I’d love to see everyone that says that stay at home mothers don’t do anything, take the role of a stay at home mom themselves.

People are right when they say these mothers don’t have a job, they have several jobs. Too many men and women criticize the ones that stay at home to take care of their children and I really don’t understand why because babies are not made out of paper, they are human beings that can’t satisfy any of their daily needs by themselves and these mothers decide to give up their job and time to satisfy these needs for their children instead of letting a person at a daycare or someone else do it for them.

My mother was a stay at home mother herself and I respect her so much because I know that keeping up with a child like me was not an easy task at all. I also know that the reason she stayed at home instead of working at an office was because she wanted to spend every second of her day with me and she preferred to take a job that wouldn’t pay her with any money but that instead would pay her with the thankfulness, love and appreciation of her kid toward her.

Now, don’t get me wrong I know that working mothers have it hard on them too. There’s a million reasons why it’s impossible for many mothers to stay at home and take care of their child and I highly understand and respect that too. To stay or not to stay at home is a personal decision that every mother takes however, I don’t want anyone underestimating the sacrifice that being a stay at home mother involves as well.

Working is hectic, regardless of the job you have it will always be exhausting, which is why I consider being a stay at home mother a job. The fact that a mom stays at home doesn’t mean she is going to spend all day relaxing while their baby sleeps. Let me remind you a baby must be fed, you have to change their diapers, brush their teeth and hair, give them a shower, make food specifically for them, give them snacks, play with them and many other things. Sitting on a chair behind a desk doesn’t seem too exhausting now, huh? Taking care of a child is like taking care of someone with all the needs of an adult except their not and they can’t do anything for themselves and it’s not like the needs of elder people either because babies have so much energy that keeps them going all day long which is why being a stay at home mother doesn’t have shifts, it is a permanent duty.

Let’s also take a minute to admire the mothers that stay at home to care after their kids and on top of that also find an online job that they can do from their house; that’s on some wonder woman level.

So props to all the mothers that decided to stay at home and take care of their kid because you could’ve easily put them in a daycare, leave them at grandma’s house or take other options. Instead you chose to not make any money and to limit yourself from buying even your own personal wants and even some needs to give your child all the love and care you possibly could since the very day they were born. Also, props to all the fathers who allow their children’s mother to stay at home and not just that but also support them emotionally and financially to take care of the kids because you know that no one else will take care of those kids with the love that she will.