Comments on: A Homemaker, Bibik & Neighbors http://www.homemakerdiary.com/2009/06/20/a-homemaker-bibik-neighbors/ Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:49:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: MQ http://www.homemakerdiary.com/2009/06/20/a-homemaker-bibik-neighbors/#comment-232772 MQ Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:29:24 +0000 http://www.homemakerdiary.com/?p=2006#comment-232772 honestly, going out to work is much easier than being a stay-at-home mom especially when you are running the household on your own without any help :) being a SAHM is not empowering enough if you compare to any career suitable to educated women like us..the fact of being a non-entity, "just a mom", with no position or title to be proud of, will somehow affect our self esteem if one is not strong enough mentally and emotionally.. nevertheless I'm sure any mom in this world who managed to raise a prime minister on her own would be very proud to look back and say, hey, that man is my son! honestly, going out to work is much easier than being a stay-at-home mom especially when you are running the household on your own without any help :)

being a SAHM is not empowering enough if you compare to any career suitable to educated women like us..the fact of being a non-entity, “just a mom”, with no position or title to be proud of, will somehow affect our self esteem if one is not strong enough mentally and emotionally..

nevertheless I’m sure any mom in this world who managed to raise a prime minister on her own would be very proud to look back and say, hey, that man is my son!

]]> By: fabmama http://www.homemakerdiary.com/2009/06/20/a-homemaker-bibik-neighbors/#comment-231939 fabmama Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:00:59 +0000 http://www.homemakerdiary.com/?p=2006#comment-231939 i've followed your blog for awhile. im new parents as you. gave birth to my cute little son in january. im very career lady and currently leave my son with not one but two maids to look after him. now, finally i can make the decision to have a work break to actually raise him. i admit..it is very difficult decision to make because i, as educated lady i feel really hard to leave what im enjoying right now...dress up everday, being around adults, be levelled with my other half. i may sound selfish. i think it is so much for power, position and things like that. but looking at my son growing up learning an indonesian language at all is really breaking my heart. i hope i can be a very good stay-at-home-mom. i’ve followed your blog for awhile. im new parents as you. gave birth to my cute little son in january. im very career lady and currently leave my son with not one but two maids to look after him.

now, finally i can make the decision to have a work break to actually raise him. i admit..it is very difficult decision to make because i, as educated lady i feel really hard to leave what im enjoying right now…dress up everday, being around adults, be levelled with my other half. i may sound selfish. i think it is so much for power, position and things like that.

but looking at my son growing up learning an indonesian language at all is really breaking my heart. i hope i can be a very good stay-at-home-mom.

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