Educated Stay at Home Moms
Should college educated stay at home moms stay at home or go to work? I have heard a lot about this lately and since I am a college educated mommy this is really a big deal to me.
I have heard a lot of people say that an education is a waste if you are going to stay at home and that it is a mistake. To me and I’m sure I can speak for many other moms, an education is not a waste and staying at home with your babies is certainly NOT a mistake!
I have a BA and an MBA yet I stay at home. Sometimes I jokingly say that I don’t know why I ever got my MBA because I’m a mommy but in all seriousness I know why I got it. I decided to get my MBA after my first son was born. I finished it up while staying at home with him and being pregnant with my second son. Either way, the education part and the staying at home part is my decision. I do things for myself and my family not for the world or for what “society” thinks I should do.
Also, without my education, I may have never started my online businesses. Right now my online business brings in a pretty good chunk of change. This passive income continually impresses me each day and it allows me to stay at home without really doing much work at all.
I think that if a mom has an opportunity to stay at home with her kids (educated or not) then she should if she wants to and if she feels its right for her. I have been very lucky that I have been able to stay at home. I think the most important thing (and my biggest accomplishment) I will ever do in my life is raise my two boys to be intelligent, loving, open-minded, understanding, respectful and confident young men.
So that being said, how do you all feel about this?
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