four kids juggling all of that:» I still do it all!

95 % of women who rejoin the workforce rather than stay with their kids do so for financial reasons, not a fear that society wont value and appreciate them staying at home.

Now I'm not endorsing that both get power careers and leave the child completely unattended, but I have contact with plenty of stay home moms as my child attends a very affluent private school and many of those stay at home moms don't do squat after the kids are dropped off other than yoga.

Not only are you tired to begin with, but the combo of all the extra stuff needed and the high - maintenance of young kids anywhere can seem to be enough to simply stay at home!

I guess it's only natural to assume the grass is greener on the other side of motherhood: that working moms get to «have a break» from parenting unlike SAHMs, who have to deal with their kids all the day, or that SAHMs get to, well, stay at home, and don't have to deal with the rigors of holding down a job and being a parent.

She says she only becomes obsessed when she is with other stay - at - home moms since they start talking about all of the things they are doing for the best interest of her kids.

If working part - time is an option for you and you want to stay home with the kids too, you'll want to find... MORE a job that isn't trapping you to the point that you feel like you're missing out on the joys of being a stay - at - home mom.

I personally would stay home with my kids if I could because I think it is more important, but at this time I can not because of some major bills that need to be paid and we couldn't make it.

It seems to be more popular with stay at home mom's to do cloth diapers since you have more «time» (I know you don't really have that much more, since taking care of a kid takes a lot of effort and time).

But the reality is that there are many things that would affect that other than just individual parenting skills — like a long line of trickle - down societal expectations; the way kids are treated at school; not to mention a high - quality, state - funded daycare system that most parents choose over staying at home permanently with their children.

Those of us older than 30 grew up with an idea of how family eating was supposed to be with lots of fried chicken, pie, cookies and milk after school, hot dogs, a never - ending smorgasbord of tasty treats all made with love by stay - at - home moms dedicate to putting smiles on the faces of their kids.

«If I had lots of experiments, Jim would just stay at home with the kids.

Christina Kosofsky, a stay - at - home mom of two daughters in Redwood City, Calif., likes to sit down with a crossword puzzle while the kids are napping or in bed at night.

Although I'm a stay - at - home Mom with a stay - at - home kid most of the days I don't have all the time in the world to...

Bailey Sissom is a 3rd grade teacher turned stay - at - home mom and the creator of Simply Sissom, a blog for busy moms who value feeding their kids healthy meals and snacks, but struggle with finding the time to make it happen.

I had quit my job as a manager / buyer and designer to stay at home with my kids, I was thrilled to start this new chapter of my life but I also knew that setting goals and accomplishing tangible things contributes to my happiness.

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If you really just want to seriously date or marry a woman who wants to stay at home with the kids and make you dinner every night, then put that down — regardless of whether some people may consider your desire outdated or even personally offensive.

A family who wants mom to stay at home with the kids is in for a real treat when they learn how to face the intimidating world of real estate.

In those moments, the movie is kind of insulting, not only to men who stay at home with their kids, but to any dad who has ever changed a diaper or cooked breakfast for their children.

Mr. Mom casts Michael Keaton as Jack Butler, a successful engineer who reluctantly agrees to stay home with the kids after he loses his job - with the movie subsequently detailing the comedic consequences of Jack's ongoing efforts at becoming a homemaker.