Comments on: Confessions of a Work at Home Mom/Housewife

By: bromley92

bromley92 — Sun, 29 May 2011 22:37:19 +0000

right on the money . evrybody tells me i wish i had your job , or it must be nice to make money doing nothing . they dont understand how much dicipline , effort , and hard work goes into learning and being successfull

By: Danielle

Danielle — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 06:22:52 +0000

I understand where you’re coming from 100 %. I have been working at home for a few years now and I always get the vibe that almost everyone in my family thinks that I just sit home all day doing nothing. I work at home and attend hybrid classes (both on campus & online) and naturally I get tired, but everyone around me seems to have this thought that I shouldn’t be as tired as they are since I work at home and they work in an office or mill.

By: SnoreDee

SnoreDee — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:30:05 +0000

I’m working towards a goal of working from home, and try to read up on the subject regularly. Your post touches me in that I guess I never really think of the lack of “respect” that a work at home person can get. I can definitely see the potential for others to think that because you are at home, your work is in a way secondary. Wow.

By: Eliza

Eliza — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 11:59:21 +0000

I hear that when everyone needs a babysitter my door gets knocked on, some neighbors don’t even know me since I rarely exit my house. And everyone that does know me thinks i just sit in front of the tv all day. errrr.

By: Jennifer Hadorn

Jennifer Hadorn — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 20:42:10 +0000

Mothers deserve respect whether they choose to work in or out of the home. Raising kids in itself is a full time job, and dding other responsibilities to the mix makes it even harder. It’s difficult to garner respect from others unless you have a “real job,” but I think the tide is changing. If we can put an end to the Mommy Wars and support each other, life as a MOM would be much easier.

By: Confessions of an Everyday Housewife » Confessions of a housewife Carnival

Confessions of an Everyday Housewife » Confessions of a housewife Carnival — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 20:16:47 +0000

[...] and Gayla posts about how we all need more respect for working at home! (well said!) [...]

By: Delphine

Delphine — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 14:07:32 +0000

hi Gayla,
I’m with you all the way, it seems that we SAHM and WAHM are the available person around. I’m sick of that attitude from everyone, I’m trying to make a real hourly schedule like Jo Frost does on the show, but it is hard to keep on track with that…