Jan. 29, 2009 - I like my Kids
So even before we planned on homeschooling our kids, I was already a homemaker
...And proud of it.... I was so sick of everyone asking.." So when do plan on going back to work?"( My baby only being a couple months old at this point) Is that what has happened in this world, that staying at home loving on your family is considered lazy and not much of a career choice... PLEASE... Am I alone here or is this a common thing.. ?? Is it that strange that I find my identity in who I am in Christ? Hey I went to school I became a Chef, but when I had those little babies everything changed in my world..I LOVE THE CHANGE.. I get to see my kids firsts of everything.....how cool is that.. 
So the point of the title being I LIKE MY KIDS is... This has happened to me more then once and just has happened again.. One of the guys my husband works with was over for a visit. This man and his wife have a 4 month old boy, who is very cute and is nice to hold when we visit them. So he says to me...." My wife and I had a talk and we have decided that when she goes back to work, we want you to be his care giver" Why is it that because we choose to be home with our kids everyone else thinks..hey Shelley likes kids she loves kids, she can have ours tooo.. . Well I do like kids, but most of all I like my kids.. AGAIN..Is this a common thing? Am I the only one that gets ask?
Thanks for letting me vent.. Would love to hear feed back on this
Comments
Jan. 29, 2009 - You aren't the only one
Posted by chelelew
Not that I've been asked often, but when I first came home to work (I work full-time at home and wish I wasn't working), a co-worker would sometimes ask me to pick up her kids at school. My boys were still babies at this point and I was sitting in a line for over 30 mns picking up someone elses kids -- yes I was CRAZY. Taking care of your kids is one thing, but someone elses -- that's an obligation to not take lightly. Best of luck to you...and keep enjoying your kids.
Chele
Feb. 2, 2009 - A Common Thing
Posted by basketflat
Yes, it is a common thing, unfortuneately. And what's more, I'm chagrinned to have my kids exposed to it. My kids are talking a lot about what they are going to "be" when they grow up. I suggest how about a "Mommy" or a "daughter of God". They tell me, "no, what else."
I can only figure out that this has come from one of three places.
1) I've had to work about one day a week (or less) at our business. So, they see that I do something else beside "be a Mommy".
2) I was considering putting the girls in private school before they started school and I put Natalie in private preschool for a year. They did a career day one day. Now, why did they have to do that.
3) Their sister (my step-daughter) goes to school and her mom is frequently thinking about career changes. So their sister talks to them about what she wants to "be".
I do so wish it weren't that way though. That it wasn't a foreign concept to just want to be with your kids.
