Who's raising the children and why?
Manabo's question https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/ethics...der-26589.html has brought me to another question.
What are your beliefs on who raises your children?
-who has primary care over the children
-who's morals are our children growing up with
-why are material things more important than raising children
I feel like I am fighting a battle all of the time. My instincts and desires want to stay at home with our kids but at the same time I feel as though I should be doing something to earn money (isn't that what's important). It feels like it's a race to see who can get the most stuff the fastest. I stay at home with our 5 children and I feel like some women look at me and think that I'm not doing the women's lib. Movement any justice. Why should staying at home be such a hard decision and why do I feel like we don't get any respect?
Some people have told my husband that we are lucky that we can afford to stay at home with our children, but let me tell you, it is a sacrifice. One that I'm sure (well I hope) will be worth it in the end. He works very hard and is gone a lot so I can be here with the kids. We have everything we need but we don't have a lot of extras. A cash system allows us to have more than if we were to put everything on credit (you save the interest).
One last note about the people that I notice are working, with their kids in daycare. I find a lot of them feel guilty and spoil their kids because of it. Some daycare providers have greater control than parents.
Sorry to go on about this, I just wanted other peoples opinions on family ethics. I do understand that some people are single or for some other reason might have no other choice but to put their kids in childcare. :confused: