working mums...

I dont feel that whether you stay at home with your children, or work, that makes a difference in whether you are a better or worse mother! I have taken both paths at different times, and have always been a good mother to my daughter. Thinking that someone is a better or worse parent JUST BECAUSE THEY DO OR DON'T WORK is stupid and ridiculous.

Working mothers make very good moms and their children learn the value of time and its management from very early in life and turn out to be very disciplined persons that is my feelings as well as observations.

I worked part time until both my children went to full time school and then I got a full time job. I thinking being a working mother sets a good example to the children as long as you spend quality time with them aswell. Sometime this is hard to juggle but both my children say they like me working as we have a better way of life and I make sue I spend time with them. I work with the unemployed and it is sad when you see different generations all signing on as this is how they have been brought up and think is is right to live of the government and not want to improve themselves.

That depends on exactly what you mean by a working mum. I mean, if you have children at school and you work while they are at school then you're going to be just as good as if you were at home while they were at school. But one simple fact is, although there are people who won't like me saying this, that if you leave your children in a creche, or an after school club, then you aren't looking after your children. I have seen first hand the kind of children who have bneen brought up by full time mums and working mums. There is a mixture but, overall, those who have been brought up properly by their own mother are generally better bahaved and do better at school than those who have been left with other people since they were babies. I'm trying not to be rude here but I probably will come accross that way, a really good mum wouldn't want her children to be brought up by anyone other than herself. Only those who believe they aren't going to do a good enough job would rather go out to work full time instead of looking after their children. (Well, obviously there are certain cases where there is no choice but even those who say they have no choice, they really do, they are just not prepared to compromise) As I say, if you work while your children are at school then there's no reason why you can't be as good a mum as someone who stays home while her children are at school, but why even have a child if you are just going to leave them as soon as they are a few weeks old as a lot of working mums seem to do? I'v ealsways stayed home with my kids. My oldest, who is now 7, is in the top groups in his class, he often gets rewarded at school for being well behaved, he has been praised by people for being polite, then there are some of his friends whose parents have worked since they were little who don't even seem to know the words "please" and "thank you". I know that's not the case all the time but it seems to be mainly how it works here so basically, mums who look after their own children are better than those who don't. It's simple really when you put it like that.

I think working mums are smart and intelegent. That qualifies them to be better mums but then where the whole thing slacks is when they don't give enough time for family. It is a simple but complicated world.

Working moms are not necessarily more intelligent that stay at home moms. I have been both. I've been a working mom and a stay at home mom. I don't think either makes one a better mother. My mom always worked when I was a kid and she's a great mom. So I guess it just really depends on the woman. I prefer to stay at home with my kids while they are small because they won't be little forever.

no i don't think working women make bad mothers at all. i don't know if they tend to be better moms but i know they make good moms. as do women who don't work.