Dust.And.Echoes.
Sammiifayse
Dust.And.Echoes.
Sammiifayse
SAHM - I hate the idea of being a SAHM. It's the last thing I ever wanted to be. Don't get me wrong, I love and adore & always wanted Emmett. But I wanted to be out working, doing something constructive with my days, rather than sitting around watching him play on a mat with toys.
Iunno, it's just not very fulfilling to me.
I have to admit, I do share the laziness opinion when it comes to parents with children at school that are still SAHM. My mother was like that, her house was never tidy, she just sat around watching TV and doing nothing all day. I would get up, clean the house, go to school with my siblings, come home, do my homework etc and end up cleaning the house again before I went to bed. If I didn't do something, it didn't get done.
That said, I don't understand the whole SAHM have to deal with more housework/mess. Ok, so there is a little more washing up given that you're home all day to eat rather than eating out. But vacuuming & laundry remain the same quantities regardless. & If you teach your children to clean up after themselves as they go, it's not that different.
I personally don't understand while child care gets paid so much either, so I guess that rationalisation doesn't work on me.
I personally have a lot more respect for people like my husband. Up at 6am to get up and go to work, commutes 2-2.5hrs to get to work at 9am, works solidly until 5pm, 2-2.5hr commute home to be a father and husband and somehow finds the time to study full time. He still cooks dinner and watches Emmett while I shower.
You're ******** joking right? I've been a SAHM for 5 years, worked in child care for 2 years in a center. I have 3 years of nannying under my belt. Plus 10+ years of babysitting. Do you have ANY clue how hard child care providers work? ANY clue? We educate your child while you're at work. We chase your child around teaching them how to clean up after themselves. We teach them how to walk, how to talk, how to hold a spoon. We teach them how to use a toilet. We wipe their asses. We teach your kid sign language, Spanish, early reading skills, and social etiquette. We take your kids to zoos, museums, fire stations, fantastic events. And MANY of us do it for minimum wage or less... because people like YOU think that we're paid too much to do a job that once they hit 5 you need a 4 year degree for....
I have an issue with childcare, not educators. I've also worked as an au pair and a baby sitter. I know how hard they work. Childcare in Australia is defined as under 3yrs. After 3yrs you're an early childhood teacher and need a degree to work in the industry. Childcare means babies and toddlers, not the small children.
In Australia, child carers don't get paid minimum wage, they get quite a bit. I don't know what it's like in America (or other countries for that matter.).
I'm sorry if I offended you.
My last job I made $5/hr...minimum wage here is $7.78. And even in early childcare, infantcare, you're still an educator. I don't get how its any different? Do child care providers sit on their butts all day playing on facebook or something there? Because I held many zoo, museum, etc memberships. I had enriching and educational activities planned every day. I worked with my last kid on ABCs, Colors, Counting, Animals, and Sounds (just to name a few). And he turned 2 during my time watching him. It is very offensive to imply that childcare isn't worth the pay (when many are underpaid).
No, they don't.
We do the exact same stuff, I think the only time I ever got on facebook was while the kids were asleep and I had finished doing all of the house work set for me.
God I'd go home and think up arts and crafts to do with the kids I looked after.
+ I had cultural days and we had active play, I even taught one little girl how to spell her name, that was fun<3
I miss Olive, and Isobel and Angus.
