Young women yearn for 1950s role as stay-at-home moms

Research into the attitudes of 1,500 women with an average age of 29 found that 61 per cent believe "domestic goddess" role models who juggle top jobs with motherhood and jet-set social lives are "unhelpful" and "irritating". More than two-thirds agree that the man should be the main provider in a family, while 70 per cent do not want to work as hard as their mother's generation. On average, the women questioned want to "settle down" with their partner by 30 and have their first child a year later.

They are the generation of women who grew up expecting to have it all. No longer forced to choose between children and a career, they were set to embrace superwomanhood...
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=618472

while 70 per cent do not want to work as hard as their mother's generation.

Implies that women who stay home do not work as hard as the woman who works outside the home. Implies laziness.
Although I get to take breaks when I want too, and my children a little older which they can amuse themselves. There are times where the woman at home works harder and gives more than the lady at work.

gotta run......

Toni, I think it was more in reference to the job being a llitttle easier due to technology and modern conveniences, still I wouldn't want my wifes job...she is a stay at home mom, it IS a lot of work and she does a great job.

We talked about it, when the kids are grown and out she wants to go back to work, till then she knows how important what she is doing is.

Her parents both worked growing up and she hated it. To this day her interaction with her family is strained and distant, she never had it growing up and it continues to this day.

My family was more traditional, mom stayed home, and our family was and is very close, my wife is amazed at how close my side is talking etc...

Now that our kids are getting older we are doing the same thing ourselves. We are very close with the kids and talk, joke, play games and do everything together. My wife is the key person to holding our family and the whole house and our activities revolve around her.

Oh dear, not another of those "women should stay at home and have 5 children" threads?
I also detect the suffocating presence of "close families" with all the neusoses and psychological repression that that entails.

Toni, I think it was more in reference to the job being a llitttle easier due to technology and modern conveniences, still I wouldn't want my wifes job...she is a stay at home mom, it IS a lot of work and she does a great job.

Yes, I assume homekeeping skills are easier now than say 50 -100 years ago. However, 50 -100 years ago, it was expected that women stayed home and women had each around to encourage, help out with kids, etc. The hard work comes from doing it alone. I used to attend church, but even there it was hard to find grounded stay at home mothers. Then I became pretty much an atheist, therefore, church nor christian mothers is hardly the place for me to hang out. The work comes from the mental exhaustion I find myself when left alone. Sure I have my kids, but it nice to be around adults sometimes too. I suppose that is why I like coming here and posting on this messageboard ;)

We talked about it, when the kids are grown and out she wants to go back to work, till then she knows how important what she is doing is.

As my children are getting older, I feel myself more involved with their lives, my oldest daughter has a hefty schedule, and I need to be there. Believe me, I have thought about going to work, even submitting job apps, but the time and effort given to a employer would be less time spent with the family and less time spent even on one's own creative resources, for example, crafting, quilting, cooking, etc. I figure I will get good at something one day and open my open business, and maybe if it makes enough money, my husband can quit his job and we can do it together.

Her parents both worked growing up and she hated it. To this day her interaction with her family is strained and distant, she never had it growing up and it continues to this day.

My family was more traditional, mom stayed home, and our family was and is very close, my wife is amazed at how close my side is talking etc...


That's great that your wife is close to your family. I am the same way, to a degree. My in-laws, are my mom and dad, not just my husband's family, I think that is alright to live like that.


Now that our kids are getting older we are doing the same thing ourselves. We are very close with the kids and talk, joke, play games and do everything together. My wife is the key person to holding our family and the whole house and our activities revolve around her.

Glad to hear that you think this way. I'm sure my husband thinks the same too. Not to give myself too much credit or anything like that, if I'm not the one advocating to do something - like to today to play in the snow - it's not going to happen. It was my husband, after my decision that we should all go outside and play in the snow, who told the kids to get their snow boots on and he got the shovels out. I was the last one out because the kids needed their snowpants fixed and to change their boots, and find my gloves...hahaha, anyway, we built one helluva a snow fort today. Too bad the weather started to warm up.

Young women yearn for 1950s role as stay-at-home moms I must admit, were I inclined for such a thing, I would also prefer to be a stay-at-home mother. It seems that it would be easier for the stay-at-home mothers to reduce the amount of jewish influences in her children's lives.

I must admit, were I inclined for such a thing, I would also prefer to be a stay-at-home mother. It seems that it would be easier for the stay-at-home mothers to reduce the amount of jewish influences in her children's lives. I think you are right on the money.HAIL OUR ARYAN MOTHERS AND SISTERS WHO WORK OUTSIDE THE HOME AS WELL AS THOSE WHO WORK INSIDE THE HOME.

I think that being a stay at home mother/wife is a wonderful thing. Many people do not realize that many times it is actually cheaper for the wife to stay home than to be working, especially if you have to pay for day care services which can run $300+ per child a month. I love being a stay at home mother and caring for my children and husband. I home school my daughter and I take my PhD studies on-line through distance education. My son is still too young for formal schooling, but we engage in many active learning experiences. It is fun taking outings to the park, library, museum, zoo, etc. I love cooking my family dinners and trying new recipes out. I agree with Toni, when she writes about the time she spends being involved in her daughter's busy life. My daughter is almost 8 and in addition to school, she spends 9 hours a week at gymnastics. I go with her and watch her. When she is done, she likes to share with me all the positive remarks her coach makes, and then she asks me what things I saw that were good. Then we discuss what things were not so good and need to be worked on. Some of these we work on at home during her conditioning times. My son loves to do "Nasnics" with his big sister and he gets down and turns awkward forward rolls. Being at home makes things easy and less stressful on my husband also. He is able to come home from work and relax. He does not have to worry about coming home to a dirty house and helping clean up. When he comes home, we eat dinner, then he is able to relax for the remainder of the evening until bedtime.
I do not think that modern conveniences necessarily make things easier than they were 50-100 years ago. In some ways, they make things harder, because we must creatively find more ways to fill the hours of the day. I still sew, bake from scratch, and enjoy keeping a vegetable garden. These skills of our ancestors, rarely used by women of today, are skills that I hope to pass along to my daughter. I hope that she can learn to appreciate the joy of growing her own vegetables and their flavorful taste as much as I do. I hope that she will love walking through the fabric store selecting pretty materials that she can turn into special clothes. I want her to be able to proudly knead dough by hand without the aid of a modern appliance.
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Glad to meet you!

I thought I was reading about my life for a minute there!!

Gosh, it would be great if we were neighbors. I live in South Dakota, could you PM and let me know if you live near? :)

Toni

Glad to meet you!

I thought I was reading about my life for a minute there!!

Gosh, it would be great if we were neighbors. I live in South Dakota, could you PM and let me know if you live near? :)

Toni

Hello, Tony. I live in Texas, sorry. :( It would have been fun having a similar person nearby. I tried to PM you but I can't? Not suffiecient priveledges or something. Was I supposed to get an e-mail to activate my account or something? Maybe a Mod or Admin here could help me.