"All of us working women do all that an MORE!"
I find that unlikely working women "do more." Twenty four hours = a day.
For the first four years of my daughter's life, I was home and my day went from 6:30am until around 11pm. After the divorce, I returned to the work force. I've worked for 40 years. I also observe my daughter and two grandchildren (a colicky four month old and an active four year old). She is a former school psychol and picks up evals, working on an on call basis with PDD children. When she occasionally gets a case and works in the evening (husband stays with the kids), the laundry doesn't get done along with other chores she ordinarily reserves for night time when the children are sleeping. Her day? FULL FULL FULL. It takes quite some time to get two young children out of the house and into the car and outta the car and into wherever. Simple grocery shopping becomes a half-day project. Factor in meals, naps, various activities (swim lessons, kid-nastics, library, soccer), housework, and you catch yourself coming and going. You cannot do all this if you are working full time.
If you think you accomplish as much as a working mother as one who stays home, you are WRONG. You are putting X amount of hours outside of your home so X amount of hours doing whatever in the home are lost. Do the math. There are 24 hours in the day....
I can't imagine why YOU can't imagine WHY a SAHM is busy with 1-? children, pets, a home to take care of, errands to run, bill to pay, etc. |
