Do you think your life is busier than your mom's when she was raising you?  

I don't know. I know my mother was always busy. I think back then, they didn't have all of the modern conveniences in the kitchen and house that we do now. This caused more work and less time as well. We lived on a farm, so she helped my dad do that, she grew and tended her own garden to save money, we had chickens and had fresh eggs that she would get from the hen house in the mornings and she was always cooking, cleaning, working in the garden, going to church, doing laundry, hanging it on the line to save electricity, folding and hanging everything and so on. Her work never stopped. So, I can't say that she was much less busier than me. I knew how to count and say my abc's by the time I went to kindergarten and I knew mostly how to tie my shoes. She taught me all of that as well. I think she did a pretty bang up job for a woman who by the time I was going to kindergarten had only been in the US for a little over 5 years and could barely speak a bit of english when she got here. Lets just say that I am very proud of my mom!

Although times have changed I still don't think its harder for me then it was for our mother. My mother was disable and single and raised 2 of us safely in a pretty bad neibourhood. Your definitley right with the cell hones and all its way harder to keep up but parents back then didn't have all the little items we do that make the day easier like dishwasher, microwave and so on.

I think my mom's life was much busier than mine. She did not have the opportunity to be a stay at home mom like me. She worked a full time job then came home and attended to the house and family 7 days a week. On top of that my dad was in the service so when he was gone on what they called "TDY", she had to be the dad as well. He could be gone for 6 months at a time. Where I have my husband year round and he never has to leave for long periods of time. So I have the added help that my mom sometimes didn't have. But in away I am glad for the experience of not having my father around "all" the time. My mom had to be very independent and in turn it help her to teach us how to be independent and not to have to rely on others.

The other reason I think my mom had a much busier life then me is because of the way things have changed so much since then. I mean look at all the new and improved gadgets we have to help us out cleaning. We have so many new things that help make cleaning easier than our moms did. For example: Self cleaning ovens, Carpet shampooers, The whole swiffer line, etc. Our mothers didn't have all that. At least mine didn't.

I can't say that my life isn't busy. Being a stay at home mom of 3 children makes my life very busy. But I would definitly have to say my mom's life was much busier than mine and I really commend my mom for the wonderful job that she did raising me and my brother.

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As far as I rememeber, my mom was a busy bee. She was nt working in the office because she stay home caring for us. She does the chores everyday, fetch us from school, feed us our meal. Everyday is a busy day for her. As to me, I work in an office and staying alone. I think my mom was busier than me because I have more free time than her when she was raising us.

I think my mom wass busier on her work than me. Because she was doing a lot of jobs just to raised us properly. It was her alone who was supporting us then. But all of us were taken cared of babysitters. Now, i am not really as busy as she used to be in work. But I do first-hand attending to the needs of my kids. I personally is the one doing all the stuff for them. Aside from working to earn an extra and help my hubby augment our financial needs.

Being a mother is the hardest job.She was much harder than me.