I'm doing a short series about what is like being a career mom versus a sad home mom. I just did a previous video about what is like being a career mom, the pros and the cons. So if you haven't watched that video, make sure you get done with this one, a digital back and watch that one too. This video is for a mom that's working in her career and you aren't considering becoming a sad home mom. In this video, I'm going to be talking about the pros and the cons of being a sad home mom. One thing I love about being middle age and that is that I have experience a lot of things. I had the pleasure of experiencing what it was like being a sad home mom and also a career mom. Make sure you stick around to the end of the video because that's when I'm going to share with you which role I preferred. First, I want to talk about the cons of being a sad home mom. One of the main challenges I had of being a sad home mom, I can remember getting bored a lot. During the time that it would be at school, I was at least two or three hours out of the day. I had a lot of extra time and I can remember just getting bored and try to figure out what I needed to do with my time. And I guess the reason why I was so bored is because I was used to having them around me. I was different from a lot of the parents to from the fact that most parents I have been around. Once they could start going to school, that was their highlight of the day. It was happy about it. But for me, it was different. I actually missed my children once they went to school. I always had like a routine going on at home, even though I never written anything down. But once I was done with my daily routine of cleaning and cooking something for my family, I had a lot of extra time on my hand and I didn't really know what to do with the extra time. So that's why I was so bored. For my kids start grade school, the majority of my day was wrapped around them. One of the main responsibilities of a parent is to watch your children to make sure that they are safe, to find them something to do. My whole life catered around my children and also my husband. And I can remember filling up a field. And I felt like that I should be doing more with my life. So that's when I decided to go to college and to pursue a career. Now I'm going to discuss the pros of being a stay at home mom. One of the main pros for me was spending time with my kids watching them grow, watching them develop, watching them learn things. One of the main parts too that I love about being a stay at home mom is that I was able to train my kids to teach them how to respect themselves and others. Those are very important characters. These are the things that I want my children to have. And so I was blessed to where I was able to raise my own kids. I think one of the best things of being a stay at home mom is that you don't miss out on any moments of your child's life. You're going to be the first one to know when they learned something new, when I was working and which meant that my husband spent more time with my kids than what I did that did bother me because I wanted them to depend on me and I wanted to be closer to them. So I was a little jealous of that when he was able to spend more time with them. Another important benefit of being a stay at home mom is self care. Whenever there were times where I felt a little stressful, I figured out what I needed to do. I was able to make choices with my own life. I had my husband. He was so understanding and he was available to where he would give me breaks to where I could go someplace by myself when I desired to. When I think about my life and if I had to choose between being a career mom and a stay at home mom, I would choose being a stay at home mom. And the reason why is because for me, it was very important to be connected with my children and I was more connected with them when I was a stay at home mom. I don't look down on career moms or stay at home moms. Both of your roles are very important. It's just that you have to choose a life that works out best for you and your family. After watching this video, let's roll what you rather be in. What you rather be a career or a stay at home mom and why. If you need some mom at thyshe, schedule a consultation with me on tenderly. The information will be in my description below. I love hearing from you guys. If you want me to do more videos about mom tips, or if you have a question that you need to ask me, you can email me at chatswickflow.com. Thank you for tuning in and make sure you check out some of my other videos about parenting. Bye.