tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401398614291278602.post2593662965974065564..comments2023-07-16T00:51:07.101-07:00Comments on Alien Nation: "I love my kids," and other liesBarbara Clementshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14464706793258510546noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401398614291278602.post-14271984802100901432008-06-23T13:10:00.000-07:002008-06-23T13:10:00.000-07:00Yep, I'd love to see Angie do her own hair, makeu...Yep, I'd love to see Angie do her own hair, makeup, get breakfast for the kids, drag kid out of bed and into the shower, make lunches, feed the animals, step over the piles of laundry down the hall you swore you were going to do this weekend, and get out of the house by 7:15 am (you've been up since 5:45 am). You grab the bills on the way out, hoping that you've calculated correctly and none are past due.<BR/><BR/>Kid to school by 7:30 am, to work to 8 am, and at 5 pm ,or later your head home, as the hubby asks "what's for dinner." If we're lucky we're eating at 7pm, to bed by 9:30 pm and then again we start all over again the next day.Barbara Clementshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14464706793258510546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-401398614291278602.post-30671808609161839232008-06-22T20:10:00.000-07:002008-06-22T20:10:00.000-07:00Yes, well, the dirty little secret is that even th...Yes, well, the dirty little secret is that even those of us who quit our day jobs to take care of the kids (and freelance after bedtime -- talk about hitting my where it hurts!) sometimes want a break from the kids.<BR/><BR/>Because -- now here's the secret part -- we don't stay home for the kids. We stay home for us. There's nothing I hate more than hearing a SAHM complain about her sacrifice at staying home. If it's a sacrifice, sister, go back to work. Because there are wonderful day cares and really, your kids will be fine.<BR/><BR/>Nope, I stay home because frankly, I never cared much for getting up at 7 a.m. to get to work -- and getting up at 5:30 a.m. to get kids ready and to daycare and myself to work seems even less fun. Add to that the nightmare of coming home to fix dinner, deal with bedtime and ... ugh. No thanks.<BR/><BR/>Mommy porn is a good term. It makes SAHMs feel inadequate AND working moms feel inadequate. And let's face it. If Angelina Jolie had a real job she couldn't be jetting off to France or India or wherever every 15 minutes, kids or no.MommyCherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558174520863388944noreply@blogger.com