Working/ SAHM

The compartmentalization skills need to be expert level in order to be a homemaker

Done both and both are hard. Working is hard when they are young. Especially if you’re the main caregiver. Taking off work for appointments, off days for school, school breaks, sick days etc. I was a sahm for like ten years and not having to worry about work when all those above things came up was nice. But I believe both are hard. At times when I was a sahm I would long to go to work because it seemed like a break from home.

I personally find working to be a lot harder then being a SAHM.

My coworker is a work from home mom. This seems incredibly hard.

I think it depends. If SAHM with school age children is easier as you get to have the free time to do what working moms should be doing without the time to really do it. SAHM with children who are not at school, is very hard. It's not black or white. Also there's many factors that makes things easier or harder for some mother's (having a useless partner, no village, abusive relationships, kids with health issues, mom with health issues,...). That's not as easy as saying SAHM have it harder or easier because at the end of the day motherhood is not only that...

I find more balance working instead of being at home but being at home wasnt more difficult.

As someone who was a working single mother & is now a SAHM, being at home is definitely harder. We don’t get the mental breaks a working person would during their travel, lunch break be & coworkers stimulation. It’s mentally more taxing.

SAHM is hard because you have to be mentally and physically constantly switched on with your children whilst keeping on top of chores, cooking etc. Working in itself is not the hard bit - it’s trying to find the time to cook, clean etc and make the most of your time with your children, but at least you get a ‘mental break’ from them so you’re not frustrated, annoyed by them. Therefore, I believe SAHM is a lot harder and I find the days where I am with my son, I am more mentally and physically exhausted than I am when working.

Being a SAHM is a full time job so I don’t discredit them at all. I wish I could be home but not in our card currently. Working mom I feel is a tad bit more work just cause you’re balancing both work and mom duties !