Next week (Thursday) marks my entry into full time home-school mom and housewife!!! I can't believe it's here already. I must admit I am rather sad to see the career that I worked so hard to build come to an end however I'm extreamly excited and nervous to be homeschooling my boys. I feel great pressure to be the stereotypical stay at home mom. I feel I'm always going to be compared to Carol Brady, Norma Arnold, and June Cleaver and expected to maintaining a perfectly clean home, never be impatient with the boys, and having diner on the table by 5. While I know this is impossible I feel like so many people look down on moms who stay home with the kids. So many people in this day and age feel that if a woman isn't working the house had better be spotless and she should always be happy and in a great mood because she doens't have to deal with going out into the world to earn a living. The truth is I feel like staying at home is going to be just as hard if not harder than working! I understood what I need to do in my job and I was good at it. I enjoyed working with my peers some of whom became friends. Staying at home with my children while wonderful feels like it's going to be confining me to four walls with no adult conversation.
I plan on joining a home-school group in my area to allow my children and myself to socialize with other families in the area. What are your thoughts about the opinions and responsibilities of stay at home parents? Leave me a comment below.
I am also wanting to purchase a curriculum to keep my children on track and where they should be. Does anyone have any suggestions?
