working mothers
Advantages of working mother/housewife
• More disposable income
• Freedom to make independent financial choices with own money
• Meet more people
• Equal relationship
• Have a life outside of home
Disadvantages of working mother
• Discrimination in the workplace when colleagues find you have a child
• Risk being critisized for not being home to care for child
• Less time for yourself
• Problems with finding good child care
• Juggling work with sick kids
• Spending almost half income on child care
• Being passed over for promotions because you have child
Advantages of being a stay at home mother/housewife
• More time for domestic duties
• Easier to plan 100% time around family
• Able to be there for family
• Spend quality time with child
• Other parent confident when they go to work child is safe and well cared for
Disadvantages of being stay at home mother/housewife
*Less disposable income
*Less freedom
*Having to ask the bread winner for money to buy things
*Being more financially accountable – it is his money
*Less money for spontaneous purchases
* More budgeting
* Less opportunities for making friends
*Being stigmatised as a brainless stay at home mother
* Risk being undervalued by partner and friends etc
The advantages of working women generally revolve around personal opportunities, both to develop in one's career and provide additional financial resources, while the cons generally have to do with missed memories and fatigue. No matter whether one chooses to stay at home with one's children or work outside the home, there are definite trade-offs to consider.
Mothers who leave home each day and head to work have the possibility of conversations with adults throughout the day beside their husbands. This gives them a higher degree of intellectual stimulation. They also tend to dress a little better, putting on a professional outfit instead of donning workout clothes or jeans to face the day
• More disposable income
• Freedom to make independent financial choices with own money
• Meet more people
• Equal relationship
• Have a life outside of home
Disadvantages of working mother
• Discrimination in the workplace when colleagues find you have a child
• Risk being critisized for not being home to care for child
• Less time for yourself
• Problems with finding good child care
• Juggling work with sick kids
• Spending almost half income on child care
• Being passed over for promotions because you have child
Advantages of being a stay at home mother/housewife
• More time for domestic duties
• Easier to plan 100% time around family
• Able to be there for family
• Spend quality time with child
• Other parent confident when they go to work child is safe and well cared for
Disadvantages of being stay at home mother/housewife
*Less disposable income
*Less freedom
*Having to ask the bread winner for money to buy things
*Being more financially accountable – it is his money
*Less money for spontaneous purchases
* More budgeting
* Less opportunities for making friends
*Being stigmatised as a brainless stay at home mother
* Risk being undervalued by partner and friends etc
The advantages of working women generally revolve around personal opportunities, both to develop in one's career and provide additional financial resources, while the cons generally have to do with missed memories and fatigue. No matter whether one chooses to stay at home with one's children or work outside the home, there are definite trade-offs to consider.
Mothers who leave home each day and head to work have the possibility of conversations with adults throughout the day beside their husbands. This gives them a higher degree of intellectual stimulation. They also tend to dress a little better, putting on a professional outfit instead of donning workout clothes or jeans to face the day