tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124304457324938957.post7289613456213932965..comments2023-06-09T07:39:37.405-07:00Comments on Mary Loves: Doing What's Best...Maryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04604043603331696042noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124304457324938957.post-80406909128374555532013-01-31T07:44:39.479-08:002013-01-31T07:44:39.479-08:00Hello :-) Oh my goodness I think it is fascinating...Hello :-) Oh my goodness I think it is fascinating. I too have looked at this from both sides (twice) and I too have my views. I read the article and nodded throughout as so many of those statements have been said to me. Also I notice that I actually work for one of the top 10 'working mother' companies on the list! So all in all - yes, I wish there were less hate coming from each camp of mothers and I agree - everyone should just accept that we all do what we do for a myriad of reasons. I have such enormous empathy for every working mother because I have been there, but I too have empathy for women who don't work. Neither is easy. <br /><br />What I do notice is that people change and times change and those staunch working mothers may morph into stay at home ones and vice versa. It is, as you point out, all to do with the facets of someones life at the time. One thing I keep coming back to lately is to do with daughters. I see many stay at home mothers really pushing their daughters academically, as if it is essential they achieve incredible results and go to incredible schools and universities. Let's assume those daughters grow up and have their own children. What then was all that academic pressure for? As one assumes that the original stay at mother (who by this stage will be a grandmother) will advocate that their very clever and well and often expensively-educated daughter give it all up to stay at home! Hmmm...<br /><br />Phew - epic comment...but as you know, a topic we have often mulled over together!<br />Lou x<br /><br />Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457538074763854583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124304457324938957.post-77017579497182122552013-01-30T13:31:18.852-08:002013-01-30T13:31:18.852-08:00yes! whatever happened to "if you don't h...yes! whatever happened to "if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all"?<br /><br />I stopped reading one of my favorite blogs awhile back because the writer made a comment about how stay at home moms sit around in sweats watching talk shows.<br /><br />a little black cloud in a dresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12556462156829059742noreply@blogger.com