I would like to present to you two different scenarios: The first one is "Good Morning! .
Guess what we are going to do today? We're going to the park and play at the playground. I .
made lunch so wecan have a picnic". The second scenerio is: "I have an important meeting at 2 .
o'clock, but I will be done topick you up at the bus stop after school. Use the chunk-change on .
my dresser to get some goodies from the store. Have a good day". I'm sure those of us who are .
mothers can relate to the two scenarios. Althoughthere are similiar responsibilities said in both .
scenarios, they definitely come from two different sources thestay-at-home mom and the .
working mom. My definition of a stay-at-home mom is a mother who does not do work for .
which she is paid for. My definition of a working mom is a mother who works outside of the .
home as a paid employee. (I know your probably thinking about the work-at-home mom, but .
that's another story.) Argueing over who should stay home and who should work puts mothers .
against each other creating "The Mommy Wars". Statistics show that in the year 2002 there .
were 47,494 women working in Maryland. 3,034 women are unemployed. Women who choose .
to stay-at home or work have several advantages and disadvantages.
Some advantages of the stay-at-home mother are staying home to take care of the family. .
Mothers can be involved in extra curricular activities in the community or school. Mothers .
don't have to pay for child care costs. Mothers can get household chores done like washing .
dishes, cooking, and sweeping and mopping. Staying home doesn't cost as much as going to .
work. You have to pay for lunch (sometimes) and transportation. Choosing to stay home can .
also be beneficial to your kids, because they don't come in contact with as many viruses and .
bacteria at home. Staying home can improve your communication between you, your kids, and .
your spouse. Some disadvantages of staying home are loneliness.